<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458</id><updated>2012-02-16T07:15:41.456-05:00</updated><category term='acrylic'/><category term='Chute Rouge trail'/><category term='Gatineau Park'/><category term='Montreal'/><category term='Bal de neige'/><category term='heron'/><category term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category term='Gatineau'/><category term='oil painting'/><category term='lake'/><category term='Ucluelet BC'/><category term='plein air'/><category term='birds'/><category term='winter'/><category term='river'/><category term='Ottawa'/><category term='owl'/><category term='summer'/><category term='Parliament'/><category term='portrait'/><category term='autumn'/><category term='Lac Roddick'/><category term='skating'/><category term='spring'/><category term='Whitehorse'/><category term='forest'/><category term='Rideau River'/><category term='watercolour'/><category term='fishing'/><category term='Gatineau Valley'/><category term='Rideau Canal'/><category term='flowers'/><category term='landscape'/><category term='swans'/><category term='Winterlude'/><title type='text'>Michael's Paint Brush</title><subtitle type='html'>Original paintings in watercolour, acrylic and oil - Les peintures originales en aquarelle, acrylique et huile</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>119</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2429605149161932027</id><published>2012-01-30T17:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T17:11:48.307-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Cottage reflected in lake / Chalet réfleter dans le lac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SM4bKTn83_I/TycQQavglpI/AAAAAAAAAj0/Eo5lVXjQmJc/s1600/Cottage+on+shoreline+2011+12+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="464" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SM4bKTn83_I/TycQQavglpI/AAAAAAAAAj0/Eo5lVXjQmJc/s640/Cottage+on+shoreline+2011+12+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I continue to paint scenes from around the lake, there are so many that are wonderful. On days when the water is calm, the reflections along the shoreline are just spectacular.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Watercolour with Noodler's Ahab flex pen and Black American Eel ink, Fabriano watercolour paper 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9 inches).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: inherit;"&gt;Je continue à peindre des scènes des quatre coins du lac - il y a tellement des scènes qui sont merveilleux. Les journées quand l'eau est calme, les réflexions sur le littoral sont simplement spectaculaires.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Aquarelle avec plume flexible Ahab de Noodler's et encre noire American Eel, papier aquarelle de Fabriano, 32 x 24 cm ( 12 x 9 pouces).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2429605149161932027?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2429605149161932027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2429605149161932027&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2429605149161932027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2429605149161932027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2012/01/cottage-reflected-in-lake-chalet.html' title='Cottage reflected in lake / Chalet réfleter dans le lac'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SM4bKTn83_I/TycQQavglpI/AAAAAAAAAj0/Eo5lVXjQmJc/s72-c/Cottage+on+shoreline+2011+12+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2209316957738712116</id><published>2011-12-07T12:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T12:42:16.828-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Small cove with pontoon boat / Petite baie avec bateau de ponton</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EUYcSr43-64/Tt-hoSDxwYI/AAAAAAAAAf4/-5tTp1P5aOc/s1600/Cove+with+pontoon+boat+2011+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="464" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EUYcSr43-64/Tt-hoSDxwYI/AAAAAAAAAf4/-5tTp1P5aOc/s640/Cove+with+pontoon+boat+2011+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is another of my black-and-white sketches which has been converted into a watercolour painting. As you can see, this lovely location on the lake is a classical Canadian landscape of rock, trees and water.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Watercolour with Lamy Safari pen, Platinum carbon black ink, Fabriano 140 lb watercolour paper, 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9 inches).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Ceci est&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;un autre de mes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;croquis noir et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;blanc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;qui a été&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;convertie à une&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;peinture à l'aquarelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Comme vous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pouvez le voir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, ce&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;t endroit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;sur le lac est un&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;paysage classique canadien&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de la roche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, les arbres&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et l'eau.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Aquarelle avec plume fontaine Lamy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Safari, encre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;de carbone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;noir de Platinum,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Fabriano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;140&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;lb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;papier aquarelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;32 x 24 cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;(12 x 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;pouces).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2209316957738712116?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2209316957738712116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2209316957738712116&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2209316957738712116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2209316957738712116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2011/12/small-cove-with-pontoon-boat-petite.html' title='Small cove with pontoon boat / Petite baie avec bateau de ponton'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EUYcSr43-64/Tt-hoSDxwYI/AAAAAAAAAf4/-5tTp1P5aOc/s72-c/Cove+with+pontoon+boat+2011+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2873362680521466969</id><published>2011-10-03T13:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-07T12:41:37.565-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Cabin perched over the lake / Cabane perché au-dessus le lac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9pfFWQ35u5U/TonvRrzMZYI/AAAAAAAAAc4/zYInJaw1OsY/s1600/Cabin+over+the+lake+colour+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="464" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9pfFWQ35u5U/TonvRrzMZYI/AAAAAAAAAc4/zYInJaw1OsY/s640/Cabin+over+the+lake+colour+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In the good old days, people could build their cabins wherever they wanted on the lake. Building plans were sketchy and sometimes risky. (Where do I place the septic tank?) Now, you can't even cut your grass within 50 feet (15 m) of the shoreline! Things have come a long way. So when you see a cabin that's perched over the water, you know that its been 'grandfathered'.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This painting started as a black and white sketch, which can still be viewed on my drawing blog http://michaelsscroll.blogspot.com/ &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #666666; text-align: justify;"&gt;Watercolour with Lamy Safari pen, Platinum carbon black ink, Fabriano 140 lb watercolour paper, 32 x 24 cm (12 x 9 inches).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Dans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;le bon vieux temps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, les gens pouvaient&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;construire leurs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;cabanes&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;où ils le voulaient&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sur ​​le lac.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Les plans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de construction ont été&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;vagues&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;et parfois risqués.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;Où dois-je&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;placer la&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;fosse septique?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Maintenant, vous&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;ne pouvez même pas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;couper&lt;/span&gt; votre gazon&lt;span class="hps"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;dans les 50&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;pieds (15&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;m) de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;la rive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Les choses ont&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;fait du chemin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Donc quand&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;vous voyez&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;une cabane&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;qui est&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;perché au-dessus&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;de l'eau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, vous savez&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que les propriétaires ont les droits &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps atn"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;acquis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Cette peinture&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;a commencé comme une&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;esquisse en noir et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;blanc, qui&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;peuvent toujours être vus&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;sur mon&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;blog de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;dessin&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;http://michaelsscroll.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt; &lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;Aquarelle avec plume Lamy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;Safari, encre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;de carbone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;noir de Platinum,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;Fabriano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;140&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;lb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;papier aquarelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" style="color: #666666;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;32 x 24 cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;(12 x 9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #666666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #666666;"&gt;pouces).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2873362680521466969?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2873362680521466969/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2873362680521466969&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2873362680521466969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2873362680521466969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2011/10/cabin-perched-over-lake-cabane-perche.html' title='Cabin perched over the lake / Cabane perché au-dessus le lac'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9pfFWQ35u5U/TonvRrzMZYI/AAAAAAAAAc4/zYInJaw1OsY/s72-c/Cabin+over+the+lake+colour+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-3478205991942893921</id><published>2011-09-26T22:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:45:05.775-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>End of summer at the lake / À la fin d'été au lac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-okyy8R7Jl2s/ToE0mppItzI/AAAAAAAAAbM/GOO2O7LbK-E/s1600/At+the+end+of+the+lake+2011+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="460" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-okyy8R7Jl2s/ToE0mppItzI/AAAAAAAAAbM/GOO2O7LbK-E/s640/At+the+end+of+the+lake+2011+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This began as a sketch and developed into a painting of a quiet part of the lake on a bright sunny afternoon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Watercolour with Lamy Safari pen and Platinum carbon black ink on Fabriano 140 lb paper, 24 x 32 cm (9.5 x 12.5 inches).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt; Cette image a commencé comme un croquis et est devenu cette peinture d'un parti tranquil du lac un après-midi ensoleilé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Aquarelle avec plume Lamy Safari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;et encre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; Platinum &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;de carbone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;noir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;sur papier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Fabriano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; 300g,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;24 x 32 cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;(9,5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;x 12,5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;pouces).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-3478205991942893921?