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| Where did the summer go? |
August rushes by like desert rainfall,
A flood of frenzied upheaval,
Expected,
But still catching me unprepared.
Like a matchflame
Bursting on the scene,
Heat and haze of crimson sunsets.
Like a dream
Of moon and dark barely recalled,
A moment,
Shadows caught in a blink.
Like a quick kiss;
One wishes for more
But it suddenly turns to leave,
Dragging summer away."
A flood of frenzied upheaval,
Expected,
But still catching me unprepared.
Like a matchflame
Bursting on the scene,
Heat and haze of crimson sunsets.
Like a dream
Of moon and dark barely recalled,
A moment,
Shadows caught in a blink.
Like a quick kiss;
One wishes for more
But it suddenly turns to leave,
Dragging summer away."
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| My month of August started here on the Dumoine River, Quebec August 1-6, 2018 |
"Like a matchflame" indeed. My month of August started on the Dumoine River in Quebec and is now ending with an invitations to talk to students about the Ottawa Urban Sketchers at the Ottawa School of Art (August 28) as well as a delightful invitation to join an Ottawa women artists gathering in Westboro (August 29). I am so grateful!
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| A snapshot of a birthday gift I was working on for my Father's 82nd birthday in August. |
August Links
I am planning to blog in some detail about my experiences at the Dumoine River art retreat "DRAW2018" and about some of the projects that I am currently working on, but for now I thought that I would share some interesting links of things I came across in the month of August.
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| Watson-Gupthill "Handbook of Landscape Painting" |
- Books that I have been reading/listening to
- Internet Archive: Watson-Gupthill "Handbook of Landscape Painting"
- Internet Archive: "Painting school : the complete course" by Simpson, Ian, 1933
- Internet Archive: "The challenge of landscape painting" by Simpson, Ian", 1933-; Wood, Laurence
- Internet Archive: "Keys to successful landscape painting" by Caddell, Foster
- Libby Digital Book: "One Painting A Day" by Timothy Callaghan
- Ottawa Public Library: "Keep Painting" by Gordon MacKenzie who is an artist form New Liskeard, Ontario now living in the Sault
- Ottawa Public Library: "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield which was one of the recommended books by Dan Marshall for creatives
- Podcasts that I've been listening to
- Dan Marshall was featured on"American Watercolor" and spoke about "Developing a Personal Style" https://americanwatercolor.net/developing-a-personal-style/
- Gadgets that I discovered:
- Artists who have inspired me recently
- Ottawa artist Tomas Padjlhauser: He has been traveling and sketching all summer
- Watercolorist Dan Marshall: I heard about him because Tomas P took a workshop with him
- Artist Paul Newland shares a range of strategies for focusing your own sketching time https://www.artistsandillustrators.co.uk/how-to/watercolour/836/how-to-sketch-in-watercolour
- Matt Cook is an Illustrator, War Artist, veteran and runner and his reportage illustrations are amazing http://matthewcookwarartist.com/
- Parka Blogs does a video book review of Felix Scheinberger's “Dare to Sketch: A Guide to Drawing on the Go” https://youtu.be/Dtw3gVPERfc
- Greg Ramsden (oils) - love his monochrome paintings of the West country https://www.gregramsden.co.uk/
- Artists who made me laugh
- A mom is blogging about her toddler’s artwork in the solemn commentary of a contemporary art gallery, and it’s brilliant: https://likeitwasdonebyatoddler.com/
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| "The War of Art" by Steven Pressfield |
I am really looking forward to blogging again in September and, until then, in the words of Gordon MacKenzie, keep painting!
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| "Keep Painting" by Gordon MacKenzie |
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