The group had a wonderful day plein air painting at a farm called "
Rideau Pines Farm" situated on Fourth Line Road, very close to the 416 highway and Brophy Road.
Rideau Pines Farm offers more than 9 varieties of strawberries and raspberries, including fall bearing plants. Today, the raspberries were being pruned by the farm workers and folks were showing up to pick the red currants which were plentiful.
The owners, the Vandenbergs, grow everything from pickling cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, corn, and broccoli to potatoes, cauliflower, onions, garlic, honey... and much more!
This field that I painted had beautiful purple cabbage ready for the picking.
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| Plein Air #3 |
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| First location |
I started the day by doing a bunch of quick sketches of things that caught my attention: the forked dirt road, the workers pruning the raspberry bushes and a bright red shed surrounded by pines.
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| Quick sketch of "Tree" |
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| Quick sketches in my art journal |
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| Quick sketch of David |
David W. Jones gave us a great lesson on colour mixing - there were so many variations of green on the farm!
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| Quick sketch of red shack |
I thoroughly enjoyed painting at this location and, before leaving. I made sure to stop and purchase some of the great jam that they sell.
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| Plein air painters |
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| Plein air painter |
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