Song for the Night Sun © David Beaucage Johnson* Have you ever had a dream in which a landscape so familiar to you is somehow, different? As an artist, I strive to paint the landscape as I see it. The Canadian artist of today is preceded by a rich legacy of Canadian landscape art from […]
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Pressure Crack on Lake Muskoka © 2009 Michelle Basic Hendry Sometimes life gets too fast and too crowded in the studio, especially in the winter. That is when it is a relief to go outside and slow to the pace of the landscape. Landscape for me is like meditation. If you have ever spent some […]
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Before I go into my post for today… A note to my e-mail subscribers! Posts coming into your e-mail boxes are now abbreviated (as of January 18, 2008). It is an unfortunate side effect to changing it on my feeds. To see the full post click on the post title and it will take you […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingPainting from Photographs – I
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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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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