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Hyram Walker’s Distillery from the other side of the tracks.

04 Monday Jun 2012

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Hyram Walker's Distillery from the other side of the tracks. by photographerpainterprintmakerPainting Hyram Walker's Distillery from the other side of the tracks.

Today found us doing a bit of Urban sketching.  Even though Hyram Walker’s Distillery is now owned by Wisers, no one in Windsor calls the plant Wisers.  Walkerville will always be Walkerville.  Anyway, in our group the Windsor & Essex County Plein Air Society we are starting to try out themes for our paint out locations.  Todays them was Urban Sketching, or street scenes.  I thought I’d try a bit different composition.  Not sure how successful this particular subject was, but I will try it again sometime soon.

Brush pen sketch of a tree at Birch Run.

02 Saturday Jun 2012

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We had a very busy week opening the trailer up near West Branch Michigan. What with leaves to rake, cleaning, and repairing broken stuff and leaky roofs, there was no time to sketch, or even take photo’s! On the way home we stopped at Birch Run. I stayed in the van and watched our dog while hubby ran into the shop to buy a couple shirts. I seized the opportunity to sketch this tree in front of the van.

Over 200 year old Jesuit or Joshuah Pear Tree

26 Thursday Apr 2012

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There is quite a history behind this very old tree. It has proudly stood on the Iler family farm for over 200 years.

I found a lovely story about these trees, the story also has a link to two Detroit News newspaper articles.

www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Folklore/english/legende…

35th International Sketch Crawl – Brrrrr!

21 Saturday Apr 2012

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The sketch crawl started out cold, (-1 C or 30 F) cloudy, and breezy (26 km/h or 16m/h out of the north). Brrrr. When I left it was partly cloudy, a balmy 7 C or 44 F with winds at 30 Km/h or 18 Mp/h out of the NE. It’s no wonder everyone left early. I managed to find a cozy spot though… in my car! I actually think I got a lovely sketch out of what would have been a lost day.

YAY!! Post #100!

Totally Random Crap

12 Thursday Apr 2012

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Yup, I had a shitty day. I was suffering from insomnia, or as I like to call it sleep rebellion. This was a week ago. I threw some watercolour on it tonight. I’m sure everyone has days like this. We can’t all be Pollyanna’s every day.

Battle Scarred

06 Friday Apr 2012

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Back to Ojibway Park again. There is so much going on there. This old Willow has been hit by lightning definitely more than once, and maybe its even weathered a tornado or two. Although, it maybe ravaged by storms but it will not give up. There’s still life in the old limbs.

Three Bumps on a Log

02 Monday Apr 2012

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I’ve got to catch up on my posting! So, Ojibway is the place I’ve been hanging out at lately. It was a gorgeous day this Monday. It was great to be painting with the group again. Margaret, Mary and Patrick all made it out. We are hoping for more next week. These three turtles had a lovely day basking in the sun on this log.