Archive for the ‘paintings’ Category

December 2, 2014 0

Faces from Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue and elsewhere

By in brush pen, heads, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour, women

Did these over the summer, but somehow forgot to put them up. They are mainly from Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, when I was sitting in the open air market doing portraits. They’re brush pen and watercolours, mostly.

August 22, 2014 0

Eccentric Paintings of People and Pets

By in cats, color, dogs, paintings, parks, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

I’m not fond of the new way Flickr has of embedding one’s graphics. I just want you to be able to see the one image, not scroll along to a lot of others. Generally, I’ve been embedding them into the website, which is probably a better solution, but I worry about all those graphics piling […]

August 16, 2014 0

Watercolour Man

By in color, men, paintings, watercolor, watercolour

Just something I found on the computer; looked cool.

August 8, 2014 0

More Morning Painting

By in color, paintings, watercolor, watercolour

Actually, working on things I started earlier. Just trying things.

August 4, 2014 0

Impression of parc Médéric-Martin

By in montreal, paintings, parks, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

http://parcmedericmartin.com/

July 31, 2014 0

Lachine Canal

By in montreal, paintings, watercolor, watercolour

This wasn’t working as a painting, so I decided to see if I could put little people along the front of it. That didn’t work perfectly, either: some “pentimenti” here — that’s because it’s transparent watercolour, except for the white. Still, fun to try, and I’m not so annoyed with it anymore.

July 28, 2014 0

Nora the Tuxling

By in cats, color, Nora the cat, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

June 25, 2014 0

Computer-Painted Characters

By in color, digital, heads, men, paintings, women

My computer-painted characters are quicker and more satisfying to draw. I had to reach back into my experience mixing acrylic paints to think of the right kinds of shadows. Still, I feel more confident that I can paint in a pleasant way any subject that occurs to me. Backgrounds and bodies soon to come.

June 19, 2014 0

Morning Paintings

By in color, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Morning paintings, on my deck. I’m aware that one of the cars is on the sidewalk, but I didn’t plan this one very well. Still, I like it.

June 4, 2014 0

More Paintings in Parks

By in montreal, paintings, parks, watercolor, watercolour

Parc des Faubourgs. I painted this from the steps of the Latin American Church across the street (rue Ontario). That’s my bike on the right. Square Viger. Called “Square” in both English and French (not “Carré”) This is an odd little place, full of sculpture, but which has a bed reputation, because it’s isolated and […]

May 24, 2014 0

Intense faces and others

By in digital, heads, paintings

One nice thing about drawing on the computer is that you can rework things infinitely. Squish ’em up, stretch them, repaint seamlessly, etc. These two drawings were absolute messes, but I’m sort of happy with them now. Still a ways to go in technique.

May 24, 2014 0

Church Ladies and Sad Girls

By in color, digital, paintings

Drawn on the computer with my Wacom tablet. From my imagination. I don’t know why I’ve drawn these women in a church setting, but I was reading a fantasy story with a stern priestess in it, and my friend has been going to a church. This one makes me think of the Bruce Springsteen song […]

May 22, 2014 0

Watercolours of Montreal Parks

By in color, paintings, watercolor, watercolour

Parc du Portugal Parc Edmond-Hamilton A park dog

May 14, 2014 0

More Splashy Painting

By in montreal, paintings, sketches, watercolor, watercolour

Here’s a picture of that odd building by the “Peel Basin” along the bike path in Montreal. I can’t find the reference picture I took, so there’s a lot of interesting graffiti missing here. I may put it in later. Below, I was sitting in a park watching kids playing flag football. In our day, […]