Digital painting of an apartment building in my neighbourhood at night, from a reference photo I took this summer. Somehow a dark scene like this makes more sense using digital media than watercolour on paper. Learned a lot about Procreate on this; I have a lot left to learn. Great software. iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 3rd… Read more »
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Sports field with net; Port Elgin Regional School
Loosest of pencil sketches underneath watercolour, a splash of white gouache, and the tiniest amount of Prismacolor watercolour pencils. From a photo I took in March, 2019. I still don’t understand trees; working on it. To be clear, learning is happening. This one also looks better in person than the photo suggests (no, really; the… Read more »
Watercolour sketch of a home near Botsford, New Brunswick
Added some colour washes to this little piece of a home in Botsford, NB, near Little Shemogue, from a photo I took in early March, 2019. Kitchen table, pre-brunch doodle — with a rough, pencil under-drawing — of a home in Botsford, NB, near Little Shemogue, from a photo I took in early March, 2019… Read more »
Sketch: Houses and barn in Memramcook
From a photo I took in March this year, as the last of the snow was finally melting. I’ve always liked this cluster of houses by the Trans-Canada Highway between Sackville and Moncton. Study on toned paper. Mostly markers with some ink & gel pen (detail, work in progress). Paper: 7¾ × 9¾″ Strathmore Art Journal (400 series… Read more »
The Missaguash River from Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia
Île de la Valière/Tonge’s Island, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, in the foreground; the Missaguash River separating New Brunswick from Nova Scotia and Westmorland County, NB, in the middle ground, with the Bay of Fundy, more Westmorland Co., and Albert County, NB, in the distance. See Tantramar Heritage Trust’s page on Tonge’s Island.
House in Sackville
Watercolour painting on 3 ½ × 5 ⅜″ Pentalic Aqua Journal (140 lb). Earlier pencil sketch of work in progress. Related post: House in Sackville (original sketch)
![8 hour, 40-minute digital painting of an apartment building on my street at night. From a reference photo I took this summer. Swipe for time-lapse video. Time to call this one done and move on, I think. Learned a lot about Procreate on this; mostly how much I have left to learn.
I left the wordmark off the side of the van, because I used Procreate’s type tool to recreate it, so it felt like cheating (plus it’s set in squished Times New Roman & letter-spaced lower-case Arial — not my thing); you get a brief glimpse of the wordmark in the video. I did draw the hawk logo, though. :)[visit watercolours.ca]
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