The frist snowfall of the season.
I got up this morning and it was snowing. It has been snowing gently all day. This is my first attempt at painting a winter scene.
Rain
November 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Rain on a growing field of corn.
I didn’t post last weekend because Andrea & I went to Denver to meet with the Copyblogger team. Someone mentioned the importance of rain to the indigenous people who populated North America centuries ago. This painting is representative of said importance.
Lighthouse
November 9, 2013 By 4 Comments
Lighthouse with a stormy sky
One of the techniques we learned this week is called reverse painting. It’s essentially painting everything but the silhouette of one or more objects. As you add each colour you add new silhouette(s).
Fall Colours
November 3, 2013 By
Maple tree in out back yard with only some leaves remaining.
This is my painting for this weekend. I thought it would be a decent way to practice some of the techniques we learned in the last couple classes.
Watercolour classes
October 28, 2013 By
Watercolour river scene
Sarah & I signed up to take an evening watercolour class. We had the first class 3 1/2 weeks ago. Due to a power outage & an unspecified reason the next two classes were cancelled. We’ll catch up on those by having a couple extra classes after the end of the regular class schedule.
Prior to the first class I had never painted with watercolour. I’ve been trying painting something each weekend. I’ve been trying lots of techniques & experimenting with different brushes.
The painting above is what I did this weekend. The green around the edge is tape which I have since removed. Adding the tape gives you a nice crisp border.
I’m not anywhere near being an expert yet but I am really enjoying it. It will serve me well as a “away from the computer” hobby each week 
Looking across the tomato patch at about 5 feet. The soil in the raised bed is about a foot above grade.
The squash patch headed for the lawn.
The backyard includes a garden spot which our landlord’s parent had used for years. Since I wasn’t planning on planting too much this year I decided to build a couple boxes for raised beds. I planted squash & transplanted tomatoes the week after Father’s Day.
The tomatoes are starting to overflow the raised bed.
The squash have hit the point where they are going to start running.
Apparently, Lauren likes drawing flowers. There were several more spread along about 100 feet of walkway.
Looking out into the Atlantic Ocean from the Liverpool (Nova Scotia) lighthouse.
Entry to the Alpine Garden
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