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Category Archives: Urban Landscape
A Bold Plan! (or Am I Biting Off More Than I Can Chew?)
It seems that in the last several years, the concept of creative types setting a time-limited challenge for themselves to get some work done has become more and more popular. For writers, the 3-Day Novel Contest and NaNoWriMo come immediately … Continue reading
Posted in 2016, charcoal, Dry Media, Edmonton, Figures, Landscape, Pastels, Still Life, Urban Landscape, Writing
Tagged 3 Day Novel contest, Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, Christmas, Daily Painting, Daily sketching, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, ice hockey, Jackie Parker Park, journey, landscape, Millwoods, NaNoWriMo, Painting, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, poinsettias, shinny hockey, skating, skating pond, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, still life, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts, winter
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“Bridge of Dreams”, a pastel painting
I’ve been having tons of fun working on more pastel paintings based on past walks through Mill Creek Ravine. Especially this one, where I took some playful risks with colour and I think it turned out great! Here … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Dry Media, Edmonton, Landscape, Mill Creek Ravine, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, autumn, Canadian pastel artist, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, journey, landscape, Mill Creek Ravine, Mill Creek Ravine hiking trail, Mill Creek Ravine walking trail, Millwoods Artists Collective, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastellist, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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“Bagshot Row, Mill Creek Ravine”, a pastel painting
Edmonton has the most extensive river valley urban park and trail system in North America, and Mill Creek Ravine is part of that system. (For a great in-depth article on the history of the Mill Creek Ravine, look here.) I … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Dry Media, Edmonton, Landscape, Mill Creek Ravine, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Bag End, Bagshot Row, Bilbo Baggins, Canadian pastel artist, drawing, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, Hobbiton, J.R.R. Tolkien, journey, landscape, Lord of the Rings, Mill Creek Ravine, Mill Creek Ravine hiking trail, Mill Creek Ravine walking trail, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, The Hobbit, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts, Whyte Avenue
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“Sleigh Ride on the Avenue” pastel painting
There is something magical about a winter sleigh ride, even when it’s in the middle of of a bustling city just before Christmas, instead of on an idyllic country road. Thanks to Edmonton’s Old Strathcona-Whyte Avenue and to Longriders , for the opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Dry Media, Figures, Landscape, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, Christmas spirit, cityscape, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, horse-drawn sleigh, horses, old strathcona, Painting, Pastel, pastel art, pastel artist, pastel painting, pastel paintings, pastellist, Sennelier, sleigh ride, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts, Whyte Avenue, winter, winter city, winter cityscape
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Back to Jackie Parker Park – pastel painting
A limited palette pastel painting of Mill Creek as it runs through Jackie Parker Park in Millwoods, done last week. I hadn’t painted anything since I finished the Newcastle commissions – just over two weeks of not painting! My break … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, charcoal, Dry Media, Landscape, Pastels, Urban Landscape
Tagged Alberta, Art, Arts, Canadian pastel artist, dry media, dry pastel painting, Edmonton, holbein pastels, Jackie Parker Park, landscape, Millwoods, Painting, pastel art, pastel artists, pastel painting, pastellist, Sennelier, soft pastel painting, soft pastels, urban landscape, visual art, Visual Arts
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