735 St Anne's Orchard

Yesterday I went for a stroll on the grounds of St Anne's and just had to return today to paint. The lighting is so enchanting under the old fruit trees. 

734 James Bay Poppies

Here's another little plein air painting of the same poppies only in oil.

733 Poppies From the Michigan Street Community Garden

They are closing the Community Garden.

732 Oak Bay Marina

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This is a little plein air I did this morning out at Queen's Park next to Oak Bay Marina. I like the abstractness of it.

731 Sunflowers Knife Painting

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I just love sunflowers! I decided to do knife painting today partly because I loathe brush cleaning but mostly because I love the thick buttery impasto texture you get with this technique.

730 Tangled Forest, Gorge Park

It was a lovely, not very cold, rainy morning yesterday. I found this enchanted tangle of branches under some rhododendrons that I just couldn't resist. 

Alfrescoes Painting and waiting for Lunch, water-colour on paper 5x10

I was all excited about painting with the Alfrescoes at Mount Douglas yesterday but I just couldn't get committed to a painting. But theres always time for sketching. Here's a couple from my little sketch book.