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Light station at Cape Enrage

Posted August 13th, 2016 · filed under art.

Updated 2017-02-08. Plein air sketch of the light station (light house) at Cape Enrage (

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Sometimes you draw a cow. This one sat patiently w

Sometimes you draw a cow. This one sat patiently while I took its photo. The others ignored me. Donald Harper lane in Middle Sackville (work in progress #wip) [visit watercolours.ca].
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Paper: 9¼ × 6¼″ @stillmanandbirn Alpha Series (150 gsm white hardcover #sketchbook)

Tiny study of a local homestead I’ve painted bef

Tiny study of a local homestead I’ve painted before. I like how these barns huddle together and I love the lines of this house. This one’s 3¼ inches wide (work in progress #wip). [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 3 × 9″ @strathmoreart Watercolor Travel Pad (140 lb cp pad #sketchbook)

30-minute watercolour sketch with a small colour s

30-minute watercolour sketch with a small colour study below it. Still so much to learn. [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 23 × 31 cm Arches (300 gsm cp pad) and 3 × 9″ @strathmoreart Watercolor Travel Pad (140 lb cp pad #sketchbook)

Coffee drinker at @blackduckcoffee. Far from a per

Coffee drinker at @blackduckcoffee. Far from a perfect likeness, but I’m not unhappy with it for 30 minutes of doodling. [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 5½ × 8″ @strathmoreart Art Journal (400 series toned tan sketch paper 118 gsm softcover #sketchbook)

The arch at Washington Square in Greenwich Village

The arch at Washington Square in Greenwich Village, New York City. Great to meet @dannyobadiah, @koosjekoene, and the others in attendance. [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 9¼ × 6¼″ @stillmanandbirn Alpha Series (150 gsm white hardcover #sketchbook)

Quick, loose ink sketch of a farm near Jolicure, N

Quick, loose ink sketch of a farm near Jolicure, New Brunswick. Really rough, but mainly done as an excuse to try a technique @PaulHeaston hinted at recently — diluted ink in a waterbrush. Looking forward to trying more like this, but maybe without the ink explosion next time? (See fingernails.) [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 3½ × 5½″ @moleskine_arts (200 gsm hardcover #sketchbook)

8 hour, 40-minute digital painting of an apartment

Sports field with net; Port Elgin Regional School.

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 #watercolourpencils. Still don’t understand trees at all; working on it. To be clear, LEARNING IS HAPPENING and this one looks better in person than the photo suggests. No, really. [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 18 × 26 cm Arches (300 gsm cp block)

Not really feeling this work in progress. Terrible

Not really feeling this work in progress. Terrible sky wash; mangled the surface of the paper trying to remove a hair… Let’s see how many more mistakes I can learn from along the way! Abandoned house near Upper Point de Bute (work in progress #wip). [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 8 × 10″ #canson (cp acid-free watercolor artboard) — thank you, @wagonized!

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