work-in-progress

Cape Jourimain lighthouse

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Light 2H pencil under-drawing of the newly-moved lighthouse at Cape Jourimain, N.B. 9 ¼ × 6 ¼″ Stillman & Birn Alpha (white/150 gsm) sketchbook. From a photo I took in September, 2016. Not sure if I want to do this as a pen-and-ink sketch or do light watercolour washes. We’ll see how I’m feeling about it once I’ve finished … Read more

Houses in Waterside

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Watercolour sketch of houses in Waterside, New Brunswick, from a photo I took in August. On 9 ¼ × 6 ¼″ Stillman & Birn Alpha (white/150 gsm) hard-bound sketchbook. The Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook paper is meant for light washes, but it’s just a bit too light for what I’m doing here and tends to buckle. I’m still … Read more

Bus driver checks his phone

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Bus driver checks his phone in the shade while waiting on Park Street, Sackville, New Brunswick, next to the Mount Allison University football field. From a photo I took in August, 2016. Totally butchered this one adding watercolour. Pencil sketch on 9 ¼ × 6 ¼″ Stillman & Birn Alpha (white/150 gsm) paper.

Stephen Scott sketching

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Sketch of Fredericton, New Brunswick, artist Stephen Scott painting on the Tantramar Marsh (Anderson Marsh Road). He’s working on a small oil sketch on linen from the back of his portable studio (his Subaru). Roughed-in with pencil on site; polished up with a fountain pen from reference photos back in the studio. Stephen Scott website