Fireworks!

I haven't done much painting these last few days, but I did take in a firework festival last night. Thought I would share some pictures that I took.

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Company in Town

I got some company from out of town so it'll be a couple of days before I post again. I should have a jujube update and hopefully a few other things to post. Enjoy the next few days and I'll see you when my company leaves.

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Another JuJube Update

The hot, dry weather is causing my paints to dry very quickly which makes painting a little bit more of a challenge. I've been limiting my painting to early morning/late evening. Here's another update on the JuJube painting with the beginings of the background and shadows started. More layers to go yet. :)



During the hot part of the day I've been working on cutting matting for my smaller paintings. I bought some frames last week so I can put some of my work up.

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Quick JuJube Update

A quick update on my JuJube work-in-progress before I quit due to the heat.

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Its Hot Outside

It is soo hot outside and darned warm in my place without air conditioning. I'm slowly working through a couple of paintings and hopefully will have some done shortly. With the heat and low humidity my acrylic paints have been drying really fast. I've put away some of the larger paintings until this heat wave passes (should cool down by Wednesday) and started a small 7" x 5" painting of some jujubes.



There is lots of layers left to go (and the background too), but I'm hoping to be done by the end of the weekend. I'll post updates as I work on this painting.

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Dew Drop Lily ACEO

Just finished another ACEO and this one was truely a challenge. The reference for this picture is one of my own pictures ... a lily of the valley just after a morning shower. The waterdrop hanging onto the flower had a beautiful reflection that I just couldn't resist trying to paint it.

Update: Painted using watercolour paints and ink on 140lbs cold-pressed paper its going to a new home as it has been sold.

"Dew Drop Lily" ACEO
Watercolour and ink on 140lbs ColdPress Paper
2.5" x 3.5"
SOLD

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Orange Calendula Flower

I've finally finished! Been working on this painting for over a month now... my eyes kept going wonky painting with the bright orange and yellows. Its painted on 1.5" deep gallery wrapped canvas with the painting extending around the sides thus making it ready to hang on your wall! This painting is avalible through art-agent or directly through me.



"Orange Flower"
Acrylic on Gallery Wrapped Canvas
20" x 16" x 1.5"
$640 USD + Shipping


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Sad Moon Sketch

A sketch I completed a little while ago that I found in my little sketch book. Its a sad little moon that I drew out on a rainy day last year. Sketched using coloured pencils in my strathmore drawing pad. I love using coloured pencils, but I do have a nasty habit of rushing sometimes. They are a good tool to help me slow down and concentrate.



Tomorrow I should have a couple new paintings to post. I just got some finishing detail to finish up on a large acrylic and I'm working on another ACEO.

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Blue Bottle #1 ACEO

Another ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) available for sale. Glass is quite a challenge to paint... all sorts of relections and refractions of light and colour. This is a different approach to glass than my last try at it... I decided to add a little bit of an ink detail. Not sure which method is my favourite.

Painted using watercolour paints and ink on 140lbs cold-pressed paper it's available through paypal directly from me or from artcardwanted.com.

"Blue Bottle #1" ACEO
Watercolour and ink on 140lbs ColdPress Paper
2.5" x 3.5"
$8 USD + Shipping

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Orange Poppy #1 ACEO

My first ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) available for sale. This was sure fun challenge to complete... I'm thinking of doing these while I'm letting the paint dry on my larger paintings. This one is painted from a reference photo taken by me on one of my many travels around the province. Painted using watercolour paints and ink on 140lbs cold-pressed paper it's available through paypal directly from me or from artcardwanted.com.

"Orange Poppy #1" ACEO
Watercolour and ink on 140lbs ColdPress Paper
2.5" x 3.5"
$8 USD + Shipping

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New Blog Template

I'm just about done updating and cleaning up this blog... so I'm sorry to anyone recieving multiple updates from here. Blogger is a bit of a pain in that what I preview before saving isn't always what it looks like once saved so sometimes there is a bit of tweaking that must happend. I'm hoping this blog template loads faster than the last one, I've also cleaned it up a bit to. If you see any problems, broken links, or such, just drop me a line or leave a comment. Catch you later!

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Roof Line Sketch

A sketch of a roof line from one of the houses along the coast in Ucluelet, BC. Most of the houses were cottage-like and had cedar shingle siding and roofs. Other houses were covered in wooden siding and painted in bright colours like yellow and blue. I got quite a number of photos from this trip... but having some memory card issues so I didn't take as much as I normally do. Going to save some pennies for a new memory stick.


Pen sketch of a house in Ucluelet, BC

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Current Project

This is the painting that is currently sitting on my easle. Its an 8"x10" gallery wrapped canvas and I am hoping to be done it soon (fingers crossed). I've never attempted water reflections before, and although I am happy with the way its going, it is much more time consuming that I thought it would be.



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Ladybug

I was going through my stack of finished paintings and realized that I never posted this one yet. I painted it earlier this year using watercolours for the background and acrylics for the bug. He's available now through art-agent or directly through me. I use paypal as a payment means.


"Little Lady Bug"
Mixed Media on Watercolour Paper
6" x 4"
$49 USD + Shipping

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