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/3478205991942893921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=3478205991942893921&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3478205991942893921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3478205991942893921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2011/09/end-of-summer-at-lake-la-fin-dete-au.html' title='End of summer at the lake / À la fin d&apos;été au lac'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-okyy8R7Jl2s/ToE0mppItzI/AAAAAAAAAbM/GOO2O7LbK-E/s72-c/At+the+end+of+the+lake+2011+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8980106130801152014</id><published>2011-09-20T21:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:46:27.442-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Four ducks on a log / Quart canards sur une bûche</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDYr_vEMuC8/Tnk_7I24PBI/AAAAAAAAAaw/1thbGLNyaOY/s1600/Four+ducks+on+a+log+2011+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="454" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDYr_vEMuC8/Tnk_7I24PBI/AAAAAAAAAaw/1thbGLNyaOY/s640/Four+ducks+on+a+log+2011+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This seems to be the season when ducks - in large numbers - invade our bay. They seem to enjoy perching on logs, docks and ... peddleboats! This is a group that I found near the shoreline.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Watercolour with Lamy Safari pen and Platinum carbon black ink on Fabriano 140 lb paper, 24 x 32 cm (9.5 x 12.5 inches).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps"&gt;Ceci semble être&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;la saison où&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;les canards&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;en grand nombre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;envahissent notre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;baie.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Ils semblent&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;aimer de se percher sur&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;les bûches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;, les quais et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;les pedaleau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=""&gt;!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;Voici un groupe&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;que j'ai trouvé&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps"&gt;près du rivage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Aquarelle avec plume Lamy Safari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;et encre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; Platinum &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;de carbone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;noir&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;sur papier&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Fabriano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; 300g,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;24 x 32 cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;(9,5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;x 12,5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;pouces).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8980106130801152014?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8980106130801152014/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8980106130801152014&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8980106130801152014'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8980106130801152014'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2011/09/four-ducks-on-log-quart-canards-sur-une.html' title='Four ducks on a log / Quart canards sur une bûche'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JDYr_vEMuC8/Tnk_7I24PBI/AAAAAAAAAaw/1thbGLNyaOY/s72-c/Four+ducks+on+a+log+2011+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6513073455569973835</id><published>2011-05-29T21:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:47:17.080-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Lily of the valley / Les mugets</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LJeWdnwkIZI/TeLwR6-oXNI/AAAAAAAAAX0/q5651ViQ3gQ/s1600/lily+of+the+valley+in+vase+watercolour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LJeWdnwkIZI/TeLwR6-oXNI/AAAAAAAAAX0/q5651ViQ3gQ/s320/lily+of+the+valley+in+vase+watercolour.jpg" width="249" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The lily-of-the-valley have been in bloom in the Ottawa-Gatineau region for a couple of weeks now. Let's hope they continue to bloom for another couple of weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Watercolour on Fabriano cotton paper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Les&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;muguets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt; ont été&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;en fleurs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;dans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;la région d'Ottawa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="atn" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Gatineau&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;pour&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;un couple&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;semaines&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;maintenant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Espérons&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;qu'ils&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;continueront à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;fleurir&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;pour un autre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;couple&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;semaines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Aquarelle&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;sur&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;papier&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;de coton&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Fabriano&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6513073455569973835?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6513073455569973835/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6513073455569973835&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6513073455569973835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6513073455569973835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2011/05/lily-of-valley-les-mugets.html' title='Lily of the valley / Les mugets'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LJeWdnwkIZI/TeLwR6-oXNI/AAAAAAAAAX0/q5651ViQ3gQ/s72-c/lily+of+the+valley+in+vase+watercolour.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4135760809238214989</id><published>2011-03-29T22:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:51:07.323-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><title type='text'>Deer in fields / Les cerfs dans les champs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlXHml8Hg3A/TZKVdF-V0WI/AAAAAAAAAW4/AJT1pq0sKF4/s1600/Deer+in+field+colour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlXHml8Hg3A/TZKVdF-V0WI/AAAAAAAAAW4/AJT1pq0sKF4/s640/Deer+in+field+colour.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recently, I drove through Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau (Quebec) and saw a large number of deer eating in the fields and crossing the road into the forest. After a long winter, they must be hungry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Watercolour with ink, 12 x 9 inches (30 x 23 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="almost_half_cell" id="gt-res-content" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Récemment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;j'ai traversé&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Ste&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="atn" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Thérèse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="atn" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;-la&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="atn" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Gatineau&lt;/span&gt; (Québec) &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;en voiture et&lt;/span&gt; j'ai&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt; vu un&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;grand nombre&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;cerfs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;en train à manger&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;dans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;les champs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;et&lt;/span&gt; à &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;traverser la route&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;dans la&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;forêt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Après un&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;long hiver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;ils&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;doivent&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;avoir faim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Aquarelle avec plume d'encre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;9&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;pouces&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;30&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;23&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4135760809238214989?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4135760809238214989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4135760809238214989&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4135760809238214989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4135760809238214989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2011/03/deer-in-fields-les-cerfs-dans-les.html' title='Deer in fields / Les cerfs dans les champs'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlXHml8Hg3A/TZKVdF-V0WI/AAAAAAAAAW4/AJT1pq0sKF4/s72-c/Deer+in+field+colour.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6600795595335059392</id><published>2011-02-07T19:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:59:38.150-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><title type='text'>Cottage at the end of the bay / Chalet au fond de la baie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/TVCPCcATQmI/AAAAAAAAAVE/zXDA4LPp0zI/s1600/Cottage+at+the+end+of+the+bay+winter+2011+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="227" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/TVCPCcATQmI/AAAAAAAAAVE/zXDA4LPp0zI/s320/Cottage+at+the+end+of+the+bay+winter+2011+small.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is a quick alla prima watercolour sketch of a scene up at the lake this winter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Watercolour, 14 x 10 inches (36 x 26 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici un croquis en aquarelle d'une scène au lac cet hiver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Aquarelle, 14 x 10 pouces (36 x 26 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6600795595335059392?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6600795595335059392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6600795595335059392&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6600795595335059392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6600795595335059392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2011/02/cottage-at-end-of-bay-chalet-au-fond-de.html' title='Cottage at the end of the bay / Chalet au fond de la baie'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/TVCPCcATQmI/AAAAAAAAAVE/zXDA4LPp0zI/s72-c/Cottage+at+the+end+of+the+bay+winter+2011+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-5768829700626760326</id><published>2010-11-20T19:35:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:50:14.762-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parliament'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/TOhluoF42iI/AAAAAAAAATQ/MgJHhY4nF4U/s1600/East+Block+and+lilacs+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="462" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/TOhluoF42iI/AAAAAAAAATQ/MgJHhY4nF4U/s640/East+Block+and+lilacs+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;The East Block is part of the parliamentary buildings in Ottawa. This beautiful building was build in 1866 and was intitially where the entire public service for Canada was located. Times have changed. This scene is set in the springtime when the lilacs are blossoming and everyone rejoices in the riot of colour.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Watercolour, 15.5 x 11.5 inches (39 x 29 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr"&gt;&lt;span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;L'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;édifice de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;l'Est&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;fait partie&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;des édifices du Parlement&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;à&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Ottawa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Ce magnifique bâtiment&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;a été&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;construit en&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;1866&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;a été&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;où&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;toute la fonction publique&lt;/span&gt; pour le Canada &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;a été localisé&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Les temps ont&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;changé&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Cette&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;scène se déroule&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;au printemps&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;lorsque&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;les&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;lilas&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;sont&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;en fleurs&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;et&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;tout &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;le monde&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;se réjouit dans&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;la&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;débauche de couleurs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="" id="result_box" lang="fr" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;Aquarelle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;15,5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;11,5&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;pouces&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;(39 x 29 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title="Click for alternate translations"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-5768829700626760326?