The Killary 2

5x7" watercolour on paper. $40. Available here

The second of my little Irish scenes. I really love playing with all of the different shades of green, blue and brown found in these landscapes- and trying to capture the texture of the grass and trees, and the light reflecting in the water!

The Killary 1

6x6" watercolour on paper. $40. Available here

I've been having trouble with oils and acrylics lately so I've started painting watercolours again- it's been a long while since I've used them. I'm having a lot of fun, remembering all of the techniques and tricks I like using! Here's the first of two little Irish landscapes I painted a few days ago.

Peaceful Pines

6x8" acrylic on canvas board. $45. Available here

I love trying to give a sense of scale and depth in landscapes. I feel like I achieved that in this piece, the atmospheric perspective has worked pretty well. And I really enjoy the pine trees! I have been practicing them a lot lately. Tricky to get right, but they make wonderful compositional elements.

Little Boat in Kotor, Montenegro

5x7" acrylic on canvas board. $40. Available here 

Another "Virtual Paintout" in Montenegro- I really enjoyed painting these little boats, there are so many of them scattered along the waterfront and they're all calling to me, so I may do more little studies of them in future. I'm particularly proud of the composition on this one, though. And it doubles as an entry for the Mountains challenge on DPW!

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Bright Sky Over the Lake

5x7" oil on canvas board. $40. Available here

I've been working on a lot of larger pieces lately so last night, I sat down and did some small studies, just for a break. But I'm already looking at this one thinking it would be good on a bigger canvas... I really love painting water, and mountains affected by atmospheric perspective.

Near Dufftown, Scotland

6x8" acrylic on canvas board. $45. Available here

I really love painting hills and mountains- all those sweeping curves and atmospheric perspective! And in this case, a thousand shades of green. I think it might be my favourite colour to paint.

Head in the Clouds

4x5" acrylic on canvas board. $30. Available here

Here's a little landscape with a mountain, half-hidden by low cloud. I really love the dramatic contrast of the stormy sky and the streak of sunlight hitting the ground. 

Chilean Mountain

5x7" acrylic on watercolour paper. $40
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​Another acrylic on paper, this one is a mountain in Chile. I really love its bold shape, and the range of golds and greens in the foreground.

Reflections in the Lake

6x6” oil on canvas board. $40
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Here’s another landscape painting featuring many of my favourite things; a moody sky, mountains, pine trees and a lake. I am quite proud of the brushwork in this one.

The End Of Winter

6x6” oil on canvas board. $40
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​ I'm trying to get better at painting buildings, and including them in landscapes- here's a painting of a little village in the shadow of a mountain, with snow slowly melting away along the side of the road. Now that we're finally hitting the (supposedly) end of winter, I'm... painting lots of snow scenes. Nothing like being out-of-season with your art!

I'm really happy with the colours in this painting, I like the range of blues and reds.

Melting Snow

6x6 inches, oil on canvas board. $40
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Snow is melting to form a murky puddle among the pine trees.

River and Mountain

6x6 inches, acrylic on canvas board. $40

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This one has an interesting quality to it, there was something slightly mystical about the light in my reference so I tried to capture that. It’s a simple composition but I think the clean, bright colours make it work.

Overcast Day, Ireland

5x7 inches, acrylic on canvas board. $40

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This painting features many of my favourite things. River, mountains, tall grasses, and grey skies. I really like the fluidity of this, it came out looking like oil paint!

Blue Mountains

4x4 inches, oil on canvas board. $25

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Here's a little landscape composition where I was practicing atmospheric perspective. I really like the brushstrokes in the foreground, capturing the different shades of brown in the grass. ​

One Mile Lake

5x7 inches, acrylic on canvas board

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I wanted to paint mountains, but sadly there are no mountains near my home, so reference images it was. This is One-Mile Lake in BC, Canada. I think this is what plein air heaven looks like, for me at least! Maybe one day I will get to travel and paint it on location...

I tried a slightly more patient approach to using acrylics for this painting, doing a monochrome value painting and then slowly building up colours on top. It is one of my better attempts at landscape with acrylics, so I suppose I should be patient more often!