Souvenirs from the Maritimes
I recently took my first trip to eastern Canada, and had a great time. I must say, it's one of the nicest and most accommodating places I've been to for just sitting down with my sketchbook, and doing a bit of painting.
Sarah, driving the two of us down. We ended up driving over 3300km total!
The back of a small autoshop over the St. John river in Perth-Andover, NB.
George's Island, over the water, from the harbour in Halifax.
This is Spook. He was uncharacteristically friendly while we were visiting. I think he liked the idea of being painted.
Peggy's Cove, NS. I'd love to go back for a week or two with the intent of painting the whole village. Every little cottage was so picturesque. I eventually decided on painting the lighthouse, somewhat predictably. It's also pretty iconic of the location, so I didn't feel too guilty.
All in all, a great trip. I wish I had more opportunities to sit down with my paints and get my hands a bit dirty. Maybe I'll try to set aside some time to do some little location studies around Toronto, while the weather is still nice.
Sarah, driving the two of us down. We ended up driving over 3300km total!
The back of a small autoshop over the St. John river in Perth-Andover, NB.
George's Island, over the water, from the harbour in Halifax.
This is Spook. He was uncharacteristically friendly while we were visiting. I think he liked the idea of being painted.
Peggy's Cove, NS. I'd love to go back for a week or two with the intent of painting the whole village. Every little cottage was so picturesque. I eventually decided on painting the lighthouse, somewhat predictably. It's also pretty iconic of the location, so I didn't feel too guilty.
All in all, a great trip. I wish I had more opportunities to sit down with my paints and get my hands a bit dirty. Maybe I'll try to set aside some time to do some little location studies around Toronto, while the weather is still nice.
posted by Sam Bradley at 12:21 PM
10 Comments:
These are great Sam! Yeesh, I'm always ignoring these things and you're showing them in a new light. Especially George's Island, Beautiful painting.Look me up next time.
Love the Peggy's Cove one, Sam. That IS eastern Canada.
Lovin' these!
Great pieces, Sam! Yeah DK is gonna rock :) I liked all but shorts 1 and 2 on Gotham Knight.
Love the sketches Sam. Especially the last one.
these are great sam, love the dog and the lighthouse in particular.
That lighthouse is something else! Good job man!
Hi Sam, so nice to hear from you--looks like you're having a great summer! I really like these sketches you've been posting, the last one is great! Hope all is well..
Lovely drawings!
Man! youre dope. You make it look so effortless when you do your thing. I'm still exploring colour. Hope to have something to share soon.
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