Time for a spring refresh! These framed canvas prints are off to The Studio Art Gallery in Dresden, Ontario later this week.
#artgallery #watercolour #birds #landscapepainting

Seeing as I also refreshed my everyday palette yesterday here's a pic of the usual suspects, along with my wall art of colour. I removed the gouache from the bottom row recently as I ran out of room #painthoarder #watercolor #palette

Here is the list of colours in my 'low staining' watercolour palette. Most are #danielsmith ..a note about Opera - it isn't lightfast, so I rarely use it but it's my only non-staining rose. I threw in sap & burnt sienna which stain a little bit. #watercolor #paint

It only took 33 years, but I had the brilliant idea to create a complete 'low staining' watercolour palette today. I started with a small 16-well job, & did some experimenting this afternoon. If you want to know the colours I chose let me know!
#watercolors #birds #paintingtips

Back to basics... Spent the day painting without drawing first - it forces me to be more observant, as there's no eraser! I also worked from the Cornell labs bird cams a lot today - great practice capturing figures quickly.
#birds #naturejournal #art #watercolor #painting

So many Eastern Towhees calling at PineryPP on the weekend!
#birds #birdart #watercolour #naturejournal

Continuing on with the layers of this #workinprogress

#barnswallow #mixedmedia #painting #birds #graffiti

More #workinprogress on the barn swallows

#Watercolour #mixedmedia #birdart #birds #painting #wip

Working on the details
#workinprogress #birds #barnswallows #painting #watercolor

Swallows blocked in, on to the foreground...
#workinprogress #watercolor #birds #birdart #painting

Some #workinprogress pics for you. Back to front, that's me with the hairdryer after flooding in the background. Next I sketched outlines & used clean water to lift the background paint. Last I'm working on the barn swallows. #watercolor #birds

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Packaging up greeting cards and bookmarks for the gift shops in two of our provincial parks - Rondeau and The Pinery - just in time for spring birders :)

Comment if you're a nature themed retailer and would like me to send you a catalogue 🦉

#birds #spring Ontario Parks

'Let's begin by taking a smallish nap.'
A little A.A. Milne to save your spot while you nod off for a bit. Fresh off the press :)

#bookmark #fox #milne #bookish
#booklover

New cards coming soon!
#redfox #fox #illustration #Watercolour #woodlandart