Psec demo 2016

Portrait of Mr. Jean Letarte

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. 

Life drawings from Blainville and Mascoche

Some life drawings from Blainville art session and Festival de Peinture a Mascouche symposium.

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. :)

PSEC portrait challenge 2013 results

The results are in but I am a bit late on reporting it. Sorry. All usual I was nervous as a leaf shaking. The surprise model was George Dedoyard, a superb artist from Laval. I had only met him during the plein air in Tremblant. Denis had asked him to be the model and it was a very good choice. Here are pictures of the portraits we did.

left to right: Denis Jacques, Ann Rochefort, George Dedoyard, me and Juan Cristobal.

by Denis Jacques

by Juan Cristobal

by Ann Rochefort

by me

life drawing session long pose 26 Oct 2013

Couple of oil sketches from life.

25e Festival de Peinture a Mascouche

It was fun to be in the 25th edition of Festival de Peinture a Mascouche. Making new friends and seeing old friends again. This year the invited artist Jacques Leveillee did a retropective of his works. Wow!

 Jacques Leveillee giving a lecture.

 Me and Monique Dupuis with my oil sketch of her.

Monique Oil 12x18

Rawdon 2013 plein air

Plein air day at Rawdon, Dorwin falls.

Life drawings FPM 2012

Yesterday's LDs from the parc. What a nice day!


one of the model's poses