Garden Bouquet

These are cut flowers from our garden. it has been a dry summer for flowers such as these. Also the bugs have been multiplying and the hollyhocks and roses have had interesting caterpillars that have had to be removed daily. Our garden gives us a lot of pleasure in the spring, summer and fall and many flowers to put in bouquets, such as this, in the house.

                                    

                            

A White House and Porch in Napannee

On Wednesday last week, we painted in Napanee at Springside Park. What a lovely sunny day with a gentle breeze, perfect for painting. After checking out Springside Park I went for a walk in the surrounding neighbourhood and found this lovely house. The sun just lit up the front of the house and the deep porch. I had found my painting. it was right across the road from the Chit Chat Cafe and in this parking lot was the perfect shady spot. The owner gave me permission to paint there and after I bought a coffee, I was ready to start. I think this is one painting that painted itself.

                            

This was done with oils on an 11x14 board. 

For Sale & Abandonned

On Wednesday we painted at Collins Bay Marina. What a very hot and sunny day. I found a spot that had thick shade and a light breeze. There before me was this sad looking yacht, abandoned and as you can see, for sale. It was love at first sight and since I did not know how to sail, I painted it. 

                    

Christ Church, Cataraqui

                                     

 This was our second paint out location, The National Historic Site: Cataraqui Cemetery. What a beautiful historic site in our city of Kingston. Our first Prime Minister, who had his legal practise in Kingston, is buried here. Also there are many military graves and some very,very historic graves from the earliest days of our city. The historic church in the cemetery is Christ Church, which I chose to paint. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day.

A Marina Store

                                         

                                      

Friends are traveling north, in their boat, from Florida, up the inter coastal waterway, to New York City, then canals north to the St Lawrence River and Montreal. They are traveling on their boat, a cruiser, for a year. This photo was contained on their blog, about their travels, around the New Jersey shore coastline. I only painted the small marina store and did not keep the rest of the marina in the painting. It was an interesting experiment on a 16x20 canvas.

Church of the Good Thief

It has been quite a while since my last post and I have busy....painting, scraping it off, painting another...wiping it off..nothing came out right. Finally today, my first day plein air with my regularly scheduled paint out group. I created this. This church is in Portsmouth Village, in the city of Kingston. The weather was not great, but once the fog started to lift we found the parking lot that gave us this view of the church. Since it was Canada Day all the government workers who usually park here were on a holiday, so the parking lot was free of cars. It ended with eating lunch at Timmy's together and discussing our efforts. What a wonderful way to end out first plein air session.

                                      

Lilacs

I was very fortunate last Tuesday when a fellow artist brought lilacs to our painting session. I had a 16x20" canvas with me and after I borrowed purple oil paint I was set to go. The artist who brought the bouquet, found a vase and arranged the lilacs in an artistic manner, or so he claimed. I arranged my easel where I could paint the lilacs from the vantage point that I liked best. Here is the finished result.