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Day 03: #OneWeek100People 2023: An Evening of Life Drawing!
Hey! I went to figure drawing! Once winter hits us for real, I go into hibernation, and don’t tend to make it out for life drawing until the spring. But to be honest, I didn’t draw these today. I had...
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Day 04: #OneWeek100People 2023: An Exhibition of Hats
Hey so, I went to our museum of archeology (Pointe-à-Callière) to sketch their show on hats and headdresses from around the world. Just a fun day of classic museum drawing. I love sketching in these...
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Day 05: OneWeek100People 2023: Tiny Oil Heads!
Click for a very nice video in which I get philosophical about painting:) > So! Thanks to everyone who’s been doing #OneWeek100People for this, the Seventh Year! (*Cheering sounds.*) I had a really...
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Day Nine! #30x30DirectWatercolor: Sketching a 200 year old house – Le Manoir...
For day nine of the marathon, let me show you a sketch I actually did a few days previously. It was Urban Sketchers Montreal’s monthly meetup, and they’d chosen the Atwater metro as the launching...
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Day 11: #30x30DirectWatercolor: Flashback! Trip to Bay St Paul
I am painting for #30×30 today!!! But I’m working on a set I post all together, so; here’s a flashback to our trip to the beleaguered town of Baie Saint Paul. For the second year in a row we joined a...
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Day 12! #30x30DirectWatercolor: Montreal Botanical Garden
Today was the watershed moment! Every year it takes me a few rounds to get back into the Direct part of Direct Watercolor. Today I sat down to paint, and it just came naturally. I was painting all-in...
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Day 13: #30x30DirectWatercolor: See all the Fails behind this sketch!
It’s day 13 of the #30x30DirectWatercolor Marthon! Check out the video for a reveal of my five (5!) failed attempts, while I remember the fact that I’m looking for graphic edges :) It’s come to my...
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Day 14: #30x30DirectWatercolor: In the Red Pillar’d Courtyard
Day 15: Hey! We are crossing the halfway mark! How are you all doing? Is everyone keeping up – got your 15? If not, tomorrow might be a good day to do some tiny studies to catch up. I think I have 22...
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Day 15: #30x30DirectWatercolor: Peony Apocalypse
Day Fifteen! Halfway there!! I have to admit I’m getting tired – so just a quick one today. Another study of a Peony. This time I’m concentrating on volume, and also, trying to understand how to make...
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Day 17: #30x30DirectWatercolor: Graphic Novel
15×15″ Graphite Grey + Spot Color + Photoshop Adjustment So, I fell behind yesterday! Sorry! I don’t really have an excuse; which is of course causing a little anxiety. But hey – this is the reality...
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Day 21: #30x30DirectWatercolor : The Blue(ish) Boy
Something different for Day 21! For day 21, I have an experimental video for you. I’ve done a full-length recording of a sketch, I believe it’s 23 minutes long. Significantly longer than the little...
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Day 26: #30×30 Direct Watercolor: A Rose Painting Tutorial
Someone had asked me about how to paint interesting backgrounds for these floral sketches – so! I thought I’d do a slightly longer video (10 min) showing a rose painting from beginning to end. This...
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Notes from a Workshop!
Hey everyone! Here’s a little free handout I made for the first ever USK:MTL instructed workshop! Held this past weekend in the Old Port of Montreal. The local team put on a great event, with three...
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#OneWeek100People 2024, March 11-15!
It’s almost spring, the weather is turning. Slowly, slowly there’s more light each day. This time of year I’m starting to anticipate our annual sketching challenge #OneWeek100People. When March rolls...
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#OneWeek100People 2024 : Day One : How to draw 100 People in a Day (even...
It’s (almost) spring in Montreal, and the city is coming back to life – or – that’s just me I suppose. There’s plenty of people who enjoy winter, but I’m not one of them! In the dark months, I go into...
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#OneWeek100People 2024 : Day Two : Getting my 100!
I love subway sketching. Nobody dares to make eye contact on the subway. – So yesterday I did too much walking around and not enough drawing. Good exercise, and it was a sunny afternoon so I didn’t...
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#OneWeek100People 2024 : Day Three : Tried to do 100 watercolors! < and...
So, if I couldn’t do 100 pen-and-ink people in a single day, what makes me think I can do it in watercolor? I only managed 25 today! The same thing happened to me last year! What’s that saying about...
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#OneWeek100People 2024 : Day Four : Finishing up my Watercolors!
Ok, I did it! Day Four; finished my 50 in watercolor! I really wanted to do 100 in color. In fact, I wanted to do 100 every day this year! 500 in a week! – But I’m a long way from achieving that. [...
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#OneWeek100People 2024 : Pushing Outward
As much as I love #OneWeek100People, there is a tension for me. The ability to take a week off and go sketching is an absolute self indulgence. I’m retired-slash-unemployed (the line is fuzzy), and we...
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