Owner: Sarah Lynch - Daily Paintings and Drawings URL:http://www.splynch.blogspot.com Join Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:05:13 -0600 Rating:0 Site Description: I use this blog exclusively for my daily paintings and drawings. This might be sketches, watercolours or oils, sometimes they won't be very good. They will of necessity be small (between 2.5" X 3.5" {ACEO size} and 8"X 10") and th Site statistics:Click here
Noon on the Common 4 2008-06-13 20:41:21
5"X7" Watercolour & pencil on paper
The boys have all gone away for the weekend, a baseball tournament. So I am looking forward to a couple of days of painting, both micro and macro, as there is still a lot of the exterior of the house to paint. We will have to see how much I can get achieved. As usual my ambition is probably completely unrealistic.
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Bread and Butter 2008-06-14 16:59:51
5"X7" Oil on board
Back to food. The family is away for the weekend so I was able to set up in the kitchen without worrying that a hungry teenager was going to need to eat soon. I don't mean to imply that I spend all my time waiting on my family. J. does most of the cooking and the boys are pretty capable too, but being able to take over the kitchen is a luxury I seldom enjoy.I went to the marke Read more:Bread
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Summer Flowers 2008-06-15 20:39:47
5"X7" Oil on board
So this was a fairly productive weekend. If I didn't have to work, and lived alone, who knows what I might achieve? Probably not a clean house, I don't seem to get any housework done even when I have the opportunity. I did get a fair amount of gardening done and made a good start on scraping and painting the east wall of the house. I also managed to paint eight small paintin Read more:Summer
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Summer Flowers Detail 2008-06-16 21:05:29
5"X7" Oil on board
No, this isn't a detail of yesterday's painting but a whole other painting done at the same time and from the same place. I am already feeling nostalgic for my lovely weekend alone, anyone would think that I didn't like my family or something.
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Dempsey Park 2008-06-18 15:38:43
4"X6" Watercolour & pencil on paper
There is a certain irony to the fact that throughout this continent there are many parks and "natural" spaces that owe their very existence to the hydro corridors. Hydro being the common term here for electricity (another irony) because of its source in Niagara Falls and other water driven plants(hydro-electric power). Dempsey
Park is beside the Welland
Niagara Farmland 2008-06-17 22:00:15
10"X3.5" WC pencil on paper
It is very flat around here. This panoramic format helps to give the impression of miles and miles of flatness. The slight shadow in the distance is the Niagara
Escarpment. That is the same escarpment over which Niagara falls, it is about 180 feet (60 metres) high although getting on for 600 feet above sea level. Not very high really, the Laurentians are 1000-2000
Lonely Dancer 2008-06-27 17:35:04
5"X7" Oil on board
This one is a little strange, but at least it is different.
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No title 2008-06-26 21:53:27
5"X7" WC pencil on paper
This has been a very busy week. I am finding it very hard to come up with something every day let alone write anything interesting. I am off for four days now though, so I will try to do better.
Iris ACEO 2008-06-25 17:51:50
3.5"X2.5" Oil on paper
No time to write today.
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Paeonies 2008-06-24 19:35:19
5"X7" Oil on board
All right, I know it is an affected way of spelling it, but it does help to distinguish them from all the peonies out there. I do love them and they are a delight to paint, which is probably why everyone is doing it.
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Strawberries again 2008-06-23 17:30:54
5"X7" Oil on board
Yes, I know this looks a lot like yesterday's, but its not. I painted it at the same time, but used a completely different method. A bit of an experiment for me, I covered the board in a white ground designed for underpainting wet-in-wet. I am not sure that it was entirely successful, but it was fun to try.
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Strawberries on a Blue-and-White Plate 2008-06-22 20:01:09
5"X7" Oil on board
I love strawberry season!
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Paeony ACEO 2008-06-21 17:30:00
3.5"X2.5" Oil on paper
Another ACEO, last week's paeonies are almost done.
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Don't Wake the Cat! 2008-06-20 17:50:44
9"X12" Marker on paper
As I was groping around for a photo to paint from today something inside me rebelled, I am so sick of painting from photographs. So today I went and drew the cat again. She won't let me get away with much and doesn't stay still for more than a couple of minutes at a time, but today this was more satisfying for me than yet another stilted landscape.