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/5768829700626760326/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=5768829700626760326&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5768829700626760326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5768829700626760326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/11/east-block-is-part-of-parliamentary.html' title=''/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/TOhluoF42iI/AAAAAAAAATQ/MgJHhY4nF4U/s72-c/East+Block+and+lilacs+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2894430984690325256</id><published>2010-08-26T17:16:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:57:07.691-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Pergola bridge on lake / Pont avec pergola sur le lac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NneBy7XJUX0/ToohB0MAvaI/AAAAAAAAAdE/YB1GBeJU7z8/s1600/Pergola+bridge+on+lake+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="508" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NneBy7XJUX0/ToohB0MAvaI/AAAAAAAAAdE/YB1GBeJU7z8/s640/Pergola+bridge+on+lake+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Oil painting on panel, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8cm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Peinture à huile, 16 x 20 pouces (40,6 x 50,8 cm)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2894430984690325256?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2894430984690325256/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2894430984690325256&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2894430984690325256'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2894430984690325256'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/08/pergola-bridge-on-lake-pont-avec.html' title='Pergola bridge on lake / Pont avec pergola sur le lac'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NneBy7XJUX0/ToohB0MAvaI/AAAAAAAAAdE/YB1GBeJU7z8/s72-c/Pergola+bridge+on+lake+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4771516462578590384</id><published>2010-07-22T17:06:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T16:58:16.315-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Entrance to Baie Paul / L'entrée à la Baie Paul</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZw8nZOU2fg/TokfStuG_vI/AAAAAAAAAc0/6HBO1J-y4tQ/s1600/Entrance+to+Baie+Paul+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="476" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZw8nZOU2fg/TokfStuG_vI/AAAAAAAAAc0/6HBO1J-y4tQ/s640/Entrance+to+Baie+Paul+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a lovely spot on Lac Roddick. It's at the entrance to Baie Paul. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Oil painting on panel, 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.5 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici un jolie endroit sur le Lac Roddick. C'est à l'entrée de la Baie Paul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Peinture à huile, 12 x 16 pouces (30.5 x 40.5 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4771516462578590384?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4771516462578590384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4771516462578590384&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4771516462578590384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4771516462578590384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/07/entrance-to-baie-paul-lentree-la-baie.html' title='Entrance to Baie Paul / L&apos;entrée à la Baie Paul'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OZw8nZOU2fg/TokfStuG_vI/AAAAAAAAAc0/6HBO1J-y4tQ/s72-c/Entrance+to+Baie+Paul+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8184548147872857244</id><published>2010-06-29T12:26:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:14:20.406-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><title type='text'>Farmhouse near Farrellton / Maison campagne près de Farrellton</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AXpkwdoBz2w/TonyZnDsgyI/AAAAAAAAAc8/96G8e5E_LbU/s1600/Farmhouse+near+Farrellton+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="476" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AXpkwdoBz2w/TonyZnDsgyI/AAAAAAAAAc8/96G8e5E_LbU/s640/Farmhouse+near+Farrellton+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;When I drive up the Gatineau Valley from Ottawa-Gatineau, I see plenty of lovely landscapes to admire. I like to slow down a little so that I can appreciate some of them. This painting is of a farmhouse off Highway 105 near Farrellton, Quebec. The fields around it change colour with the season as do the hills in the background.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Oil painting on panel&lt;/span&gt;, 16 x 12 inches (40.5 x 30.5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quand je conduis dans la Vallé-de-la-Gatineau d'Ottawa-Gatineau, je vois beaucoup de beaux paysages à admirer. Je tiens à ralentir un peu afin que je puisse apprécier certains d'entre eux. Ce tableau est d'un ferme près de autoroute 105 à Farrellton, Québec. Les champs autour de lui changent de couleur avec la saison comme les collines en arrière.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Peinture à huile&lt;/span&gt;, 16 x 12 pouces (40.5 x 30.5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8184548147872857244?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8184548147872857244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8184548147872857244&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8184548147872857244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8184548147872857244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/06/farmhouse-near-farrellton-maison.html' title='Farmhouse near Farrellton / Maison campagne près de Farrellton'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AXpkwdoBz2w/TonyZnDsgyI/AAAAAAAAAc8/96G8e5E_LbU/s72-c/Farmhouse+near+Farrellton+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7910638099211094245</id><published>2010-06-07T16:15:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:15:17.005-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Sunset on the bay / Au coucher de la soleil  sur la baie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntqP7XChM4Q/TonypBv52ZI/AAAAAAAAAdA/7ly_yRLsISc/s1600/Sunset+on+the+bay+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="498" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntqP7XChM4Q/TonypBv52ZI/AAAAAAAAAdA/7ly_yRLsISc/s640/Sunset+on+the+bay+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;There's nothing more enjoyable than sitting on the dock and watching the sun as it slowly sets over the bay. The whole scene becomes animated as tree frogs and birds begin their nocturnal singing and the fishermen troll for a catch. The temperature begins to fall slightly and a light mist rises over the water. A loon calls out and the enchantment is complete. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Oil painting on canvas board, 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="long_text" id="result_box"&gt;&lt;span title=""&gt;Il n'y a  rien de plus agréable que de s'asseoir sur le quai et regarder le  soleil se coucher lentement sur la baie. La scène s'anime  comme les rainettes et les oiseaux commencent leur chant nocturne et les  pêcheurs traîne pour la pêche. La température commence à baisser  légèrement et s'élève une légère brume sur l'eau. Un plongeon huard appelle et l'enchantement est complet. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="long_text" id="result_box"&gt;&lt;span title=""&gt;Peinture à  l'huile, 11 x 14 pouces (28 x 35,5 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7910638099211094245?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7910638099211094245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7910638099211094245&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7910638099211094245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7910638099211094245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/06/sunset-on-bay-au-coucher-de-la-soleil.html' title='Sunset on the bay / Au coucher de la soleil  sur la baie'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ntqP7XChM4Q/TonypBv52ZI/AAAAAAAAAdA/7ly_yRLsISc/s72-c/Sunset+on+the+bay+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-3194670761548148022</id><published>2010-05-15T19:59:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:16:31.258-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau River'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Rideau River with geese / La rivière Rideau avec les bernaches</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S-81eJIAssI/AAAAAAAAASg/e-552XAlZK0/s1600/Rideau+River+with+geese+2010+small.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471650864240308930" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S-81eJIAssI/AAAAAAAAASg/e-552XAlZK0/s320/Rideau+River+with+geese+2010+small.jpg" style="display: block; height: 224px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As the Rideau River winds its way through Ottawa, there are plenty of interesting vistas. This is one that I noticed while bicycling along a path between Bank and Smythe Streets. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Watercolour and gouache, 15.5 x 11.5 inches (39 x 30 cm)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À mesure que la rivière Rideau fait son chemin à travers Ottawa, il y a beacoup de points de vue intéressants. Voici un panorama que j'ai remarqué en vélo le longue d'une sentier entre les rues Bank et Smythe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Aquarelle et gouache, 15,5 x 11,5 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-3194670761548148022?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/3194670761548148022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=3194670761548148022&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3194670761548148022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3194670761548148022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/05/rideau-river-with-geese-la-riviere.html' title='Rideau River with geese / La rivière Rideau avec les bernaches'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S-81eJIAssI/AAAAAAAAASg/e-552XAlZK0/s72-c/Rideau+River+with+geese+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7063483137518807499</id><published>2010-04-26T16:33:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:18:52.408-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau River'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Rideau River Park / Parc de la rivière Rideau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S9X5AEUXP5I/AAAAAAAAASY/cNESKnAEDbI/s1600/Rideau+River+Park+sketch+2010+small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="288" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464547502438432658" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S9X5AEUXP5I/AAAAAAAAASY/cNESKnAEDbI/s400/Rideau+River+Park+sketch+2010+small.jpg" style="display: block; height: 231px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a quick 20 minute plein air watercolour sketch I made today at the Rideau River Park in downtown Ottawa near Bank Street. Although I only sketched one duck in this painting, there were all sorts of birds around looking for a hand-out. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Watercolour, 11.5 x 8.5 inches (29 x 21.5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici un croquis aquarelle de 20 minutes que j'ai fait aujourd'hui en plein air au Parc de la rivière Rideau au centre-ville d'Ottawa, près de la rue Bank. Bien que j'ai seulement dessiné un canard dans ce croquis, il y avait toutes sortes d'oiseaux autour de moi à la recherche de nourriture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Aquarelle, 11,5 x 8,5 pouces (29 x 21,5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7063483137518807499?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7063483137518807499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7063483137518807499&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7063483137518807499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7063483137518807499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/04/rideau-river-park-parc-de-la-riviere.html' title='Rideau River Park / Parc de la rivière Rideau'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S9X5AEUXP5I/AAAAAAAAASY/cNESKnAEDbI/s72-c/Rideau+River+Park+sketch+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6438077906626400358</id><published>2010-04-09T17:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:20:04.558-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>West wind on the bay in spring / Le vent de l'ouest sur la baie au printemps</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mhr2iit4DLk/TooioLSdWFI/AAAAAAAAAdI/MXsso2Gz0gA/s1600/West+wind+on+lake+-+spring+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="530" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mhr2iit4DLk/TooioLSdWFI/AAAAAAAAAdI/MXsso2Gz0gA/s640/West+wind+on+lake+-+spring+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The ice melted on the lake last week. Would you believe it - there was someone on the water with their peddle boat a few days later! Admittedly, the weather was nice ... much more pleasant than the weather portrayed in this painting. When the west wind blows down the bay in early April on an overcast day, it can be very powerful and awe-inspiring. It seems that all the colours are absorbed by the cold winds. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Oil painting on board, 12 x 10 inches (30.5 x 25.4 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La semaine passé, la glace a fondu sur le lac. Le croiriez-vous - il y avait quelqu'un sur l'eau avec leur pédalo quelques jours plus tard! J'avoue que le temps était beau ... beaucoup plus agréable que le temps représenté dans ce tableau. Quand le vent soufle de l'ouest dans le baie au début d'avril, il peut être très puissant et inspirant. Il semble que toutes les couleurs sont absorbées par les vents froids.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Peinture à huile, 12 x 10 pouces (30,5 x 25,4 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6438077906626400358?