Canadian Watercolour and Chalk Pastel Artist

.... a new chalk-pastel painting. My art students at The Painted Tree art store have been using Clairfontaine's Pastelmat paper and...

I'm learning so much while painting this picture. I don't have much experience with looser style of painting in watercolours. Lots of...

Charlie 50 cm X 50 cm (19.5" X 19.5") Arches 300 lb. watercolour paper Winsor & Newton and Daniel Smith watercolour paints Charlie is our...

I had to grid and take measurements here and there to get even close to what Charlie looks like. I'm fairly happy with how she looks.......

Emily Rose. Stabilo Carbothello chalk pastel pencils on Canson Touch paper. The paper was a cool grey colour and you can see it coming...

What sold me on the reference photo for this painting was the feeling like Emily-Rose was emerging from the darkness. Lost edges. I love...

I was wondering if I had drawn little Emily-Rose's smile big enough. Not so! Again, I resorted to photographing the painting and...

A few years ago, one of my friends asked me if I would ever be able to do a portrait of her daughter. She indicated that she'd talk...

I think I've gone as far as I can on the bottom grasses. They are looking fairly three-dimensional. I've also spent time darkening some...

Have paint, will travel. I'm camping at my sister's place in Grey County, ON. While she works on her artwork, her kitty and I are...

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” John Keats Naming a painting is almost more fun than painting one for me. I wanted to convey...

If you look carefully at this almost-finished painting, you will see that the grassy area under the plate of fruit is much lighter than...

I could have titled this, "Update on currant painting" too. I've been continuing in my "Stuff in Containers on the Grass" series for the...