Beach Days, Ogden Point.

Some sketches I did today at Ogden Point. I LOVE summer in Victoria.

Fort Rodd , Fisgard Light House Rotary Wine Festival

Blake carving

sitting in the shade

Wine talk

Looking

 I participated as one of the vendors at the Wine festival at Ford Rodd today. It was a scorcher!

Weekend Scenes at Ogden Point and Uptown Mall

Ogden Point Gathering seaglass

Ogden Point Family Scene

Uptown Mall water park scene

Sketching Artists Painting

sold

I went out this morning with a bunch of artists to paint. Here they are.

The Empress Hotel Lawn Sunday

Scene in front of the Empress

detail

I've been participating in the Sunday paint out on the Empress lawn. Here's a scene from last Sunday. It was so windy and cold. The two ladies in big hats are artists. I love the little dog. 

Wild Child of the Beach, Ogden Point

Okay, these drawings are rough. But this little girl was all over the place. I think she was really enjoying my sketching her. 

Fisherman's Warf

Sharing a sunday

Out with Nana

I spent the day painting at Fisherman's Warf. There are lots of cool float homes and stuff to paint there, but I was most inspired with the families.

A Day at the Beach

Grace the Parrotlet and her lady

Little Miss Pigtails gathering driftwood

I love sketching people at the beach. Well I enjoy sketching people anywhere, but today I went to the beach in search of inspiration. Here's a couple of sketches from today.
The lady with the bluebird enjoys taking her 4 year old parrotlet Grace for walks.  Grace sure seemed to enjoy the attention she was getting from curious people. 

Cute

Laura Sketching in Beacon Hill Park

She's sketching me sketching her. Below is one of Laura's sketches of me.

Laura's sketch of me.

Yippy, Cartwheels

Watercolour on paper, 6x8". I saw this kid cartwheeling in front of the parliament building on Canada Day.  Great subject!
Available for $30. Includes shipping. 

Faces

Practicing little faces.

Open Mic James Bay Coffee and Books

Here's some scenes from Open Mic at James Bay Cafe and Books last night. It's one of my favourite outings. It's amazing how talented these people are. 

Look, Don't Look.

Okay, that lady looked like she was thinking, "Don't look at me". Too late.

Blueberry Lunch

Rob Smooth

I ran into this guy "Rob Smooth" today. He asked if I could do a sketch of him in under 10 minutes. Here it is.

Hands

Beach Kids,

I like this and I'll do a painting from it.

This too.

I passed over this sketch because none of the kids are interacting together. (lonely)

This is how I start a compositional sketch. Just general shapes.

Same sketch as above adding details then colour below.

I decided on this composition. The kids are interacting and has a cosy feel.

Final Painting (sold)

Tired

Here's another sketch from yesterday. These tourists looked so tired.  I just had to capture their expressions. I intentionally left out most of the colour as it makes for a no energy feel to the sketches. 

Pride Parade

A quick sketch of people watching the pride parade from the Empress lawn

Honeymooners

I did this before and after sketch today on the front lawn of the Empress. I thought this couple looked like honeymooners. Turns out they celebrate their big wedding anniversary tomorrow.
Here's a pic of them.

Lunds Auction, wc/paper, 6x12"

Here's a scene from Lunds Auction last week.  Watercolour and pen on paper. $20

Jamming Session

 I went to a local cafe tonight where they had a jamming session. Here's a few sketches I did on location.