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Photos from the Workshop!

We had 30 students shared between myself and my co-instructor Shari Blaukopf.  Some locals, some from Ontario, and some from as far as British Columbia, California, Florida, and Texas. If I can say it...

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Mosaiculture and Magnets

This summer the Montreal botanical garden (Jardin Botanique) is the host for Mosaiculture International. It’s a show of topiary follies. Painstakingly planted and clipped sculptural works on a grand...

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Pointe-a-Calliere New France Market: Sunday Sketching

Just back from yesterday’s event at the Pointe-a-Calliere museum in old Montreal.  A big group of USk:MTL sketchers came out to draw the costumed re-enactors at the 18th century public market. We had...

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Finally I can show these sketches from Barcleona!

So, right after coming back from Barcelona last summer I happened to be talking to a writer at The Artist’s Magazine. Actually this is a funny story, so I will digress. Our group USK:MTL was sketching...

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Interview with James Gurney

Arkell Museum Dinotopia Exhibition For many readers, illustrator/artist James Gurney needs no introduction. His imaginary world Dinotopia has delighted fans of fantastic art, and inspired artists both...

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Urban Sketchers in Savannah

I’m just back from a weekend in Savannah Georgia at the first meeting of the urbansketchers.org executive board. We had a very productive weekend discussing our various projects. (The annual symposium,...

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The Classic Street Sketch and Other Philosophy

This unassuming sketch is a perfect example of why I’m hooked on Urban Sketching. I’m waiting on the street corner, meeting people before a show. I’m there a few minutes early, and they’re a few...

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USK:MTL Griffintown Sketchcrawl

For this month’s USK:MTL 4th Sunday sketch-out we did a walking tour of Griffintown. This historically Irish part of Montreal has been undergoing gentrification for a few years now – I was hoping to...

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Renew your Artistic Licence, or: “Don’t Just Document – Design”.

Every spring in Montreal we have a brief opportunity when it’s warm enough to be out drawing, but before the leaves come back on the trees. I try to make the most of this time – running around looking...

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Step-by-Step Drawing Example : Davis House Dot Plot

The other day I showed you a quick example of what I’m calling ‘Dot Plots’. I really need a better name for this. Maybe somebody who isn’t such an autodidact can tell me what it’s called? I came up...

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Working with a Limited Color Palette at the 2014 Urban Sketchers Brazil Workshop

We are just back from the 2014 Urban Sketchers symposium in Paraty Brazil. I can’t begin to explain how great it was without waxing philosophical. When you’re traveling, every view is fresh. The...

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Winter in Montreal : Sketching from the Car

[Random street view in Westmount, watercolor, approx 12×16″, about 45 mins] Went out painting the other day with Shari. We practiced our Great White North version of plein air painting – sketching...

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Saint Patrick Preserve Us!

This past Sunday was Montreal’s St. Patrick’s day parade. Unfortunately for us, it was an inhospitable -8 C / 18 F. I heard someone say the wind chill rating was -17 /1. Not a great day for a parade....

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Speed Painting at Vizcaya Gardens Miami

Near the end of our recent Florida cruise we had a free day in South Beach Miami. Not being much of a beach person, I was looking for something paintable, and a quick web search came up with the...

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One Day : One Sketchbook : The Plateau Panoramas

This past May Day was the first alignment of great weather and time off I’ve had in Montreal for 2015. I met up with a couple of friends from USK, and spent the afternoon sketching in the Plateau. I...

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Winter in Montreal : Sketching from the Car

[Random street view in Westmount, watercolor, approx 12×16″, about 45 mins] Went out painting the other day with Shari. We practiced our Great White North version of plein air painting – sketching...

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Saint Patrick Preserve Us!

This past Sunday was Montreal’s St. Patrick’s day parade. Unfortunately for us, it was an inhospitable -8 C / 18 F. I heard someone say the wind chill rating was -17 /1. Not a great day for a parade....

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Speed Painting at Vizcaya Gardens Miami

Near the end of our recent Florida cruise we had a free day in South Beach Miami. Not being much of a beach person, I was looking for something paintable, and a quick web search came up with the...

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One Day : One Sketchbook : The Plateau Panoramas

This past May Day was the first alignment of great weather and time off I’ve had in Montreal for 2015. I met up with a couple of friends from USK, and spent the afternoon sketching in the Plateau. I...

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Singapore Workshop Results: Street Portraits and Crowd Shots

We’re recently back from the USK symposium in Singapore. After a few years of going to the annual international event, I’m starting to take it as a normal experience. But really – it’s far from normal....

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