Tag: process

My newest video on YouTube – nasturtiums in a glass

MY NEWEST VIDEO!!   It’s 1st of December as I write – is that for real??? I remember when I thought, Oh wow, I have another three months until Christmas, what a relief! But now it’s what? 24 days. Have to deal with it I guess.   Okay, onto my real news! I’m excited about

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RED – a red pastel for Remembrance Day

  Nothing ventured nothing gained.   It’s the 11th of November in a couple of days time and in thinking about Remembrance Day, poppies and their redness came to mind, and I thought about Rothko and his red paintings as written about in my blog a couple of weeks ago and since I haven’t been

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Plein air painting a cottage on Salt Spring

  I can hardly believe it’s November already. The days are getting darker and the grey and wet can get me down but remembering wonderful days painting en plein air this summer warms my soul. There’s something about painting outside – you bring the experience and witnessing of nature and the environment inside with you.

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A plein air outing on Salt Spring Island

  The day was pretty much an overcast one but that didn’t stop me and my Mum and Dad from venturing forth into the wilds of Salt Spring to paint en plein air. Okay, a slight exaggeration since we just went a short way up the hill and around the corner to Sharpe Rd. Such

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Painting en plein air on Salt Spring Island

Ahhhh….painting en plein air – there’s nothing like it! This was the second plein air pastel I did over the weekend that I visited Mum and Dad on Salt Spring. (Here’s the first one.) This time we went to the end of Baker Road which overlooks Booth Bay. I walked the beach looking for a

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