Some recent plein air

These were done recently. First 2 at the parc de Grand Couteau in Mascouche. Next 2 are from Vieux Beloeil.

Gloriette at the parc 6x8 oil

the bench oil 6x8

Maison Pierre-Tessier 6x8 oil

Marina vieux Beloeil 6x8 oil

Plein air in Tremblant

I was very lucky to be invited again this year to paint in tremblant along Quebec's talented artists. Michel normandeau was the mastermind of this awesome event. It was to celebrate 100 years of plein air painting where Maurice Cullen and edwin Holgate went to paint. 

This is the whole gang. (From top left) Helmut Langeder, Gabriel, Marie-Claude Courteau, Sue Querles, George Dedoyard, Michel Normandeau, Gordon Harris, Anne Letourneau, Juan Cristobal. (Bottom left) Angelo Galerio, Raynald Murphy, Kim C Pelletier and me. 

First afternoon was about -26c with wind blowing. Almost took out my tripod a couple of times so I decided to paint inside the car. 

8x16. Oil on paper mounted on board. 

Second day was spent at the river cachee. Transportation was done by snowmobile. Got to ride on a trailer towed by the snowmobile. Fun but hard on the behind. 

Last day Sunday, slept in a bit and did a last on a trail beside the lake in old Tremblant, view with the church. 

2nd plein air outing in Beloeil

Last weekend in Beloeil, I had a chance to go paint with fantastic artists like last year. We had great weather. Here are some pictures of my effort. 

Watercolor I did in the morning. My first since a long time. 

Spent a long time unwrapping the tiny wc blocks. Lol

Behind the church in vieux Beloeil. Tried a sight size technique. Close enough. Hehe

L'eglise vieux Beloeil 9x12 oil

Old houses. Vieux Beloeil

And I finally gave George Dedoyard's portrait to him. :)

Do I know how to paint?

Rabbit sketch 6x8 oil

Everytime I paint, there is always a time or a moment where I struggle. Whether its the drawing, colors or tones not looking right. I always turn back to a quote by Edgar Degas, "Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. "

Tremblant plein air

This is my very first ever winter plein air! I was invited by a good friend and mentor Michel Normandeau and ville de Mont Tremblant to go paint around Tremblant. There was about 18- 20 artists all together. It was a real experience! Paint was a lot stiffer in the cold. But we were lucky to get a bit more milder weather that weekend. It feels a lot colder when you are just standing there and painting. Here are some pictures...

Marie Claude Courteau

Gerald Trudel

Monique Gosselin

Yves Ayotte

Angelo Galerio

Yves La Roche

Angelo entertaining us with George Dedoyard

Raynald Murphy

Angelo and Michel Normandeau

Yves, George, Monique and Nicole Coulombe

Gabriel Lemelin and Joanne Levesque

These photos of me were taken by amazing photographer Gabriel Lafreniere.

Group photo of the gang. 

life drawing session long pose 26 Oct 2013

Couple of oil sketches from life.

figure drawing (painting) sessions

These are about 2 hour long poses. Both are done in oil on paper.

A Saturday in Tremblant

I had a chance to go paint with several artists in Tremblant. It was fun and we had perfect weather. Here are some pictures of that beautiful Saturday.

 Helmut and Michel

 Anne Letourneau

 Georges Dedoyard

 Monique Gosselin

 devil's river

 bridge near Brebeuf

canola fields