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6438077906626400358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6438077906626400358&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6438077906626400358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6438077906626400358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/04/west-wind-on-bay-in-spring-le-vent-de.html' title='West wind on the bay in spring / Le vent de l&apos;ouest sur la baie au printemps'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Mhr2iit4DLk/TooioLSdWFI/AAAAAAAAAdI/MXsso2Gz0gA/s72-c/West+wind+on+lake+-+spring+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1173527970941858778</id><published>2010-04-01T19:55:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:25:09.242-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><title type='text'>Canada geese returning / Le retour des bernaches</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S7Uyoa9j9GI/AAAAAAAAASA/2Mt6tqwc7NM/s1600/Geese+returning+2010+small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455322193642910818" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S7Uyoa9j9GI/AAAAAAAAASA/2Mt6tqwc7NM/s320/Geese+returning+2010+small.jpg" style="display: block; height: 262px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;At this time of year, large flocks of Canada geese fly over the Ottawa-Gatineau region returning to their summer homes far to the north. They are truly impressive creatures. One evening when the full moon had risen, I had the idea for this painting and was able to complete it in one session alla prima. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Oil painting on board, 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À cette époque de l'année, des grands troupeaux de bernaches traversent la région d'Ottawa-Gatineau pour atteindre leurs foyer d'été au grand nord. Ce sont des créatures vraiement impressionnant. Un soir de pleine lune, j'ai eu l'idée de cette peinture et je l'ai completé dans une seule session.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Peinture à huile, 10 x 12 pouces (25,4 x 30,5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1173527970941858778?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1173527970941858778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1173527970941858778&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1173527970941858778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1173527970941858778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/04/canada-geese-returning-le-retour-des.html' title='Canada geese returning / Le retour des bernaches'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/S7Uyoa9j9GI/AAAAAAAAASA/2Mt6tqwc7NM/s72-c/Geese+returning+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4367049593603813827</id><published>2010-03-23T20:03:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:21:46.658-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Skating entrance to the Rideau Canal / Entrée du Canal Rideau pour patiner</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GZt5NdHix74/Too1U30Rt0I/AAAAAAAAAdM/HdUykg4YVVs/s1600/Skating+entrance+to+the+Canal+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="507" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GZt5NdHix74/Too1U30Rt0I/AAAAAAAAAdM/HdUykg4YVVs/s640/Skating+entrance+to+the+Canal+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Another skating season on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa is now but a memory. Oh, but what a memory! This winter the temperature was 4 C higher than normal with 20% less snowfall  - ideal conditions for skating. The scene I painted was at one of the entrances to the canal near the University of Ottawa, just next to a pedestrian bridge. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Une autre saison de patinage sur le Canal Rideau à Ottawa est maintenant plus qu'un souvenir. Mais quel souvenir! Cette hiver, la température était de 4 C plus élevée que la  normale avec des chutes de neige 20 p.c. de moins - des conditions idéales pour le patinage. La scène de cette peinture est situé à l'une des entrées du canal près de l'Université d'Ottawa, juste à côté d'un pont pour piétons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Huile sur toile, 16 x 20 pouces (40,6 x 50,8 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4367049593603813827?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4367049593603813827/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4367049593603813827&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4367049593603813827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4367049593603813827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/03/skating-entrance-to-rideau-canal-entree.html' title='Skating entrance to the Rideau Canal / Entrée du Canal Rideau pour patiner'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GZt5NdHix74/Too1U30Rt0I/AAAAAAAAAdM/HdUykg4YVVs/s72-c/Skating+entrance+to+the+Canal+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-5566963252061743048</id><published>2010-02-27T18:27:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-03T18:23:38.052-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parliament'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Sunny winter morning on canal / Matin d'hiver ensoleillée au bord du canal</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRJctQB4xVU/Too13xNoYUI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/ecywYfmq2QU/s1600/Sunny+morning+skating+on+canal+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="518" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRJctQB4xVU/Too13xNoYUI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/ecywYfmq2QU/s640/Sunny+morning+skating+on+canal+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The outdoor skating season on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa will soon be over for another year. This winter has been milder than normal with relatively little snowfall. Conditions on the canal, however, have been pretty good. This scene looks north towards the Laurier Street Bridge, the Parliament Buildings, the Château Laurier and the Gatineau Hills. I took a walk one morning and was struck by the beauty of this panorama with the sun streaming through the trees over the frozen canal. I've been working on this oil painting for a few weeks and feel that its completed now. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Oil painting on canvas, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La saison de patinage en plein air sur le canal Rideau, à Ottawa, sera bientôt fini pour une autre année. Cet hiver a été plus doux que la normale avec des chutes de neiges relativement peu. Les conditions sur le canal, cependent, ont été plutôt bonnes. Cette scène s'etend vers le nord vers le pont de la rue Laurier, les édifices du Parlement, le Château Laurier, et les collines de Gatineau. Je me suis promené un matin et j'étais frappé par la beauté de ce panorama, avec le soleil qui brillait à travers les arbres sur le canal gelé. J'ai travaillé sur cette peinture à huile pendant quelques semaines et je sens que c'est maintenant terminé. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Huile sur toile, 16 x 20 pouces (40,6 x 50,8 cm). &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-5566963252061743048?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/5566963252061743048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=5566963252061743048&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5566963252061743048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5566963252061743048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/02/sunny-winter-morning-on-canal-matin.html' title='Sunny winter morning on canal / Matin d&apos;hiver ensoleillée au bord du canal'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yRJctQB4xVU/Too13xNoYUI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/ecywYfmq2QU/s72-c/Sunny+morning+skating+on+canal+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8713610783355950857</id><published>2010-02-16T20:06:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T20:46:17.933-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Skating early morning / Patiner le matin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9zpas80yDKc/Tp4c_lH3ZyI/AAAAAAAAAdg/fFl5BY2Bc2s/s1600/Skating+early+morning+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="436" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9zpas80yDKc/Tp4c_lH3ZyI/AAAAAAAAAdg/fFl5BY2Bc2s/s640/Skating+early+morning+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Another quick watercolour sketch. This is a scene one morning when the sunlight cast long blue shadows over the ice. On the Rideau Canal, there are skaters of all ages and all skill levels, each one enjoying the special pleasure it gives you to breathe crisp air and to glide over the well-kept ice surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Watercolour, 12 x 7.5 inches (30.4 x 19 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un autre croquis à l'aquarelle rapide. Il s'agit d'un scène un matin quand le soleil a projetté de longues ombres bleues sur la glace. Sur le Canal Rideau, il y a des patineurs de tous âges et des différentes habiletés, chaque personne jouissant du plaisir à respirer l'air douce et de glisser sur la surface bien entretenue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;Aquarelle, 12 x 7,5 pouces (30,4 x 19 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8713610783355950857?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8713610783355950857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8713610783355950857&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8713610783355950857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8713610783355950857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/02/skating-early-morning-patiner-le-matin.html' title='Skating early morning / Patiner le matin'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9zpas80yDKc/Tp4c_lH3ZyI/AAAAAAAAAdg/fFl5BY2Bc2s/s72-c/Skating+early+morning+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7701236928202946051</id><published>2010-02-03T19:07:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T20:48:23.044-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Skating on the canal under the Bank Street bridge / Patiner sur le canal sous le pont de la rue Bank</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXzbd56YH6I/Tp4eLA6uA2I/AAAAAAAAAdo/l3sqTe2i2vU/s1600/Skating+on+canal+under+Bank+Street+bridge+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="450" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXzbd56YH6I/Tp4eLA6uA2I/AAAAAAAAAdo/l3sqTe2i2vU/s640/Skating+on+canal+under+Bank+Street+bridge+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Here's an oil painting of a watercolour sketch that I posted recently. I find it interesting to compare mediums and to see the changes that have been introduced. My oil painting took several more hours to complete than the watercolour sketch - but to be fair, the watercolour was only intended as a quick sketch of the scene; something to get my creative juices going.&lt;br /&gt;As for the Rideau Canal, I'm always amazed at its expanse at this spot - it's like a huge lake. When you're skating there alone on a weekday, its like the whole world is one big skating rink!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;Oil painting on canvas board, 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une peinture à l'huile d'une esquisse en aquarelle que j'ai publié récemment. Je trouve intéressant de comparer les deux peintures pour voir les modifications qui ont été introduites.  Ma peinture à l'huile a pris plusieurs heures de plus que l'aquarelle - mais pour être juste, l'aquarelle a été conçu uniquement comme une esquisse rapide de la scène; quelque chose pour m'inspirer.&lt;br /&gt;Concernant le canal Rideau, je suis toujours étonné de l'étendue du canal à cet endroit - c'est comme un immense lac. Quand vous patinez là tout seul en semaine, c'est comme si toute le monde est une grand patinoir!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;Peinture à l'huile, 11 x 14 pouces (28 x 35,5 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7701236928202946051?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7701236928202946051/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7701236928202946051&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7701236928202946051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7701236928202946051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/02/skating-on-canal-under-bank-street.html' title='Skating on the canal under the Bank Street bridge / Patiner sur le canal sous le pont de la rue Bank'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXzbd56YH6I/Tp4eLA6uA2I/AAAAAAAAAdo/l3sqTe2i2vU/s72-c/Skating+on+canal+under+Bank+Street+bridge+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1301872890178690413</id><published>2010-01-23T17:09:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T22:21:43.331-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Lacing-up / Lacer les patins</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ypff8MpNsl4/Tp4ev022n6I/AAAAAAAAAdw/M1maoNdNdC0/s1600/Lacing-up+2010+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="490" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ypff8MpNsl4/Tp4ev022n6I/AAAAAAAAAdw/M1maoNdNdC0/s640/Lacing-up+2010+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: white;"&gt;Now that Winterlude is just around the corner, I thought that I should start working on some more paintings and sketches of skaters on Ottawa's Rideau Canal. This picture is a sketch of people lacing-up their skates outdoors on the canal. Depending on the weather, this can be a daunting task especially if you have some kids that need help in tightening their skates. Once you are laced-up, you can leave your shoes behind in some snowbank or take them along with you in a pack-sack.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;Watercolour, 10.5 x 7.5 inches (26.5 x 19 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maintenant que le Bal de Neige est presque arrivé, j'ai pensé que je devrais composer des peintures et des croquis de patineurs sur le Canal Rideau à Ottawa. Cette image est une esquisse de personnes qui sont en traine de lacer leurs patins en plein air sur le canal. Selon le temps, cela peut être une tâche ardue, surtout si vous avez des enfants qui ont besoin d'aide. Une fois que vous êtes lacée, vous pouvez laisser vos chaussures dans un banc de neige ou les prendre avec vous dans un pack-sack.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;Aquarelle, 10,5 x 7,5 pouces (26.5 x 19 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1301872890178690413?