Summer Escapades Part 2

Since it's nearly the middle of September, I thought I'd better post the second part of my summer pictures this week so that I can catch up after two months away from blogland.

The blue mountains: the Adirondacks in upstate New York. 

 

                                                     

                                                         A bird's eye view. Well, almost.

Weeping Willows swaying in the wind.

     

                                                               Summer clouds.

I just received Remarkable Diaries to add to my collection. In my opinion, these are great books; they give you a fascinating view into many remarkable lives.  Armchair exploration at its finest.

          

  One of my container plants. Begonia still hanging in there. The nights are cool but the days are still lovely. After all, the very last day of summer isn't until September 22nd. And I am sticking to it!

Brown Eyed Susan's, Purple Coneflower, and an early turning Maple. The Maple photo was taken in August.

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Pastel on Uart 400 Sanded paper. As you can see the paper likes to curl up, but it holds colour and layers well.

                                 

Have a lovely week...

Cultivate Your dreams

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Careening Down Time’s Zip Line

September 2, 2020

Hi everyone,

I do hope this post finds you all well and adjusting to the new way of life that we are confronted with.

My computer has been down for the count. Thankfully, today, my son, Jesse, rescued it from oblivion.  And, luckily I didn't lose my pictures that I neglected to back up. Jess pointed out, in his diplomatic way, that I've been living on the edge. He must be kidding!

Can it really be September? Time flies sounds like an understatement this year, and although we've been lockdown and curtailed somehow it happened. ( I always feel this way. I love summer.) And for the record it has been the hottest summer I have ever witnessed. Of course, when time zips by it leaves a lot of us feeling like we lost the plot.  However, the good news: September and October will soon dazzle us with brilliance.

River side

A hint of the beauty to come.

Check out the Labour Day 15%  off sale in my Etsy Shop

it begins (today) Sept 2nd  and runs until Sept 8th.

Until next time...

Cultivate Your Dreams

Summer Continued

A word to the wise.

So lovely to be able to say that here, in Canada, summer will meander along until further notice. Today: another glorious day of clear blue skies, replete with sunshine and flowers on the bloom everywhere. One look out the window and gratitude taps you on the shoulder.

 Snowshoes. A friendly reminder to enjoy the lovely summer days.

Sailing anyone?  Looks like we might be heading north. But we can, with a good wind tack in other directions.

Coral bells. O the colour!

 

 

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Off the drawing board...a few things.

I've been holding on to my pastels for more than a year now. Sometimes one needs a little push to try something new, especially when it comes to beautiful pastels. (They need to be broken to work with. I didn't want to do it.)
 Recently, a friend send me a picture of a sunset and before I knew it I was breaking pastels, not only with abandon, but with glee. Apparently a little inspiration goes a long way.

 For this painting, I used Uart Sanded Paper. Because this paper tends to buckle,  from now on I will spray it down with water and iron it flat and weight it down (there must be a few heavy books around here ) until it dries.

Last week I started a folder for my sky pictures. ( I have a lot of them and want to get them together for reference for pastel paintings.) From fair to stormy skies, I love them all.  Summer, spring and fall are great times for ever changing array of clouds.  One of my mottos: Look up!

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I bought this cheap wooden box to put my pastels in. Added a coat of acrylic paint, and then decided to paint a flower.  Because I did not plan to paint anything, I didn't sand the box first, but I may sand around the flower and add a coat of varnish. The smoothness of the wood so lovely to paint on. Gamblin oil paints. What a dream.

Iris in oil on canvas.  

Linking to Mosaic Monday and  Our World Tuesday and on Wednesday with My Corner of the World on Wednesday.

See you in September...

Cultivate Your Dreams!