King St. East Nov.28th Finished

Finished this painting on the weekend so my husband could get it in the post to our oldest son today. Jay will be able to take it to Myra in Manila when he visits in Jan.

Hope you like it Jay!!

I ended up not just using watercolor but then used some white FW Acrylic Artist ink to accent the snow on the trees and ground.

It was good I did not have alot of time as I tend to put too much detail when I do.

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King St. East WIP Step 2

I struggle to paint loose but always feel I need to put in more detail to make the scene believable.

I want to get this off to my son the first of next week so I must get back at it.

So much I want to do and so little time.

King St. East WIP

This is step one of King St. East in Saint John. It is a winter scene that a friend of mine Al Gangon had taken a photo of our 1st snow fall on Nov.28th and gave me permission to use in a painting.

This painting will be 8"x17" so it does not perfectly fit my cameras format.

I am doing it to send to my oldest son Jason in Fort mcMurray to take to his girlfriend in Manila, Phillipines in Jan. for a gift.

Sewing Room Window WIP

Due to our rainy day this painting I started inside. I mean "inside" it is the view out the window in the upstairs sewing room of the Sherbrooke Jail.

I just have some highlights and shadows to add to this one.

The room contained a lovely spinning wheel as well as other interesting items but I had time restrants so they will have to be later paintings.

Will post these when they are finished as well as Lily's poitrait.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sherbrooke Village View WIP

This is the second Painting I worked on however due to the rain on Wed. I was not able to finish it there and will complete it here at home. In the background is the schoolhouse where we met for demos and critiques.

Behind the school is the church that you can just see the steeple of.

There were many interesting subjects there but I wanted as much outside time as possible so I picked this scene.

Peaceful

August 9th-12th I took a watercolor workshop in N.S. at Sherbrooke Village which is a village restored like a museum of the 1800's.The worksop was given by Susan Patterson CSPW. Since we were scattered over the village there was not alot of one on one but I found some of her demos wonderful and I enjoyed it.When I first arrived at the house were we stayed there were several crows on this fence and I found the scene very peaceful. This scene was right outside the house where I stayed.

The house had actually belonged to Susan's grandmother before the government took it over as a heritage site.

This week was also a very stressful time for me as I was experiencing the death of a friendship for reasons I could not understand.

I guess the lone crow represents myselfand the fact that being an artist is really a solitary experience that can only be shared when the work is completed.

It was good to be pushed again to paint outside away from photos and my confort zone.

Finished Winter Wonderland 3

Due to its length I could not fit the whole painting in the photo.

Th majority of the painting is watercolor but I used some whit arcylic and burnt umber and white soft pastel as well. Fixative and a matte acrylic covering was sprayed over the whole painting and allowed to dry between layers.

Painting in a day. Working on Winterwonderland 3

I spent Sunday Dec 13 working on this painting as I cleaned my house. I created this 16x30 painting to put on the front of my filing cabinet over my desk at my office. The dietition who sits next to me decorated hers with wrapping paper and christmas bells. I had a lone ponisetta so I said I would do a painting for mine if I got a chance on the weekend.

I managed to get it completed by suppertime.

I would paint some and while it was drying do some housework.

I had a refrence photo from Kingston Pennisulia which is my Nursing territory. I masked then did an underpainting of Aureolin yellow. I then used Perylene green,indigo and burnt umber.

Amalfi Coast

This is another Mediterranean Moment.

This Watercolor painting is my smallest of the series. It is from a photo I took from our Tour bus window. The roads are very steep,winding and narrow.Two buses can hardly pass without their mirrors touching.You can see the bus ahead of us in my painting.

Painting 10X13 framed 18 1/2 X 21

$575