June 2017 Report

Finally! The perfect weather for urban sketching and plein air painting has arrived!

In June, there were SO MANY more opportunities for more life drawing (The Atomic Rooster, Art House Cafe and Atelier Denu ) and I managed to organize another sketch event for the Ottawa Urban Sketchers (at Doors Open Ottawa in conjunction with Synapcity's "100 in 1 Day" event).



I am incredibly excited to report that all of the Ottawa Plein Air painting groups have now started up in June as well (David Jones group and an Ottawa East art group)

I personally ventured out to do a lot more urban sketching on my own (Fletcher Wildlife Garden, the Abiwin garden, the Whalesbone on Elgin etc). The month of June being the most inspiring for sketching with new blooms every day it seems!

And i experimented with some sample Holbein acrylic paints (three colours plus white)and have to say I like them a LOT!

As in the previous month, I am posting a small sample of some of  my work here.

Life Drawing

University of Ottawa - Atelier Denu space - every Thursday

Atomic Rooster - Life Drawing space - Eastern theme for June 2017

Some quick sketches

This sketch included some of the props - yellow rice paper book and teapot.

Urban Sketching

My urban sketch of the Whalesbone restaurant on Elgin St.

Open Doors Ottawa - Urban sketches - My tweet

Fellow Urban Sketcher Suvitha at Doors Open Ottawa

 

Fellow Urban Sketcher Laura at Doors Open

Fletcher Wildlife Garden quick sketch

Watercolour study - Fletcher Wildlife Garden

Abiwin Garden quick sketch

Plein Air Painting Group - Notre Dame Cemetery - My tweet

Two small 6x6 acrylic paints using Holbein samples (three colours plus white)

Below is the 2017 Art Calendar that I created for 2017. My June painting was of the Boushey's Market on Elgin St. in Ottawa that closed this time last year.

My 2017 Art Calendar June page - Boushey's Fruit Market