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1301872890178690413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1301872890178690413&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1301872890178690413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1301872890178690413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2010/01/lacing-up-lacer-les-patins.html' title='Lacing-up / Lacer les patins'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ypff8MpNsl4/Tp4ev022n6I/AAAAAAAAAdw/M1maoNdNdC0/s72-c/Lacing-up+2010+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8180520999164625684</id><published>2009-12-28T19:28:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T13:04:30.466-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Playing with trains / Jouer avec les trains</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H1fmmOSUm0g/Tu-0hpA0PNI/AAAAAAAAAg4/m5edOFKVh88/s1600/Alexandre+playing+with+train+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="456" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H1fmmOSUm0g/Tu-0hpA0PNI/AAAAAAAAAg4/m5edOFKVh88/s640/Alexandre+playing+with+train+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Isn't it fascinating to watch children play with their toys. They seem to be projected into another realm that absorbs them completely. This is a painting of one of my grandsons amusing himself with his all-time favourite pastime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;N'est-il pas fascinant de regarder les enfants jouer avec leurs jouets. Ils semblent être projeté dans un autre monde qui les absorbe complètement. Voici une peinture d'un de mes petits-fils qui s'amusait avec son passe-temps favori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8180520999164625684?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8180520999164625684/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8180520999164625684&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8180520999164625684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8180520999164625684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/12/playing-with-trains-jouer-avec-les.html' title='Playing with trains / Jouer avec les trains'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H1fmmOSUm0g/Tu-0hpA0PNI/AAAAAAAAAg4/m5edOFKVh88/s72-c/Alexandre+playing+with+train+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1929318642448412280</id><published>2009-11-16T21:39:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:03:56.364-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Lac à la truite, Orford, Québec</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-px2M0DB-6wA/Tu-0w37MKhI/AAAAAAAAAhA/nM0DfYNcx4I/s1600/Lac+%25C3%25A0+la+truite+Orford+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-px2M0DB-6wA/Tu-0w37MKhI/AAAAAAAAAhA/nM0DfYNcx4I/s640/Lac+%25C3%25A0+la+truite+Orford+small.jpg" width="434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On a recent visit to the Eastern Townships, I had a chance to walk by a lovely lake in Orford, Québec. That morning the sky was overcast and there was a slight chill in the air. I found it interesting that the reflections in the water were more pronounced than the cloudy sky. This was inspiration enough to compose this painting. Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lors d'une visite récente dans les Cantons de l'Est, j'ai eu une chance de promener au bord d'un joli lac à Orford, Québec. Ce matin le ciel était couvert et il y avait un léger frisson dans l'air. J'ai trouvé intéressant que les reflets dans l'eau ont été plus prononcées que le ciel nuageux. Cela a été l'inspiration pour composer ce tableau. Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1929318642448412280?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1929318642448412280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1929318642448412280&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1929318642448412280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1929318642448412280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/11/lac-la-truite-orford-quebec.html' title='Lac à la truite, Orford, Québec'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-px2M0DB-6wA/Tu-0w37MKhI/AAAAAAAAAhA/nM0DfYNcx4I/s72-c/Lac+%25C3%25A0+la+truite+Orford+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8032274163719307562</id><published>2009-10-15T15:58:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:04:51.785-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Petawawa Gorges / Les gorges du Petawawa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7871Dy2F43M/Tu-09g7qpQI/AAAAAAAAAhI/94iIljHQN3g/s1600/Thomson%2527s+Petawawa+Gorges+2009+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="543" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7871Dy2F43M/Tu-09g7qpQI/AAAAAAAAAhI/94iIljHQN3g/s640/Thomson%2527s+Petawawa+Gorges+2009+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;The legendary Tom Thomson (1877-1917) created hundreds of lovely oil paintings in the wilderness of northern &lt;st1:state st="on"&gt;Ontario&lt;/st1:state&gt;, many within &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Algonquin&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Park&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. A large number were executed as plein air compositions – an impressive feat given the rough terrain, harsh climate and the difficult travel conditions that he had to overcome. The &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Petawawa&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;River&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; was one of the areas that he explored by canoe. At one point, the river winds itself through a narrow gorge with towering hills on either side. This was a scene that inspired Thomson to create several small oil paintings. My painting is a copy of &lt;i&gt;Petawawa Gorges&lt;/i&gt;  which he painted in 1916 on a 8.5 x 10.5 inch (21.5 x 26.7 cm) wood panel. (Click &lt;a href="http://www.artcountrycanada.com/group-of-seven-thomson.htm"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for samples of his paintings including &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Petawawa Gorges&lt;/span&gt;.) While I don’t usually copy the work of other artists, it did give me a better understanding of how this painting was created. Oil painting, 12 x 10 inches (30.4 x 25 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Le légendaire Tom Thomson (1877-1917) a créé des centaines de peintures à l'huile dans le nord de l'Ontario, dont plusieurs dans le parc Algonquin. Un grand nombre ont été exécutés comme des compositions plein air - un exploit remarquable compte tenu du terrain et le climat rude ainsi que les conditions de voyage difficiles qu'il a dû surmonter. La rivière Petawawa a été l'un des regions dans lesquels il a exploré en canot. À un certain moment, la rivière passe à travers une gorge étroite avec des collines dominant de chaque côté. Ce fut une scène qui a inspiré à Thomson de créer plusieurs petits tableaux à l'huile. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Ma peinture est une copie de &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Petawawa Gorges&lt;/span&gt; que Thomson a peinturé en 1916 sur un panneau de bois de 8,5 x 10,5 pouces (21,5 x  26,7 cm). (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;Cliquez &lt;a href="http://www.artcountrycanada.com/group-of-seven-thomson.htm"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt; pour des échantillons de ses tableaux, y compris &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Les gorges de Petawawa&lt;/span&gt;.) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;D'habitude, je ne copie pas le travail d'autres artistes, mais cette fois j'ai trouvé qu'il m'a donné une meilleure compréhension de la façon dont la peinture a été créée. Huile sur toile, 12 x 10 pouces (30,4 x 25 cm).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8032274163719307562?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8032274163719307562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8032274163719307562&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8032274163719307562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8032274163719307562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/10/petawawa-gorges-les-gorges-du-petawawa.html' title='Petawawa Gorges / Les gorges du Petawawa'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7871Dy2F43M/Tu-09g7qpQI/AAAAAAAAAhI/94iIljHQN3g/s72-c/Thomson%2527s+Petawawa+Gorges+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7064766519284932876</id><published>2009-10-08T09:58:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:08:39.023-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><title type='text'>Work-in-progress / Travail en cours</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Ss3xW11TtII/AAAAAAAAAQo/CQaPB0g58y0/s1600-h/The+swing+-+in+progress+2009+small.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390229703742436482" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Ss3xW11TtII/AAAAAAAAAQo/CQaPB0g58y0/s320/The+swing+-+in+progress+2009+small.jpg" style="display: block; height: 243px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is an oil painting that I began a while back. Because of other chores that came along, I never got around to finish it. I'm hoping by now posting it on my blog that I'll be stimulated enough to continue this work-in-progress. Oil painting, 26 x 20 inches (66 x 51 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici une peinture à l'huile que j'ai commencé il y a quelques mois. En raison des autres tâches qui sont arrivés, je n'ai jamais eu le temps de la finir. J'espère que cette affichage sur mon blog me donnerait le goût à poursuivre ce travail en cours. Peinture à l'huile, 26 x 20 pouces (66 x 51 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7064766519284932876?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7064766519284932876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7064766519284932876&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7064766519284932876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7064766519284932876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/10/work-in-progress-travaux-en-cours.html' title='Work-in-progress / Travail en cours'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Ss3xW11TtII/AAAAAAAAAQo/CQaPB0g58y0/s72-c/The+swing+-+in+progress+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2663514619269645757</id><published>2009-08-26T21:14:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:06:10.794-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Sundrops in the backyard / Les jolies fleurs jaunes dans ma cour</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CML4y6r2m00/Tu-1SdLaMfI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/0dyn4040BJo/s1600/Sundrops+in+the+backyard+2009+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="398" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CML4y6r2m00/Tu-1SdLaMfI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/0dyn4040BJo/s640/Sundrops+in+the+backyard+2009+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As a sort of follow-up to my last posting, here's a more studied watercolour painting of the same flowers from a different angle.  Watercolour, 10.5 x 15.5 inches (26.6 x 39 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici une sorte de suivi de mon dernier croquis - une aquarelle plus étudiée des mêmes fleurs sous un angle différent. Aquarelle, 10,5 x 15,5 pouces (26,6 x 39 cm)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2663514619269645757?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2663514619269645757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2663514619269645757&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2663514619269645757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2663514619269645757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/08/sundrops-in-backyard-les-jolies-fleurs.html' title='Sundrops in the backyard / Les jolies fleurs jaunes dans ma cour'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CML4y6r2m00/Tu-1SdLaMfI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/0dyn4040BJo/s72-c/Sundrops+in+the+backyard+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8687789771093374078</id><published>2009-07-06T14:43:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:10:03.253-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Birdbath / Le bain d'oiseaux</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SnJAKZ-v9TI/AAAAAAAAAQY/3DiKidgcejU/s1600-h/Birdbath+2009+small.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364420653668627762" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SnJAKZ-v9TI/AAAAAAAAAQY/3DiKidgcejU/s320/Birdbath+2009+small.jpg" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 302px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In our backyard, we have a small birdbath that's surrounded by bright yellow sundrop flowers. These perennials seem to grow well in almost any location and give a strong punch of colour to any garden. The flowers around my birdbath are really a tangled collection of bee balm, asters and sundrops but they do look attractive when in bloom. This is a quick sketch. Watercolour, 7.5 x 7.5 inches (19 x 19 cm)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans notre cour, nous avons un petit bain d'oiseaux qui est entouré de fleurs jaune vif Sundrop. Ces vivaces semblent bien pousser dans presque n'importe quel endroit et donnent un solide coup de poing de couleur à n'importe quel jardin. Les fleurs alentour mon bain d'oiseaux sont vraiment un mélange de l'abeille baume, asters et sundrops, mais elles sont jolies quand elles sont en fleur.  Cette image est un croquis rapide. Aquarelle, 7.5 x 7,5 pouces (19 x 19 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8687789771093374078?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8687789771093374078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8687789771093374078&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8687789771093374078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8687789771093374078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/07/birdbath-le-bain-doiseaux.html' title='Birdbath / Le bain d&apos;oiseaux'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SnJAKZ-v9TI/AAAAAAAAAQY/3DiKidgcejU/s72-c/Birdbath+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-5975168004350084602</id><published>2009-06-22T20:30:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T20:47:46.019-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Country shed / Cabane à la campagne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SkAiKWMqreI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Dq5fe5YuFNs/s1600-h/Country+shed+2009+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SkAiKWMqreI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Dq5fe5YuFNs/s320/Country+shed+2009+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350313918468894178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a quick plein air sketch that I did recently at a friend's place in the countryside. Not that I was racing against the clock, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that I could complete this scene in under a half hour. That seems to say that painting isn't necessarily about setting aside large chunks of time but just setting a small priority for yourself. Hmmm. Watercolour, 9 x 12 inches (22.8 x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici un petit croquis à plein air que j'ai fait récemment chez un ami à sa place dans la campagne. Je n'étais pas en course, mais j'ai été agréablement surpris de voir que je pouvais terminer cette scène en moins d'une demi-heure. Cela semble dire que la peinture n'est pas nécessairement à mettre de côté de grands morceaux de temps, mais simplement d'établir une petite priorité. Hmmm. Aquarelle, 9 x 12 pouces (22.8 x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-5975168004350084602?