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Light station at Cape Enrage

Posted August 13th, 2016 · filed under art.

Plein air sketch of the light station (light house) at Cape Enrage (

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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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#art #fineart #studio #portrait #drawing #sketch #pencil #graphite #sackville #tantramar #newbrunswick #nb #explorenb #canada #canadianart .
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Paper: 5½ × 8″ @strathmoreart Art Journal (400 series toned tan sketch paper 118 gsm softcover #sketchbook)

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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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#art #fineart #landscape #architecture #archisketcher #pleinair #USk #urbansketch #drawing #sketch #pencil #graphite #sbsmeetup #nyc #usa #unitedstates #america #global_sketchers .
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Paper: 9¼ × 6¼″ @stillmanandbirn Alpha Series (150 gsm white hardcover #sketchbook)

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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)

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Study of Tantramar Marsh barn, Anderson Marsh Road, Middle Sackville. *This* is one of the shit paintings referenced in my story earlier. [visit watercolours.ca]
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#art #fineart #landscape #landscapepainting #landscapepainter #architecture #archisketcher #studio #USk #urbansketch #drawing #sketch #pencil #graphite #painting #watercolour #watercolor #originalpainting #mixedmedia #Signo gel pen #sackville #tantramar #marsh #newbrunswick #nb #explorenb #canada #canadianart .
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Paper: 3½ × 5⅜″ @pentalicart Aqua Journal (140 lb hardcover #sketchbook)

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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 #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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#art #fineart #landscape #landscapepainting #landscapepainter #architecture #archisketcher #studio #USk #urbansketch #drawing #sketch #pencil #graphite #painting #watercolour #watercolor #originalpainting #PERS #portelgin #tantramar #newbrunswick #nb #explorenb #canada #canadianart #global_sketchers .
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Paper: 18 × 26 cm Arches (300 gsm cp block)

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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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#art #fineart #landscape #landscapepainting #landscapepainter #architecture #archisketcher #studio #USk #urbansketch #drawing #sketch #pencil #graphite #painting #watercolour #watercolor #originalpainting #sackville #tantramar #newbrunswick #nb #explorenb #canada #canadianart #global_sketchers .
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Paper: 8 × 10″ #canson (cp acid-free watercolor artboard) — thank you, @wagonized!

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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. [visit watercolours.ca]
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Paper: 3½ × 5½″ @stillmanandbirn Alpha Series (150 gsm white softcover #sketchbook)

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Kitchen table, pre-brunch doodle of a home in Botsford, NB, near Little Shemogue, from a photo I took in early March, 2019 (work in progress #wip). [visit watercolours.ca]
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#art #fineart #landscape #landscapepainting #landscapepainter #architecture #archisketcher #studio #USk #urbansketch #drawing #sketch #fountainpen #pen #ink #penandink #carbonpen #tantramar #westmorlandcounty #newbrunswick #nb #explorenb #canada #canadianart .
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Paper: 3½ × 5½″ @stillmanandbirn Alpha Series (150 gsm white softcover #sketchbook)

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