Off Radke Road

I spent some very pleasant hours this afternoon with my friend, Marina, painting the Ottawa River.  My first painting was not very successful so I very quickly mixed some colour and put this small painting down.  After I came home I made some small adjustments to the floating dock on the right side of the sketch then felt it was done.

Antique Butter dish

My mom picked up this butter dish lid at a garage sale years ago for me to paint.  It has taken me a while to use it, but finally I set it to use.

The Green Bowl #2

 

 

A very much more abstract interpretation of the bowl and the flowers.

The Green Bowl

After a long season of painting outdoors it is finally time to come back to the studio.  I  am experimenting with some new light sources and some new equipment for getting my images online.  I thought I would try a series of the same objects in different compositions and different light situations as a primer for my still life season.

More Winter Sketches

  Winter Sunset - Saar's Lane

Overlooking the Ottawa River

Birches Awaiting Spring

Saar's Lane

Last autumn found Marina and  I painting on Saar's Lane not far from her house.  The sun was setting behind the rolling landscape and we did one last small painting of the day.  This remains one of my favorite outdoor sketches, both for the looseness of the brushwork and the freshness of the colour.

Finchley Road

It's been quite a while since I have posted on my blog; I have been painting all this time but have not been happy with the way my paintings have looked after I photographed them.  I continue to experiment with different set-ups but have returned to using my Lumix camera with the paintings set up on my painting easel using natural daylight on a sunny day with the light coming in from my north windows.  This particular painting was done last fall while out with my friend Marina as we cruised the "Roads of Renfrew County" looking for painting spots.