-
Archives
- March 2022
- February 2021
- July 2020
- January 2020
- September 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- September 2018
- May 2018
- February 2018
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- November 2015
- May 2015
- December 2014
- October 2013
-
Meta
Tag Archives: drawing
Sketchaday 23: a Chinese kind of morning and a traditional Canadian evening treat
I woke at 5.30 to a misty moisty morning after overnight rain. I knew I’d see a completely different world to yesterday’s at the same time of day. The mountains were barely visible at first between the clouds, but they … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged art, Canada, drawing, journals, mountains, pen and ink, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, travel, urban sketchers
Leave a comment
#Sketchaday 22: up, down and almost over the mountain
I managed to get up at 5.45am this morning and returned to the same scene that I drew yesterday, this time attempting a watercolour. After an hour I felt I had done enough as the light was changing too quickly. … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged art, blogs, Canada, drawing, journals, mountains, mt Begbie, Mt Mackenzie, Mt Macpherson, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, travel, urban sketchers, urban sketching, watercolour
Leave a comment
#Sketchaday 21: a perfect dawn and a study in attempted patricide
After the damp, misty mornings of the last few days I woke up at 5.30 to a still, quiet morning with the sun just touching the tips of the mountains. I walked out to the little rocky promontory that is … Continue reading
Posted in Mokuhanga, printmaking, sketchaday
Tagged art, blogs, Canada, catan, drawing, journals, Mokuhanga, mountains, mt Begbie, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, travel, urban sketchers, urban sketching
2 Comments
#Sketchaday 20a: another kindred soul and a master craftsman
I had a big surprise tonight. I had met Jack, the man whose workshop I painted on my first day in Revelstoke, at his souvenir shop in town. He told me that he started his silkscreen business in partnership with a … Continue reading
Posted in Mokuhanga, printmaking, sketchaday
Tagged art, blogs, Canada, drawing, journals, Mokuhanga, mountains, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, travel, urban sketchers, woodblock printing
1 Comment
#Sketchaday 20: taking a break from the renovations
The renovations built up to a frenzy today as we sanded, painted and then finally started laying a new floor in the basement spare room. Work had to stop over lunch while Leo took a snooze in his father’s arms. … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged ABC, art, babies, Canada, colouring books, drawing, journals, pen and ink, pencil, picture books, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, teddy bears, travel, urban sketchers
Leave a comment
#Sketchaday 19: working with perspective, memory and imagination
Today we finally visited the railway museum. Wherever you live in Revelstoke, you can’t avoid hearing the regular rattle and occasional screechings of the freight trains that often take more than three minutes to cross the bridge. They continue on … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged art, blogs, Canada, Canadina Pacific railway, drawing, journals, mountains, railway, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, trains, traintravel, travel, urban sketchers
Leave a comment
#Sketchaday 18: earning our keep and learning that less is more
I’ve been so impressed by the fleeting glimpses that we have of the mountains on these semi cloudy days that I’m doing a quick pencil sketch from the back patio every time I’m inspired. Sometimes you wouldn’t know there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged art, babies, birds, birdsong, blogs, Canada, crows, drawing, journals, lessismore, mountains, portraits, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, songbirds, travel, trees, urban sketchers, urban sketching, watercolour
1 Comment
#Sketchaday 17:I practise what I preach – and take lessons from the Masters
Today we went southeast on the eastern bank of the river, past Mt Mackenzie, to the area known as ‘the flats’, where the river spreads across the valley and creates pockets of marshland, perfect for water birds. As we arrived … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged art, blogs, Canada, drawing, engravings, etchings, journals, mountains, pen and ink, Revelstoke, sketchaday, sketching, travel, urban sketchers
1 Comment
#Sketchaday 16: ‘This is what we do on BC day’….and when is a sketch finished?
I started two watercolour sketches today, when we took a trip up to the reservoir behind the Revelstoke Canyon Dam, one of more than a score of dams in the Kootenay region that supply BC’s electricity. It’s one of four … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged art, BCday, Canada, dams, drawing, eagles, fish, journals, lakes, Revelstoke, rivers, sketchaday, sketching, travel, urban sketchers, watercolour
2 Comments
What do you take for sketching on holiday?
I am currently on holiday at Revelstoke, in Canada, where you can ski in winter and hike, bike, climb and explore in summer. I decided to commit myself to doing at least one sketch a day and I̵… Source: What … Continue reading
Posted in sketchaday
Tagged art, art teaching, Canada, drawing, drawing materials, journals, pen and ink, sketchaday, travel, urban sketching, watercolour
Leave a comment
Mi Mi Designs 