Canterbury Street, Saint John
From a series of reference photos I took in 2015. Pencil, Carbon fountain pen, Pigma Micron brush pen, and watercolour in 5 ¾ × 8 ¾″ Stillman & Birn Gamma (150 gsm) ivory paper. Blocked-in in pencil.
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Parking lot behind Struts Gallery
I roughed this sketch in with pencil, then moved to a Carbon fountain pen, and a Pigma Micron brush pen. 5 ¾ × 8 ¾″ Stillman & Birn Gamma (150 gsm ivory paper) Cars are challenging. I used this sketch as a guinea-pig for some pigment-testing later.
Father & son walking
My friend Steve walking his son home from school in our neighbourhood. Mount Allison University campus in the distance. Pencil sketch in 5 × 8 ¼″ Moleskine sketch album (120 gsm paper). In a private collection in France.
Memramcook church
Long-since gone, this is from a series of photos I took in 1992 or 1993. Graphite on cheap sketchbook paper, roughly 4.5 × 8″
The Wood Block, Sackville
Pencil sketch; 5 × 8 ¼″ Moleskine sketch album (120 gsm paper).
Home in Port Elgin
This pencil sketch is of an abandoned house next to the Village Office in Port Elgin, New Brunswick. There are so many beautiful houses like this around, but they won’t be for long.