Lilacs At Wagner's House

This was painted at my friend Wagner's house. He had lovely artificial lilacs on his coffee table so I painted them using the iPad, a program called Brushes (iPad edition), and my new Nomad Brush Stylus.

This piece does not have the greatest composition because I did not do a planning sketch, but I decided to post it anyways because I learned so much from it.

This is the first piece where I used transparent colours with the Brushes program. I also loved using my new stylus. I usually just use my finger, but my finger would cause friction which was not fun. But with the stylus, my paint strokes glide easily.  I found the result to be a more loose and energetic painting.

As usual, any comments, critiques, or suggestions are greatly appreciated. :)

Quills

I hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday! I certainly enjoyed mine!

For Christmas I received these pencil quills as a gift.  They have pencil lead at the end and were made for me by a very creative and awesome boy who I used to babysit. The gift was so thoughtful and pretty so I decided to paint them. Thanks again Mark!

I am very pleased with how this turned out.

This was created with a Wacom Bamboo Graphics Tablet and a program called GIMP 2

8"x10" print available.  Limited editions of ten, numbered and signed. $30 (includes free shipping worldwide).

Thanks for taking a look and cheers!

Light Behind the Trees Sketch

This was also painted last summer at Inkesetter Farm in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. I was doing a painting workshop which was being run by the incredible Laurie Wonfor Nolan. There was a patch of trees with light shinning through and a beautiful wheat field just behind. It was so incredible.  I tried to emphasize the light  by really making the grass nice and bright. This is one of the first paintings where I was fairly successful with using transparent paint. This is a sketch, but I later did a larger piece which sold! It was the first painting that I ever sold to a stranger. It was an amazing moment. This sketch is still for sale if anyone is interested, just email me. :)

6"x12" Acrylic on TerraSkin / $70 (includes free shipping worldwide)

Mirror Sketch

This was painted last summer at Inkesetter Farm in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. I was doing a painting workshop which was being run by Laurie Wonfor Nolan. The pond there was pretty still and had such beautiful reflections almost like a mirror, so I painted it. This is a sketch, but I later did a larger piece which sold! But this sketch is still for sale if anyone is interested. How I love to paint water. :)

8"x8" Acrylic on TerraSkin / $70 (includes free shipping worldwide)

Christmas Ornaments

I painted this during Laurie Wonfor Nolan's painting class. I borrowed some Christmas ornaments from my mother-in-law and was very, very pleased with the final result. I think that I am finally starting to get the hang of putting dots of colour beside one another to create a painting. I love the effect. :)

5"x7" Acrylic on TerraSkin / $60 (includes free shipping worldwide)

Neckwear Amassment

A very good friend of mine gave me a Wayne Thiebaud book which inspired me to paint my neck scarves.

In my painting class we were also studying how to paint fabric so this was good fabric practice.

I am very pleased with how this turned out and it was a lot of fun. It was created using a Wacom Bamboo Graphics Tablet and a program called GIMP 2. I like the blocky bits of colour in it.

I thought that the sketch for this looked really cool too!

Cheers!

8"x10" print available.  Limited editions of ten, numbered and signed. $30 (includes free shipping worldwide)

Columbia Lake

This piece is my second en plein air piece done with the iPad and a program called Brushes, iPad edition! I  was so impressed at how the sun was shimmering on Columbia Lake (in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) that I just had to paint it. I could barely see the colours on the screen of the iPad but when I got home and looked at it, I was very pleased with how it turned out.

8"x10" print on canvas paper available.  Limited editions of ten, numbered and signed. $30 (includes free shipping worldwide)