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/5975168004350084602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=5975168004350084602&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5975168004350084602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5975168004350084602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/06/country-shed-cabane-la-campagne.html' title='Country shed / Cabane à la campagne'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SkAiKWMqreI/AAAAAAAAAQI/Dq5fe5YuFNs/s72-c/Country+shed+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2227177367284096850</id><published>2009-06-11T20:55:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:11:49.386-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><title type='text'>Lac Blue Sea dock No. 2 / Un quai à Lac Blue Sea no. 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l5erMDHkqz4/Tu-2gPh9azI/AAAAAAAAAhg/s7IEkmOVaVk/s1600/Blue+Sea+Laura+1999+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l5erMDHkqz4/Tu-2gPh9azI/AAAAAAAAAhg/s7IEkmOVaVk/s640/Blue+Sea+Laura+1999+small.jpg" width="467" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This sketch is similar to the previous one that I posted of Lac Blue Sea. The perspective shifts from atop the hill to down below on the floating dock. As you can see, this is a very peaceful spot where you can spend a few moments in contemplation. Watercolour, 9 x 12 inches (22.8 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce croquis est semblable à la précédente que j'ai posté sur le lac Blue Sea. La perspective change du sommet de la colline vers le bas sur le quai flottant. Comme vous pouvez voir, c'est un endroit très calme où vous pouvez passer quelques moments dans la contemplation. Aquarelle, 9 x 12 pouces (22.8 x 30 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2227177367284096850?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2227177367284096850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2227177367284096850&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2227177367284096850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2227177367284096850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/06/lac-blue-sea-dock-no-2-un-quai-au-lac.html' title='Lac Blue Sea dock No. 2 / Un quai à Lac Blue Sea no. 2'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l5erMDHkqz4/Tu-2gPh9azI/AAAAAAAAAhg/s7IEkmOVaVk/s72-c/Blue+Sea+Laura+1999+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1450726898785872328</id><published>2009-06-10T14:58:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:13:36.225-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><title type='text'>Lac Blue Sea dock / Un quai à Lac Blue Sea</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b0LmTtpb-l4/Tu-20zyLl1I/AAAAAAAAAho/FRIWJ1Mi3O8/s1600/Blue+Sea+docks+1999+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b0LmTtpb-l4/Tu-20zyLl1I/AAAAAAAAAho/FRIWJ1Mi3O8/s640/Blue+Sea+docks+1999+small.jpg" width="468" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Several years ago, we spent an enjoyable week at a cottage in the Upper Gatineau region on Lac Blue Sea. The water was crystal clear. In fact, my daughter dove into the lake and found a silver chain that someone had lost off a dock in 15 feet of water. This lake is very large and has been used as a vacation spot since at least the 1920s. Its a real gem. I composed a small series of watercolours while vacationing; in this one, we are looking down a stairway leading to a floating dock. Watercolour, 9 x 12 inches (22.8 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a plusieurs années, nous avons passé une agréable semaine dans un chalet dans la région de la Haute-Gatineau sur le Lac Blue Sea. L'eau était claire. En fait, ma fille a plongé dans le lac et a trouvé une chaîne d'argent que quelqu'un avait perdu d'un quai dans 15 pieds d'eau. Ce lac est très grand et a été utilisé comme lieu de vacances au moins depuis les années 1920. C'est un vrai bijou. J'ai composé une petite série d'aquarelles quand j'étais en vacance; dans celui-ci, nous voyons un escalier menant à un quai flottant. Aquarelle, 9 x 12 pouces (22.8 x 30 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1450726898785872328?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1450726898785872328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1450726898785872328&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1450726898785872328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1450726898785872328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/06/lac-blue-sea-dock-un-quai-lac-blue-sea.html' title='Lac Blue Sea dock / Un quai à Lac Blue Sea'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b0LmTtpb-l4/Tu-20zyLl1I/AAAAAAAAAho/FRIWJ1Mi3O8/s72-c/Blue+Sea+docks+1999+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1386834895080655679</id><published>2009-04-07T14:38:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-07T14:49:45.213-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Rapids at Limbour / Les rapides à Limbour</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Sdud2lcfAdI/AAAAAAAAAPw/F8s0ib5DOuw/s1600-h/Rapids+at+Limbour+painting+2009+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Sdud2lcfAdI/AAAAAAAAAPw/F8s0ib5DOuw/s320/Rapids+at+Limbour+painting+2009+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322020945758454226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was a bright warm March day, so I visited an area nearby called Limbour where there are rapids in the Gatineau River that are quite lively at this time of year. When I returned home, I created a quick sketch from photos I had taken. Perhaps I exaggerated the colour of the river, but it really was an incredibly deep blue - the kind that you get when the skies are clear and the water is fresh and icy-cold, not like on a smoggy hot afternoon in the summer. Sometimes a little exaggeration captures our impressions more accurately. Anyway, a couple of weeks later I finished this painting of the same scene. Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;C'étais une journée brillante et chaud pour mars, alors je me suis rendu à Limbour où il y a des rapides dans la rivière Gatineau qui sont très animés en printemps. Quand j'ai retourné chez-moi, j'ai créé un croquis rapide. J'ai peut-être exagéré la couleur de la rivière, mais il a vraiment été un bleu incroyable - le type que vous voyez quand le ciel est clair et l'eau est fraîche et glacé, non pas comme un après-midi chaud et dense en été. Parfois un peu d'exagération saisit mieux nos impressions.  Quelques semaines plus tard, j'ai terminé cette peinture de la même scène. Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1386834895080655679?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1386834895080655679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1386834895080655679&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1386834895080655679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1386834895080655679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/04/rapids-at-limbour-les-rapides-limbour.html' title='Rapids at Limbour / Les rapides à Limbour'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Sdud2lcfAdI/AAAAAAAAAPw/F8s0ib5DOuw/s72-c/Rapids+at+Limbour+painting+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6167598053966683984</id><published>2009-03-24T12:46:00.009-04:00</published><updated>2011-12-19T17:08:02.727-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>The frozen creek / Le ruisseau congelé</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Imj0b18kjt8/Tu-1u_951sI/AAAAAAAAAhY/wriIYTFBAgU/s1600/Frozen+creek+2009+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="512" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Imj0b18kjt8/Tu-1u_951sI/AAAAAAAAAhY/wriIYTFBAgU/s640/Frozen+creek+2009+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This will probably be the last winter scene that I paint for this season. Spring's glorious sunshine has started to work its magic and, every day now, we can see a gradual decline in snow-covered landscapes. This scene is from a forest near my cottage. A creek winds its mysterious way through some forested hills towards Lac Roddick, Quebec. The way that the sunshine pierces the canopy of the forest and plays on the deep snow is very attractive. So too is the texture and colour of the frozen creek which will be free-flowing in a couple more weeks. Oil painting, 20 x 16 inches (51 x 40.6 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ce sera probablement la dernière scène de l'hiver que je vais peinturé cette saison. Le  soleil du printemps a commencé à travailler sa magie et, maintenant chaque journée, nous pouvons constater une diminution progressive de paysages de neige. Cette scène est d'une forêt près de mon chalet. Un ruisseau descend mystérieusement par des collines boisées vers le Lac Roddick (Québec). La manière dont le soleil perce le feuillage de la forêt et joue sur la neige est très attrayant. Il en est de même de la texture et la couleur du ruisseau congelé, qui sera libre dans quelques semaines. Peinture à l'huile, 20 x 16 pouces (51 x 40,6 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6167598053966683984?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6167598053966683984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6167598053966683984&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6167598053966683984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6167598053966683984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/03/frozen-creek-le-ruisseau-congele.html' title='The frozen creek / Le ruisseau congelé'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Imj0b18kjt8/Tu-1u_951sI/AAAAAAAAAhY/wriIYTFBAgU/s72-c/Frozen+creek+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2511464648926274498</id><published>2009-02-18T10:32:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T12:58:43.857-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Cross-country skiing in the Gatineau Park / Le ski de fond dans le parc de la Gatineau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t2ndTxYsL4Q/TvDMyArfqbI/AAAAAAAAAhw/j-JmsDNUjco/s1600/Cross+country+skiing+in+the+Gatineau+Park+2009+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="448" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t2ndTxYsL4Q/TvDMyArfqbI/AAAAAAAAAhw/j-JmsDNUjco/s640/Cross+country+skiing+in+the+Gatineau+Park+2009+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Cross-country skiing is extremely popular in the Gatineau Park (Gatineau, Quebec) with two hundred kilometers of groomed trails. A couple of weeks ago, I made a visit on a Monday afternoon and was surprised by the number of people there on a weekday. There were senior citizens, young couples - one with a baby in tow, and expert skiiers. It is a sport for all ages. This scene is from one of the larger trails. In warmer weather its a scenic roadway through the park, but in winter its closed and converted into a major trail. It winds its way up to the Champlain Lookout (a site perched on the top of the Eardley Escarpment overlooking the Ottawa River and valley). Needless to say, it would take an amateur skiier like me a lot of training and time to arrive at that spot. Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" id="result_box" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le ski de fond est extrêmement populaire dans le Parc de la Gatineau (Gatineau, Québec) avec deux cents kilomètres de sentiers. Il y a quelques semaines, j'ai fait une visite sur un lundi après-midi et j'étais surpris par le nombre de personnes présent sur un jour de semaine. Il y avait des personnes âgées, de jeunes couples - un avec un bébé en remorque, et des skieurs experts. C'est un sport pour tous les âges. La scène dans ma peinture représent un des plus grands sentiers. En  temps chaud c'est une route pittoresque à travers le parc, mais en hiver c'est fermé et transformé en grande sentier. Il serpente jusqu'à la Belvédère Champlain (un endroit au sommet de l'escarpement d'Eardley présentant une vue en plongé de la rivière des Outaouais et de la vallée). Inutile de dire qu'il faudrait un amateur comme moi beaucoup de formation et de temps pour en arriver à cette place.  Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2511464648926274498?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2511464648926274498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2511464648926274498&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2511464648926274498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2511464648926274498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/02/cross-country-skiing-in-gatineau-park.html' title='Cross-country skiing in the Gatineau Park / Le ski de fond dans le parc de la Gatineau'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t2ndTxYsL4Q/TvDMyArfqbI/AAAAAAAAAhw/j-JmsDNUjco/s72-c/Cross+country+skiing+in+the+Gatineau+Park+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8176499333932615680</id><published>2009-02-03T10:44:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T13:00:23.002-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Rideau Canal skating at Patterson's Creek / Patiner sur le canal Rideau à la Ruisseau Patterson</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CRr4XoJbkM/TvDNLsfdBxI/AAAAAAAAAh4/LJmpV9vGFqw/s1600/Rideau+Canal+skating+at+Patterson+Creek+2009+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="514" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CRr4XoJbkM/TvDNLsfdBxI/AAAAAAAAAh4/LJmpV9vGFqw/s640/Rideau+Canal+skating+at+Patterson+Creek+2009+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Ottawa-Gatineau's winter festival, known as &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Winterlude&lt;/span&gt;, begins this upcoming weekend and continues every weekend in the month of February. The focal point of the festival is certainly skating on the Rideau Canal - the largest outdoor skating surface  in the universe! This year has been especially cold so far ... which is good for skating. The canal has already been opened for the last three weeks and is a perfect way to spend the day. This scene is from one of my favourite areas, Patterson Creek. I have already posted some other paintings of this area from different perspectives. It never ceases to attract me. Oil painting, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 51 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" id="result_box" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le festival d'hiver de la region Ottawa-Gatineau, connu sous le nom de &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Bal de neige&lt;/span&gt;, débute ce week-end prochain et continue tous les week-ends du mois de février. Le point d'intérêt de ce festival est certainement le patinage sur le canal Rideau - la plus grande patinoire en plein air dans l'univers! Cette année a été particulièrement froide ... ce qui est bon pour le patinage. Le canal est ouvert depuis les trois dernières semaines et est un moyen idéal pour passer la journée. Cette scène est d'un de mes endroits préférés, le Ruisseau Patterson.  