Here is the final painting from the photograph I have been working with: Winter at Muskoka Beach, 16×20 Colour is always an issue when painting from photographs. With this one, the challenges were in how to decide how much I should saturate the colours that were not in the blue field. I didn’t want the […]
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So we have been out taking reference photographs….. One thing I forgot to mention is that your photographs need not only be of complete compositions. Your photos can be of particular skies, trees, water, a field, whatever, because the great thing about painting is that you can mix and match different photographs to make a […]
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I am currently working on a painting of a cold day at South Bay, Lake Muskoka from some photographs I shot on Wednesday. (I have attached one photo below) Over the next few posts, we will look at the process of why and how I get my photographs and how I use my them in […]
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Sometimes, no news is good news. I had my cast removed yesterday and my wrist was x-rayed… and I was sent home. No one has called me back, so I guess that means I am OK! It seems this was to be a short lesson. I am sore and very wary of icy patches, but […]
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Tomorrow I head to the Doctor to find out how much longer this cast stays on, if at all. I think I have a better than 50% chance! I am a little restless tonight, as you might imagine, so I am here instead of in bed where I should be. I am considering a walk […]
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Under the threat of yet another snow squall, I finally set myself to the daunting task of trying to paint with my non-dominant left hand. Since the fall last Thursday that precluded the use of my right hand, we have been inundated with snow. We have as much on the ground as one would expect […]
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