Remember biting off the five nodes to enjoy the sweet nectar?
#111 Pansy
The velvety petals are captured on the texture of watercolour paper, mmm-mmm, nothing like it when you can hold it in your hand!
#110 pleinair, day one, May 7
We met at the Buckley Bay rest area at 1:00. We meet again May 14 at Rosewall Park – see you there! Although it started to rain after the first hour, we had an awesome time. And cuz it’s outside we can be covid-safe. I’m hopeful more will show up each Friday at one o’clock….
#109 Early birds
Morning journey to their favourite feeding ground. | 4×4 | 2019
#108 Waiting
“Waiting _____” you fill in the blank, what would be your title for this painting
#96 Sweet ‘n sour forest treats
“Huckleberries” | 10×10″ | 02/2021
#94 Checkers and stripes
Wish you were here.
#93 Lovers’ leap one year later
Hope is not lost. “Lovers’ leap” | 8×8″ | 03/2020
#88 Some yellow, some green, will set the scene
Watercolour painting of winter in my backyard
Woo-hoo! My 4 paintings just got approved by FCA 10-squared exhibit
Douglas Firconian, Eeuphoria Mtn Ashium, Velcrophorbia Plantarium and Dand Dillion Ranuncullium
#79 Saturday’s en-pleinair
With my very good friend, a watercolour painter like me, after a whole year later than planned, we finally got outside last Saturday to paint together. There were so many distractions, like beautiful birds, and driftwood and dogs, that we didn’t actually paint much. So when I got home to my orderly and functional studio…
#43 Beach Cornucopia.
MAR 2019: capture a wave.
#31 It’s your turn, tern.
JUN 2018: tho winter is so dark and grey, must get outside to play.
#30 There’s more than one way to…
MAY 2018: paint the same subject in a different way.
#29 Our last day at the beach.
SEP 2017: show the end of summer.
#25 Murder, she wrote.
Mission: create a feeling of tension and uncertainty.
#24 Saratoga morning mist.
Mission: create fog and mist with paint on paper.
#23 Lost again.
Mission: read the tides, currents, charts, shipping lanes and weather before heading out.
#22 Gowlland Harbour, Quadra.
Mission: show the close proximity of the islands on a clear day.
#21 Artist’s doldrums.
The blank sheet of watercolour paper is sometimes daunting. Or sometimes you are lost in the quagmire of self-doubt. Or whether there’s any point in painting another painting…
#20 Time for reflection.
Mission: raise two birdlings ‘Another Hard Days Night’ | 2017 | 6×6”
#19 Orange and black.
Mission: create with seasonal colours. ’Orange and Black’ | 2018 | 8×8”
#18 Gospel Rock.
Mission: prove the impossible. ‘Red cedar’ | 2017 | 9×12”
#17 Swamp or beach?
Mission: decide whether an estuary can be called a beach.
#16 The September Crowd.
Mission: Create a visual likeness of the movement of the wind blowing the beach grass.