J'ai déjà publié d'autres œuvres de cette endroit à partir de différentes perspectives. Il ne cesse jamais d'attirer mon attention. Peinture à l'huile, 16 x 20 pouces (40,6 x 51 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8176499333932615680?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8176499333932615680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8176499333932615680&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8176499333932615680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8176499333932615680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/02/rideau-canal-skating-at-pattersons.html' title='Rideau Canal skating at Patterson&apos;s Creek / Patiner sur le canal Rideau à la Ruisseau Patterson'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CRr4XoJbkM/TvDNLsfdBxI/AAAAAAAAAh4/LJmpV9vGFqw/s72-c/Rideau+Canal+skating+at+Patterson+Creek+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2452723302757556682</id><published>2009-01-16T15:36:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.073-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>The frozen lake / Le lac gelé</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SXDwEUvxKoI/AAAAAAAAAO4/rcbzwwkPwn8/s1600-h/Frozen+lake+2009+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SXDwEUvxKoI/AAAAAAAAAO4/rcbzwwkPwn8/s320/Frozen+lake+2009+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291993519239539330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's another item from my sketchbook of Lac Roddick in Bouchette, Quebec. At this time of year, lakes are sufficiently frozen to use for cross-country skiing. (Lately it has  been going down to below minus 30 degrees Celsius, or minus 22 degrees Farenheit, at night.) Despite the exteme cold, you still have to be careful; in some places there are underwater currents that can prevent the ice from freezing completely.&lt;br /&gt;I must confess that this isn't a pleine air painting; my watercolours wouldn't be very useful when it's so cold outside. Even if I used vodka instead of water, my poor fingers would soon be frozen. This painting was made from a photo while I was sitting next to a warm and cozy fire.  An artist doesn't always have to suffer! Watercolour, 11 x 7 inches (28 x 18 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une autre image de mon carnet de croquis de Lac Roddick à Bouchette (Québec). À ce temps de l'année, les lacs sont suffisamment gelés à utiliser pour le ski de fond. (Dernièrement, il fait en dessous de moins 30 degrés Celsius ou moins 22 degrés Farenheit la nuit.) Malgré le froid extrême, il faut être prudent parceque dans certains endroits il y a des sous-courants qui peuvent empêcher la glace de geler complètement.&lt;br /&gt;Je dois avouer que mon croquis n'est pas une peinture pleine air - mes aquarelles ne seront pas très utile quand il fait si froid dehors. Même si j'ai utilisé la vodka au lieu de l'eau, mes pauvres doigts seront bientôt gelés. Cette peinture a été faite à partir d'une photo alors que j'étais assis à côté un bon feu de foyer. Un artiste n'a pas besoin à soufrir. Aquarelle, 11 x 7 pouces (28 x 18 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2452723302757556682?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2452723302757556682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2452723302757556682&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2452723302757556682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2452723302757556682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/01/frozen-lake-le-lac-gel.html' title='The frozen lake / Le lac gelé'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SXDwEUvxKoI/AAAAAAAAAO4/rcbzwwkPwn8/s72-c/Frozen+lake+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4454805691716650653</id><published>2009-01-07T20:14:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T13:01:28.258-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>An abandoned barn in winter / Une grange abandonée en hiver</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NUr2LmOzweM/TvDNbJ9TPiI/AAAAAAAAAiA/f7D3DfRSZJ0/s1600/Abandoned+barn+in+winter+2009+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="468" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NUr2LmOzweM/TvDNbJ9TPiI/AAAAAAAAAiA/f7D3DfRSZJ0/s640/Abandoned+barn+in+winter+2009+small.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On the road to our cottage at Lac Roddick in Bouchette, Quebec, there's a barn by the side of the road that appears to lay abandoned ... at least to active farming.  However, I'm sure that its home to plenty of bats, mice, swallows, owls and who knows what else.&lt;br /&gt;Like many artists, I wanted to incorporate it in a painting.  (What is it with old barns? Why are they used as subjects in landscapes so often? Maybe it's because they've stood the test of time, or maybe its because they look so lonely. Anyhow, this one intrigued me.)&lt;br /&gt;In this composition, I decided to leave the snowed-in area completely blank to portray the near blinding effect on a sunny day. Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sur la route de notre chalet au Lac Roddick à Bouchette (Québec), il y a une grange au bord de la route qui semble être abandonné. Pourtant, je suis certain qu'il est maison à beaucoup de chauves-souris, des souris, des hirondelles, des chouettes, et qui sait quoi d'autre.&lt;br /&gt;Comme beaucoup d'artistes, j'ai été attiré à la peindre. (Qu'est-ce que c'est avec les vieilles granges? Pourquoi sont-ils utilisés comme sujets dans les paysages si souvent? Peut-être c'est parce qu'ils ont résisté à l'épreuve du temps, ou peut-être parce qu'ils ont l'air si seul. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" id="result_box" style="text-align: left;"&gt;Quoi qu'il en soit, celui-ci m'a intrigué.)&lt;/div&gt;Dans cette composition, j'ai décidé de garder la neige completement blanche pour représenter la quasi aveuglante effet sur une journée ensoleillée. Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4454805691716650653?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4454805691716650653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4454805691716650653&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4454805691716650653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4454805691716650653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2009/01/abandoned-barn-in-winter-une-grange.html' title='An abandoned barn in winter / Une grange abandonée en hiver'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NUr2LmOzweM/TvDNbJ9TPiI/AAAAAAAAAiA/f7D3DfRSZJ0/s72-c/Abandoned+barn+in+winter+2009+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-3762724840230350617</id><published>2008-12-28T14:07:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.067-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Snow covered forest / Forêt recouverte de neige</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SVfOgqDjknI/AAAAAAAAAN8/rCmRROtAT78/s1600-h/Snow+laiden+forest+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SVfOgqDjknI/AAAAAAAAAN8/rCmRROtAT78/s320/Snow+laiden+forest+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284919748182905458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This winter began early in the Ottawa-Gatineau region with a lot of snow. The accumulation was already impressive in November and December didn't alter that trend. This is a quick sketch of a forest next to our cottage on Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Quebec). You can see the depth of the snow and how the fir tree branches are bent low due to the weight of the freshly fallen snow. These sort of landscapes are fascinating; they seem to invite you inside to explore the quiet frosty terrain covered in a spotless blanket of snow. Watercolour, 11 x 7.5 inches (28 x 19 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cet hiver a commencé tôt dans la région Ottawa-Gatineau avec beaucoup de neige. Le cumul ation était déjà impressionnante en novembre et la tendance n'a pas changé en décembre.  Cette image s'agit d'une esquisse rapide d'une forêt à côté de notre maison sur le Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Québec). Vous pouvez voir la profondeur de la neige et la façon dont les branches de sapin sont courbés en raison du poids de la neige fraîchement tombée. Ce type de paysages sont fascinants, ils semblent vous inviter à explorer l'intérieur d'un terrain tranquille et recouvert d'une couche de neige immaculée. Aquarelle, 11 x 7,5 pouces (28 x 19 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-3762724840230350617?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/3762724840230350617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=3762724840230350617&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3762724840230350617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3762724840230350617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/12/snow-covered-forest-fort-recouverte-de.html' title='Snow covered forest / Forêt recouverte de neige'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SVfOgqDjknI/AAAAAAAAAN8/rCmRROtAT78/s72-c/Snow+laiden+forest+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2048587584133602860</id><published>2008-12-27T15:31:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T13:06:05.482-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Chrysanthemums / Chrysanthèmes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eJXA4GBbtFE/TvDNyAdYctI/AAAAAAAAAiI/hO6Zyo6zs1E/s1600/Chrysanthemum+1994+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eJXA4GBbtFE/TvDNyAdYctI/AAAAAAAAAiI/hO6Zyo6zs1E/s640/Chrysanthemum+1994+small.jpg" width="504" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Here's a colourful pot of chrysanthemums that I painted a few years ago. Watercolour, 9 x 11 inches (23 x 26 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Voici un pot de chrysanthèmes colorés que j'ai peinturé il y a quelques années. Aquarelle, 9 x 11 pouces (23 x 26 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2048587584133602860?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2048587584133602860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2048587584133602860&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2048587584133602860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2048587584133602860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/12/chrysanthemums-chrysanthmes.html' title='Chrysanthemums / Chrysanthèmes'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eJXA4GBbtFE/TvDNyAdYctI/AAAAAAAAAiI/hO6Zyo6zs1E/s72-c/Chrysanthemum+1994+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-5191315104386921445</id><published>2008-12-11T09:33:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.082-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Late autumn in the bay / La baie à la fin d'automne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SUElEvoUP1I/AAAAAAAAANs/-Ha5MyThdZQ/s1600-h/Paul+Bay+in+November+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SUElEvoUP1I/AAAAAAAAANs/-Ha5MyThdZQ/s320/Paul+Bay+in+November+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278541001690201938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Although we are now deeply snow-bound in the Ottawa-Gatineau region, I still have some scenes from the autumn that I want to paint. (Well, technically we're still in the autumn for another week or so.) This is a sketch from Lac Roddick in the municipality of Bouchette, Quebec which is in the Upper Gatineau region - about one hundred miles north of Ottawa-Gatineau. Everything is extremely quiet in the late autumn, since all the seasonal cottagers have left and the number of permanent residents is low. There are still ducks in the bay (and the water levels have lowered once again since our lake empties into the Gatineau River and the watershed upstream has dams to maintain the water levels on those lakes.) Nonetheless, its a beautiful region with plenty of lakes and rich forests to inspire artists. Watercolour, 11.5 x 8 inches (29 x 20 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bien que nous avons beaucoup de neige dans la région d'Ottawa-Gatineau, j'ai encore quelques scènes de l'automne que je veux peindre. (Eh bien, techniquement, nous sommes encore à l'automne pour une autre semaine.) Cette image s'agit d'un croquis de Lac Roddick dans la municipalité de Bouchette (Québec) qui est dans la région de la Haute-Gatineau - une centaine de kilometres au nord d'Ottawa-Gatineau. Tout est très calme à la fin de l'automne, puisque tous les saisonniers ont quitté le chalet et le nombre de résidents permanents est faible. Il y a encore des canards dans la baie (et le niveaux d'eau est baissé de nouveau parceque notre lac se jette dans la rivière Gatineau et le bassin hydrographique en amont a des barrages pour maintenir les niveaux d'eau sur les lacs.) Néanmoins, c'est une très belle région avec beaucoup de lacs et de forêts pour inspirer les artistes. Aquarelle, 11.5 x 8 pouces (29 x 20 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-5191315104386921445?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/5191315104386921445/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=5191315104386921445&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5191315104386921445'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5191315104386921445'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/12/late-autumn-in-bay-la-baie-la-fin.html' title='Late autumn in the bay / La baie à la fin d&apos;automne'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SUElEvoUP1I/AAAAAAAAANs/-Ha5MyThdZQ/s72-c/Paul+Bay+in+November+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-5963137735732828414</id><published>2008-12-08T20:25:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.079-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/ST3JS0FtXbI/AAAAAAAAANk/Q5Afon5nu5Q/s1600-h/Kingsmere+landscape+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/ST3JS0FtXbI/AAAAAAAAANk/Q5Afon5nu5Q/s320/Kingsmere+landscape+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277595663405505970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Another scene from Kingsmere in the Gatineau Park, Quebec. Watercolour, 7.5 x 10 inches (19 x 25 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une autre scène à Kingsmere dans le Parc de la Gatineau (Québec). Aquarelle, 7.5 x 10 pouces (19 x 25 cm).