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The Convenience Store

Refining the details on the balcony just above the door.

I have too many painting ideas at the moment and I can’t decide what to get started on, while the other part of me feels guilty for leaving the depanneur (that’s Quebec-French for Convenience Store) painting behind – I hate when that happens – Since I couldn’t make-up my mind on what winterscape project to get started on, I figured that I might as well work on the depanneur and I feel much better now.

Reworking the bicycle that is gradually taking shape.

In this session I refined the details on the balcony above the door, I clarified the shapes of light and shadows on the sidewalk and worked on the doorway’s steps that were just roughly painted in the previous session.

By working on the steps, I realized that I made a mistake in the original drawing, where the wall on the right meets the steps at the same level that it does meet the sidewalk. That of course affected the bicycle that I had to carefully re-draw in order to keep my lines.

I’m starting to really like that bicycle now. I like the way that it is taking shape, session after session.

On the easel: Dépanneur Caravelle after painting session on January 30th 2012.

 

Colorado Winterscape

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This month’s Virtual Paintout is taking us to Summit County in Colorado with its many ski slopes and pretty mountainscapes. Painting snow is an excellent exercise to begin the year and I’m happy to do it as long as I stay inside, in the warmth and comfort of my home-studio [...]

the Old Clocktower

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Here are some drypoint prints of the Old Montreal Clock tower that I made with my new Richeson baby press – I have mixed feelings about the results – I had to experiment to find the right amount of pressure to use with this kind of paper and my new press [...]

Paintings of 2011

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2011 turned out to be a pretty productive year despite an ankle injury in early May, that obliged me to put my plein air painting activities on the back burner and come-up with another plan. Many thanks to saxophonist Pete Thomas for allowing me to use music from his Midnight in the naked city CD. [...]