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. "

Drawing event in Montreal

A friend told me about this event so we checked it out... 4 hours of life drawing...11 models, 5 scenes...I think over 150 artists +/- jammed pack into a warehouse...It was cool. Here are some drawings...

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 drawings 02-26-2014

Some recent life drawings...

Stewart hall Exhibition

I will be a part of an exhibition with PSEC at Stewart Hall starting this weekend. I have 3 works including the portrait of George Dedoyard. Hope to see you there. :)

The Stewart Hall Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to the exhibition, Pastel-The Luminous Medium, from January 25th to March 2nd 2014.

Address:
176, chemin du Bord-du-Lac,
Pointe-Claire, Québec, H9S 4J7 [ map on Google ]

Free admission – accessible by elevator
Gallery hours: Monday through Sunday, from 1 to 5 pm
Wednesday, from 1 to 9 pm

The vernissage will be held on January 26th from 2 pm to 4 pm.

Visit MMFA

My friend Johanne and I visited the Montreal Museum of Fine Art the past weekend. Splendore a Venezia was the current exhibit and Johanne gave me a guided tour. Thx Johanne!! At the end we drew a bust in one of our favorite permanent collection. 

Johanne drawing. 

My drawing of the bust.