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Last day of winter

You don’t need many colours to paint on a dull day like today. From Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Red and Hansa Yellow I was able to mix the soft grey of the sky, the dark grey of the road, the muted grey of the distant trees and the warm neutral of the bollards. The snow was falling quite heavily at times which required a few brief moments of turning the wipers on, but it was wo...


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Pigeon Cove in pastels

We survived the ice storm without losing power. In fact, in this area it was not as bad as predicted, which meant that I had some studio time to play with pastels. I’ve never used pastels much, but last week my friend Susanne Strater gave me a much appreciated lesson in her studio, and n...


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Waiting for the storm

I’m sitting in my living room listening to the radio, sketchbook and pencil in hand. The forecasts from Environment Canada are for a “potentially critical freezing rain event”. Schools are already announcing closures for tomorrow. Prolonged utility outages are likely. We’ve gone through this before so we are prepared, but there is still some anxiety about how long the power w...


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A brush for drawing and painting

I’ve been having a lot of fun with a new brush I just ordered from Rosemary & Co. It’s the R11 Pointed Red Sable Brush (size 10) travel brush. I’m always a fan of long, pointy brushes because they hold a lot of water ...


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Pop!

The Seville oranges arrived in our local grocery store last week. We wait for them in January or February so that we can make enough marmalade for the year, and this year we were especially excited because we had a new recipe to try, thanks to our friends Andrew and Eleanor. We’ve never been completely successful in getting the proportions right but this is the best recipe ev...


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