squwetchy Day 10 of my #suburbansketching challenge and i sat in the utility corridor and drew electric lines.

squwetchy I didn’t promise daily #suburbansketching updates, but I will post some more of my favorite pics. I made this #sketch over by the little stormwater lake near our house a couple days ago, and I’m more proud of it than I rightly deserve, but only because this particular view is something that I’ve attempted to sketch, paint and capture in its lovely suburban glory multiple times and never felt particularly successful about. This one leans into the simple #urbansketch style with few fine details, but somehow it works… and even feels a bit overworked because of the handful of #005 linework I added. [read more...]

squwetchy I went for a stroll #downtown via the #university with the goal of making some art. Success! Three new sketches.

squwetchy I made a bunch of art today but this was my favourite. #urbansketch [read more...]

squwetchy Oh another #urbansketch from another Starbucks window, makes for day two of my #dailyart challenge. The bank and parking lot are not especially exciting I admit, but that’s #suburbansketching for you, huh?

squwetchy My personal October challenge is to do a daily #urbansketch … which means finding a nice urban scene and sketching with the old pen and ink. Of course, i’m gonna try and post all of them, good or bad. Good thing I don’t have comments on this site, huh?

Today’s sketch was brought to you by being blocked in at the Starbucks parking lot by a delivery truck and settling in to do a little view of the pizza restaurant out the window. Urban sketching, more like #suburbansketching

squwetchy #autumn colours by the suburban pond on a windy friday [read more...]

squwetchy If this looks familiar it’s either because you live in Canada on this -18C day, or because it’s the same painting I thought I finished yesterday and posted on Instagram… but with some #snow added into the scene. #watercolour

squwetchy dabbling in a simple #monochromatic #watercolour this morning inspired by the cold temperatures outside!

squwetchy I cannot quite put my finger on it, but something about that job I just quit was blocking me artistically. Hell, I didn’t even notice it happening until the other day, while out walking the dog, the kid mentioned that I hadn’t been painting much lately, and I realized—no, actually I have painted nothing at all, not one thing, since I started working part time. It’s as if the two things occupied the same processing register in my brain and could not exist simultaneously.

Having quit the job and finished work yesterday, and having noticed the pattern, I decided to spend an hour in the basement with my paints this afternoon. The result is a bit derivative of my work from last winter, but since it is the first thing I have painted in four months I will give myself a break on that.

squwetchy I sat atop a waterfall and painted this plein air #watercolour with water from the creek.

squwetchy A plein air #watercolour painted atop a mountain. #waterfall

Now that I’m back home and actually have decent paints… a proper brush … few mosquitoes buzzing in my face.. and less rush, I want to try this screen again.