Sketching As A Mediation

Tomorrow, December 6, is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women here in Canada. It is commemorated on the anniversary of the 1989 The École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, Quebec

The vigil at Minto Park takes place at a monument known as "The Enclave" and that monument (and two other Ottawa monuments) is the subject of this post.

The Enclave, Minto Park, Ottawa

Royal Agricultural Winter Fair 2019

It was so great to be back at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair again this year. I attended on Thursday November 7, 2019 and was fortunate to return again on the last day November 10.

There are always LOTS of sketchers at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair

August Art Update

"Your life is already artful - waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art." Toni Morrison (1931-2019)

R.I.P. Toni Morrison (1931-2019)
by Cindi Moynahan-Foreman

Effective and Expressive Urban Sketching Workshop

On July 21, I attended a workshop with Tomas Pajdlhauser (aka Captain Tom) called: “Effective and Expressive Urban Sketching” and this blog post is about what I learned.

This was the ad for the first workshop offered by Captain Tom - demand was so great, he added another on July 20, 2019!

Our July 21 workshop group

The Dog Days of Summer

Here are a few of my sketches and activities from the dog days of summer so far. 

Daily Sketch: My dog Lexie pausing on the cool grass at Ottawa City Hall

My June Update Is Overdue But I Can Explain

I have just returned from three weeks of travel and I have been spending this past week finishing off the participant kits for next week’s “Sketching Portage-du-Fort (Quebec)” workshop.

I am happy with my handout (sneak peak of the first two pages below) and I hope the workshop inspires the participants to develop a daily sketching practice 😊 and become part of the urban sketching community !

My April - May Update in Photographs

April and May have been incredibly busy and there has been little time for posting on my blogs so here is a brief summary using just photos of some of my art activities and adventures.

Sketching on May 11th at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum (photo courtesy of Diane Duford)

Ottawa Urban Sketchers Featured “Drawing Attention”

I am delighted  to report that the Ottawa Urban Sketchers are featured in the

April 2019 issue of “Drawing Attention”

Drawing Attention April 2019 https://issuu.com/urbansketchers7/docs/drawing_attention_april_2019/

Drawing Attention, the official monthly zine of the Urban Sketchers organization, 

communicates and promotes official USk workshops, symposiums, sketchcrawls, news and events; shares news about USk chapters ...

Testing New Papers

I am in between sketchbooks at present and I have had trouble choosing a new one so instead I have been trying out various "new-to-me" papers.

1. Bee Creative Watercolour paper
2. Fabriano Watercolour Paper

Bee Creative Watercolour Paper 

Happy New Year and Happy New Directions!

There was insufficient time to post any news to my art blog in December 2018 for good reason.
Let me explain.

So happy that my painting " The Last Portage - Heading Home" sold with all proceeds going to support CPAWS-OV

I participated in three group exhibitions at the end of 2018:

• The CPAWS Soiree at the Art Gallery of Ottawa
• The Ottawa School of Art "8x8 Fundraiser" at the Shenkman Art Centre
• The Atomic Rooster "Seven Days in Inktober" Exhibition