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USK:MTL : Sketching Atwater Market
We had perfect lazy Sunday weather for today’s USK:MTL monthly sketching meetup. I was doing more talking than drawing today so we have a little bit of everything going on in the sketchbook. Thanks to...
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Pop up Show Pops up! Oil Paintings on Exhibition at Farfelu.
I have had a generous offer to be a guest artist at Galerie Farfelu in Westmount. My friends Lydia and Marin are showing their gold and sliver jewellery, and have offered me the wall space in their...
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Announcement: Free Watercolor Demonstration in Hudson QC, Wed 18th
If you are in the Montreal area, you might be interested to come see me doing a 90 minute watercolor painting demonstration at the Hudson Artist’s Association. Wednesday, March 18th Ste-Mary’s Parish...
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Persistence: The Only Technique That Matters
I don’t usually show my ‘bad’ sketches. I often draw on loose sheets of paper, and tear up bad ones right on the spot. So there was no evidence. These happen to be in a sketchbook, and this was such a...
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Ahoy! Pirates and Ships at the Pointe
Who doesn’t love those rascally swashbuckling pirates? They’re the embodiment of the 99%. Romanticized history. Escaped slaves giving what-for to the Empire that shanghaied them. It’s the Robin Hood...
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Pics from sketching Atwater
Hey everyone, here’s Laurel’s pics from last weekend! You all look great :)
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Tam Tams on Mount Royal
The weather this year has been awesome (knock wood). Seems like the sun is syncing up with the weekends! Last week I was over in Mount Royal park hanging out at the Tam Tams. This is super opportunity...
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Washable Ink at the Botanical Garden
Earlier this spring, a bit before drawing on the street was seasonable here in Montreal, I spent an afternoon sketching in the greenhouse at the MTL Botanical Garden. Looking back in time, my location...
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Montreal Croissant Festival
Today (May 3d) was the Montreal Croissant Festival. A magical day when bakeries all across the city (30 this year) put forward their most flaky buttery crescent shaped delicacies – for only $1 a piece!...
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USK:MTL Griffintown Sketchcrawl
For this month’s USK:MTL 4th Sunday sketch-out we did a walking tour of Griffintown. I had scanned the area in google street view and picked out a few likely drawing spots. I am told by people in the...
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Here’s my Dimsum Sketches!
Just back from our monthly USK:MTL sketching outing – our annual Dimsum lunch. Always fun chatting with sketchers and snacking on Chinese delicacies. Among the people at our table were a med student...
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Sunday Sketching
I was pleased to see a little crowd on the steps of the museum when I showed up. They were banging on the door trying to get the museum caretaker to open up on time. (It’s hard to be patient in this...
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Early registration discount for Jan class ends Wed, Nov 13
Just a note – early registration discounts for my 10 week watercolor class at Syn Studio (starting Jan 21) are ending this week (wed 13). If you know anyone interested in a studio watercolor class (not...
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The Watersoluble Pens
Went out sketching the other day with the MTL:USK group. Brought my two water soluble pens to the Mount Royal Plateu. My new Lamy Safari Extra Fine, and equally new Kuretake #13 brush pen....
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Mosaiculture and Magnets
This summer the Montreal botanical garden (Jardin Botanique) is the host for Mosaiculture International. It’s a show of topiary follies. Painstakingly planted and clipped sculptural works on a grand...
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…and my demos from the weekend
And now, what (some of you) have been waiting for: the demos from last weekend’s workshop! My method for this sort of “architectural portrait” always begins with a structural drawing. You have to go...
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Photos from the workshop!
We had 30 students shared between myself and my co-instructor Shari Blaukopf. Some locals, some from Ontario, and some from as far as British Columbia, California, Florida, and Texas. If I can say it...
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10 Week Watercolor Course at Syn Studio
I thought I’d let everyone know – this is not precisely Urban Sketching business – but people have asked about classes, so I’m announcing this: Expressive Painting in Watercolor Oct, for 10 weeks, I’ll...
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Mount Royal Park – too slow for Tam Tams
Just back from the outing to Mount Royal Park. I started with our Angel-on-a-stick (properly called the George-Étienne Cartier Monument) while waiting for the Tam Tams to get going. I’m thinking, this...
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