I am a nighthawk and I often find myself unable to sleep until well after midnight. Last night, I was watching the Antiques Roadshow on PBS. I like to watch from time to time and see what kinds of outrageous things people bring! Every so often a painting shows up and it is fun to […]
Continue ReadingPainted Horses…
With the holidays behind me, I am getting back into the swing of painting. I started a piece that I planned to do with oils before I fell in November. The canvas is prepared, my field colour selected and, over the weeks in between, the composition has shifted. I think I am finally ready to […]
Continue ReadingHappy New Year!
For the first time in a few years, we had an ‘almost’ party here for New Year’s. My sister and my husband’s best friend dropped by and we ended up having a wonderful meal, a great laugh and celebrated what we all hope to be a bright new beginning in each of our lives. Many […]
Continue ReadingMerry Christmas
It was a true winter wonderland this morning. Every tree wore a garland of fresh snow. It was not too cold and there was no wind. It is like the world sighed and is waiting…. Today, many around the world, myself included, pause to celebrate Christmas. We gather with the ones we love and share […]
Continue ReadingPainting from Photographs – III
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 […]
Continue ReadingPainting from Photographs – II
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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