plein air painting done on location in public, oil painting watercolor sketching
Thanks Cindy Riach for suggesting this wonderful 6 day plein air painting adventure to Alert Bay, BC. It took us 3 ferries and just over 12 hours door to door and was well worth it. We stayed at the Seine Boat Inn right on the water, a contended troop of 10 in all, 4 painters […]
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This summer, with all the beautiful weather we’ve had here in BC, we become campers! What a nice addition to our years of exploring BC by boat. Last year we got a small tent with sitting headroom only and decided it was just too small. This year we moved up to a 4 man tent
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Here’s the tiny travel paintbox that inspired me to make my own tiny boxes. Catherine Youngren sat beside me at a Dr. Sketchy life drawing session and added nice little bits of colour to her poses with paints from this tiny box. What a treat! Here’s her story: Even as a very little girl, I
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Make your own tiny watercolor travel tin palette from a blush compact Inspired by this super little youtube video about how to make tiny travel tins for watercolor paints, I set about to make my 2nd tiny box, a real pocket sized on in an empty blush compact. He makes several tiny boxes in this
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