En Plein Air – Painting and Sketching Outdoors

Photo by Laura Hewitt

One of the things I like to do in the summertime is to go out sketching and painting “en plein air.” En plein air (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ plɛn ɛːʁ]), or plein air painting, is a phrase borrowed from the French equivalent meaning “open (in full) air”. It is particularly used to describe the act of…

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Whyte Ave Art Walk 2016

photo from the paintspot.ca and http://art-walk.ca/

I am looking forward to another Art Walk on Whyte Avenue. I will be joining the 450 artists who will also be showing and selling their art work. The variety of artists is amazing to see. I will be on the closed off portion of 105 St again between 82 Ave and 83 Ave with…

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Beauty of the Coast Art Show

I invite you to the breathtaking beauty of the coast with its awe inspiring coast with its cliffs and expanses of ocean from the mists to the sunshine. I enjoy painting the details of the animal life and the wonder of the tide pools. I worked mostly in watercolor, but for some of the paintings I used…

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