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Life Drawing in Different Media
Don’t be afraid to experiment!
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Bees, Episode 1
On December 18 2020 we removed a swarm from a compost bin on our friends’ property. We’d had to make a second attempt after a botched attempt the previous day. The mistake we’d made on the first day was that … Continue reading
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100 Great Children’s Picture Books
I just discovered this great blog. I’m going to consult it regularly from now on! via 100 Great Children’s Picture Books
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Classes and Workshops
Classes and Workshops Updated information for 2020 at Pepper Street Arts Centre and Atelier Crafers
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Sketchaday Series 2, Episode 6: The world offers itself to your imagination
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, Banff, blogs, cafes, Canada, clouds, composition, drawing, eagles, holidays, imagination, indigo, journals, Juniper hotel, lakes, landscapes, life drawing, magpies, Mary Oliver, monochrome, mountains, Mt Begbie Brewery, mule deer, pencil, poetry, Revelstoke, Rogers Pass, sculpture, sepia, snow, squirrels, trails, travel, trees, watercolour, wild geese
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Sketchaday Series 2, Episode 5: Time to stand and stare
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. William Henry Davies My kind of holiday is having the opportunity to absorb a landscape, without being rushed from one country to another, or … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, birds, blogs, Canada, clouds, drawing, eagles, holidays, indigo, journals, landscapes, memory sketches, mountains, poetry, snow, squirrels, travel, watercolour
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Sketchaday Series 2, Episode 4: Training my Memory
I have always tried to keep a diary when on my travels, as I find it very hard to recall the day to day happenings. In my last Sketchaday series I wrote a post nearly every day, but this time … Continue reading
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Sketchaday Series 2, Episode 3: Capturing the moment
The other thing that I am trying to do during this trip, besides remembering people and situations, is to capture the landscape. This is my fourth visit to Canada, but it’s the first time I’ve seen the mountains in winter. … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, blogs, Canada, clouds, composition, drawing, holidays, indigo, journals, less is more, monochrome, mountains, mt revelstoke, sepia, snow, travel, trees, watercolour
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Sketchaday Series 2, Episode 2: Drawing from Memory
After arriving at Revelstoke on Dec 14, we were caught up in a whirlwind of family activities, so I now have to choose my moments to note down a scene from each day. We take plenty of iPhone pictures, but … Continue reading
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