Two Strawberries ACEO 2008-06-19 16:48:03
3.5"X2.5" Oil on paper
Something new for me, sort of fun.
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Noon on the Common 6 2008-07-11 14:15:01
4"X3" Watercolour on paper
It is pretty obvious how I spend my lunch-hours.
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Stratford 2008-07-10 17:32:56
6"X4" Watercolour on paper
Last weekend I had to drive the boys to Stratford for a baseball game. There wasn't enough time to see a show unfortunately, but I did go and sit by the river for a while (playing hooky from my maternal duty to watch my children play ball). This is a charming spot, not that overrun with tourists, although the ducks are pretty thick under foot. I managed to paint this
Noon on the Common 5 2008-07-09 21:31:00
6"X4" Watercolour on paper
Yet another Niagara-on-the-Lake view. I really have to try to travel a little further afield on my lunch-hours.
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Under the Skyway 2008-07-08 17:35:19
5"X7" Pencil on paper
If you don't cross the canal by way of one of the lift bridges, you have to go under it via one of the tunnels or take the "Garden City Skyway". Here I am under the Skyway, heading towards the Homer bridge.
More Waterlilies 2008-07-07 19:10:42
4"X3" Felt-tip on paper
Not much to say really, more experiments with markers and highlighters.
Clematis ACEO 2008-07-06 18:02:35
3.5"X2.5" Oil on paper
Here we have the clematis again. I really should try to paint it from the front but that would involve sitting in the middle of my front yard in the blazing sun, so I probably won't
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Clematis 2008-07-05 20:16:40 5"X7" Oil on boardNow that I have managed to get a little bit ahead, I am not necessarily posting the same day that I am painting, even though I am still doing something every day. This is much less stressful and it will also allow me to queue up a weeks worth when I go away later this month. Of course I will try to paint while I am away too, so that I will have something to post when I get back.
Waterlily 2008-07-04 17:21:00
6"X4" Felt-tip on paper
Here is a quick sketch done by the pond in the secret garden at the theatre. I used Copic markers for the black and grey and highlighters which I happened to have in my purse for the colour.
This is the six month anniversary of my daily paintings. If you would like to view them all in one place, the image below links to my Picassa gallery. I should probably should make
Freesia ACEO 1 2008-07-03 17:31:22
3.5"X2.5" Oil on paper
Still with the freesias, this is another wet-in-wet. They are starting to fade a little today.
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Whirlpool 2008-07-03 17:07:44
5"X7" WC pencil on paper
Only a few miles downriver (North) of Niagara Falls there is the famous whirlpool. There is a cable car ride one can take across it but few people are aware that you can actually go down into the gorge to the little beach. It is a very steep path and my leg muscles didn't recover for a couple of days, but it is a very lovely spot. It isn't quite as deserted as this lo
Freesia ACEO 2 2008-07-02 17:52:07
3.5"X2.5" Oil on paper
This is the last of the freesias (until next time anyway). I don't think I will be getting to the market this Saturday as I have to take the boys to a baseball game in Stratford, so I will have tofind something else to paint next week.
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Freesia 2 2008-06-30 16:35:31
5"X7" Oil on board
I have to confess to editing yeterday's title twice. Firstly I called it a fuschia, I am not sure why, I am perfectly aware of the difference between fuschias and freesias. Then when I corrected it I spelled it fresia, just a typo this time. I really have to stop rushing so much. Today's offering is another take on the same subject.
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Freesia 2008-06-29 20:13:20
5"X7" Oil on board
I bought these in the market yesterday. This painting was done entirely "wet-in-wet" on a white ground, with no under drawing. It makes for a very loose style which I quite like. More to come. I am not sure whether it is my camera or this monitor, but I don't seem to be able to reproduce mauves very well. This appears far too blue, in the painting I managed to reproduce the
Rapberries in a Rice Bowl 2008-06-28 19:47:54
5"X7" Oil on board
These were even more difficult than I anticipated. I went to the market this morning and bought several things to paint, these were the most urgent. We will eat them with whipped cream this evening.
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On the Bench 2008-07-25 16:37:00
8"X5" Marker on paper
It speaks for itself really.
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