View from Jacob's Landing

This piece was created mostly by burn marks from the controlled application of a wire-nib burner (with a variable temperature control). This was a great challenge and learning experience for me, but I am soooo excited with the results!

This is the view from Jacob's Landing in Hespeler Village, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. I decided to try wood burning this scene because I really needed a change in pace.  Painting just has not been able to hold my attention lately. I have realized that I am a bit of an art harlot. I just get this need to go from one medium to another. I have kinda abandoned painting and digital art for the moment.  I feel terrible. I know my paints, iPad and brushes must miss me, but I have to follow my heart. It is just who I am. I guess I need to have change when it comes to art.

Thanks for reading this and for being so patient with my less then consistent updates!

Wood burning and mixed media on birch plywood, 12"x 16"/$190
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The 38th International Sketch Crawl

I would like to invite you to the 38th international Sketch Crawl! This is an all day sketching marathon that will take place on Saturday, January 19th in Uptown Waterloo.

We will meet at Angie's Kitchen in Waterloo at 10:00 am.  We can draw anything we like and Uptown Waterloo has much subject matter to offer, so we can even split up and draw what strikes our fancy. Then we will have an "end of day" meet up for a drink at 4:00 pm at  the Huether to share our stories and our carnets de voyage (no critiques just a share). You should end up with a drawn journal filled with interior and exterior sketches ranging from the drinks you had to the different buses that passed by.

To particpate, please RSVP Brenda Murray at 519-572-1757 or email her at brenda.murrayATsympaticoDOTca. If you cannot join us in the morning, but would like to come later in the afternoon, text or call Brenda, so you can find out where we are at that time.

Check out the marathon's website:  http://www.sketchcrawl.com/

For directions, please click on the links below.

Angie's Kitchen Ltd: http://goo.gl/maps/azMf2

Huether Hotel: http://goo.gl/maps/GZ8ef

Thanks for reading this and happy sketching!

Sketches

These sketches may not look like much, but they were super scary and uncomfortable for me. I did not use a pencil (WHICH MEANS NO ERASING!). Just a black pen! I tried to just make confident, bold strokes. Not sketchy strokes. It was so, so hard for me. But all things considered, I think I did well. And I am proud of myself. I am even thinking of using the second drawing for a painting. The lopsided perspective, and overall quaky architecture kinda has it's own charm. 

Brenda Murray (go check out her online portfolio and give her lots of love because her art rocks) told me about a group called the Urban Sketchers. I love the idea of the Urban Sketchers and I cannot stop admiring all of the cool sketchbooks!

Thanks for reading this, keep on creating and cheers!

Bernhardt Building

This painting is for an upcoming show called "A Day and A Night" at the Cambridge Center for the arts.  I believe that this is part of the  Bernhardt building, in Preston,Cambridge, Ontario. I might come back and play with it a bit more. But for now, I am done.

Thanks for reading this and cheers!

Painted digitally using an iPad 2 and the program Sketch Book Pro.
12"x16"
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Jacob's Landing View

This piece was a great challenge and learning experience for me. This is the Speed River Dam as seen from Jacob's Landing in Hespeler Village, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. I decided to try to paint the scene in the colours I felt, instead of the colours that were actually there. I am so proud of myself because I think that this turned out great! I hope to continue trying to experiment with colour!

Thanks for reading this and cheers!

Acrylic on Canvas, 14"x 18"/$150
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The View

This is a painting depicting the view from my in-law's back yard.

6"x 12" Acrylic on Terra Skin/ $60

Moon Goddess

This is my second pyrography piece. "Pyrography or pyrogravure is the art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker." Wikipedia.

In this case I used a pyrography machine which was actually built in Canada.

I designed this all by myself (I even used myself as the model, LOL). I was very inspired by an artist named Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. I adore her work.

I needed to mention that the design is mine because some who do pyrography use other artist's designs.

Moon Godess
Pyrography on basswood
3"x12"
$80

Please email me if you are interested in purchasing this piece. Shipping is additional.

Thanks for reading this and cheers!