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-5963137735732828414?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/5963137735732828414/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=5963137735732828414&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5963137735732828414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5963137735732828414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/12/another-scene-from-kingsmere-in.html' title=''/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/ST3JS0FtXbI/AAAAAAAAANk/Q5Afon5nu5Q/s72-c/Kingsmere+landscape+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7540992195509061384</id><published>2008-12-06T16:03:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.093-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Moorside ruins / Les ruines de Moorside</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/STro1p7whTI/AAAAAAAAANc/wCaw0iBxJdY/s1600-h/Moorside+landscape+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/STro1p7whTI/AAAAAAAAANc/wCaw0iBxJdY/s320/Moorside+landscape+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276785921905165618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's another quick sketch from Kingsmere, Quebec. This is taken from the approach to some of the ruins at Moorside. The site is very popular. The ruins of old buildings from Ottawa are set on a small hillside surrounded by large spruce and fir trees. You feel that you've been transported to the remains of a small abbey in Europe. Watercolour, 11 x 7.5 inches (28 x 19 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici un autre rapide croquis de Kingsmere (Québec). Cette scène se trouve à l'approche de certains des ruines à Moorside. Le site est très populaire. Les ruines de bâtiments anciens d'Ottawa sont situés sur une petite colline entourée par de grandes épinettes et de sapins. Vous vous sentez que vous avez été transportés à la demeure d'une petite abbaye en Europe. Aquarelle, 11 x 7,5 pouces (28 x 19 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7540992195509061384?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7540992195509061384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7540992195509061384&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7540992195509061384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7540992195509061384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/12/moorside-ruins-les-ruines-de-moorside.html' title='Moorside ruins / Les ruines de Moorside'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/STro1p7whTI/AAAAAAAAANc/wCaw0iBxJdY/s72-c/Moorside+landscape+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-133877499434429168</id><published>2008-11-25T16:32:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.086-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>A walk in Kingsmere / Une marche à Kingsmere</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SSxvDft52_I/AAAAAAAAAKY/4B6qExJv0vw/s1600-h/A+walk+in+Kingsmere+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SSxvDft52_I/AAAAAAAAAKY/4B6qExJv0vw/s320/A+walk+in+Kingsmere+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272711369588333554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Kingsmere is the parkland estate that former Prime Minister Mackenzie King gave to the people of Canada. It is nestled inside the Gatineau Park and is open to the public. Visitors are attracted by a collection of stone ruins from old Ottawa buildings called Moorside, rock gardens, a tea house and trails through a magnificient parkland. It is indeed a treasure. And what better way to spend a November afternoon than to take a walk in Kingsmere.&lt;br /&gt;This is a quick sketch that I composed from a photograph. Watercolour, 10 x 7 inches (25.4 x 18 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kingsmere est le domaine que l'ancien premier ministre Mackenzie King a donné à la population du Canada. Il est niché à l'intérieur du Parc de la Gatineau et il est ouvert au public. Les visiteurs sont attirés par une collection de vestiges de pierre des vieux bâtiments d'Ottawa appelé Moorside, ainsi que les rocailles, une salon de thé et les sentiers dans le magnifique parc. Il est en effet un trésor. Et quoi de mieux que de passer un après-midi en novembre que de prendre une marche à Kingsmere.&lt;br /&gt;Cette image s'agit d'un croquis rapide que j'ai composée à partir d'une photographe. Aquarelle, 10 x 7 pouces (25.4 x 18 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-133877499434429168?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/133877499434429168/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=133877499434429168&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/133877499434429168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/133877499434429168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/11/walk-in-kingsmere-une-marche-kingsmere.html' title='A walk in Kingsmere / Une marche à Kingsmere'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SSxvDft52_I/AAAAAAAAAKY/4B6qExJv0vw/s72-c/A+walk+in+Kingsmere+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1780766754288845328</id><published>2008-11-18T11:27:00.010-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.064-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau River'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Feeding the waterfowl / Nourrir les oiseaux aquatiques</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SSMliAhdgcI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/zOGhSI-4400/s1600-h/Feeding+the+waterfowl+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SSMliAhdgcI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/zOGhSI-4400/s320/Feeding+the+waterfowl+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270097255139738050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Rideau River is a great place to enjoy a wide variety of waterfowl. This scene is in downtown Ottawa near Bank Street in an area known as Billings Bridge. The River is marshy in this area and attracts a large number of ducks, geese and other waterfowl. A park and bicycle path nearby also attracts a lot of birdwatchers and people simply interested in their beautiful surroundings. Oil painting, 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La rivière Rideau est un endroit idéal pour profiter d'une grande variété d'oiseaux aquatiques. Cette scène est en ville d'Ottawa près de la rue Bank dans un endroit connue sous le nom de Billings Bridge. La rivière est marécageuse ici et attire un grand nombre de canards, d'oies et autres oiseaux aquatiques. Un parc et piste cyclable à proximité attire aussi beaucoup d'ornithologues amateurs et les gens simplement intéressés dans leur milieu magnifique. Huile sur toile, 10 x 14 pouces (25.4 x 35.6cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1780766754288845328?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1780766754288845328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1780766754288845328&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1780766754288845328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1780766754288845328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/11/feeding-waterfowl-nourrir-les-oiseaux.html' title='Feeding the waterfowl / Nourrir les oiseaux aquatiques'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SSMliAhdgcI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/zOGhSI-4400/s72-c/Feeding+the+waterfowl+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8486219032831985071</id><published>2008-11-10T18:54:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.083-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><title type='text'>The Raftsmen / Les Draveurs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SRjJzPjzK6I/AAAAAAAAAKA/cs32gKLgDzM/s1600-h/Draveurs+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SRjJzPjzK6I/AAAAAAAAAKA/cs32gKLgDzM/s320/Draveurs+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267181646396992418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a painting that captures a scene from bygone days. For over a hundred years, loggers would ship their timber down the Gatineau River from Maniwaki and many other villages along its shores. The men responsible for moving this floating forest were called Raftsmen. By the mid-1980s, the river ceased to be used for this activity. Oil painting, 12 x 16 inches (30 x 40.5 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette peinture vous présente une scène de l'ancien temps. Pour plus de cent ans, les bûcherons transportaient leurs bois à la rivière Gatineau de Maniwaki et de nombreux autres villages le long de ses rives. Les hommes responsables de ce travail ont été appelés les Draveurs.  Au milieu des années 1980, la rivière a cessé d'être utilisés pour cette activité. Peinture à huile, 12 x 16 pouces (30 x 40.5 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8486219032831985071?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8486219032831985071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8486219032831985071&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8486219032831985071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8486219032831985071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/11/raftsmen-les-draveurs.html' title='The Raftsmen / Les Draveurs'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SRjJzPjzK6I/AAAAAAAAAKA/cs32gKLgDzM/s72-c/Draveurs+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-5452582467137494579</id><published>2008-11-04T16:46:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.069-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil painting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau River'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Rideau River from Strathcona Park / La Rivière Rideau vue de la Parc Strathcona</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SRDCzNoyQ5I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/m6LiMH3pqro/s1600-h/Rideau+River+from+Strathcona+Park+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SRDCzNoyQ5I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/m6LiMH3pqro/s320/Rideau+River+from+Strathcona+Park+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264922149485953938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's my first oil painting in about 40 years! In the past, I was always disinclined to use oil paints because dI found them to be smelly and messy, and it took a lot of time for the paints to dry.  In contrast, acrylic paints didn't smell and dried almost instantly; watercolours were much the same. For whatever reason, I thought that I'd try oil paints once more. I now find them less smelly (instead of turpentine, I now use an odorless solvent) and sure, they still take a long time to dry but this can be an advantage if you want to continue blending colours the next day.  However, if you want to wait until the undercoat is completely dry before continuing, you can always start a second painting (which is what I also did).&lt;br /&gt;This simple painting is from Strathcona Park in Ottawa as you look east towards the Rideau River. Oil, 10 x 12 inches (25 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici ma première peinture à l'huile depuis presque 40 ans! Dans le passé, j'étais toujours peu disposé à utiliser les peintures à huile, car ils sentaient mauvais et ils prennaient beaucoup de temps à sécher. Contrairement aux peintures à huile, les peintures acryliques ne sentaient pas et ils séchaient presque instantanément; c'est la même chose avec les aquarelles. Pour une raison ou l'autre, j'ai décidé d'utiliser les peintures à huile une fois de plus.  Je trouvais qu'ils étaient moins malodorantes (au lieu de térébenthine, maintenant j'utilise un solvant inodore). Bien sûr, les peintures à huile continuent à prendre beaucoup de temps à sécher, mais peut-être c'est un avantage si vous souhaitez continuer à mélanger les couleurs le jour suivant. Si vous voulez attendre jusqu'à ce que le peinture est complètement seche, vous pouvez toujours commencer une deuxième peinture entre-temps (ce que j'ai fait).&lt;br /&gt;Cette peinture est de la Parc Strathcona à Ottawa en direction l'est vers la Rivière Rideau. L'huile, 10 x 12 pouces (25 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-5452582467137494579?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/5452582467137494579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=5452582467137494579&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5452582467137494579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5452582467137494579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/11/rideau-river-from-strathcona-park-la.html' title='Rideau River from Strathcona Park / La Rivière Rideau vue de la Parc Strathcona'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SRDCzNoyQ5I/AAAAAAAAAJ4/m6LiMH3pqro/s72-c/Rideau+River+from+Strathcona+Park+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1516170467944431416</id><published>2008-10-21T22:03:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.070-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Exploring a puddle / Exploration d'une flaque d'eau</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SQUAooDxJ2I/AAAAAAAAAJs/ZD2IoMwaPb4/s1600-h/Puddle+exploration+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SQUAooDxJ2I/AAAAAAAAAJs/ZD2IoMwaPb4/s320/Puddle+exploration+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261612437600282466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Take a four-year old on a walk and you'll probably find yourself closely examining all sorts of minutia that, alone, you'd have scarcely paid any attention to. Watercolour, 12 x 15.5 inches (30 x 38 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apporter un enfant de quatre ans pour une promenade et probablement vous vous trouveriez en train d'examiner toutes sortes des choses que, seul, vous auriez payé à peine attention. Aquarelle, 12 x 15.5 pouces (30 x 38 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1516170467944431416?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1516170467944431416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1516170467944431416&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1516170467944431416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1516170467944431416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/10/exploring-puddle-exploration-dune.html' title='Exploring a puddle / Exploration d&apos;une flaque d&apos;eau'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SQUAooDxJ2I/AAAAAAAAAJs/ZD2IoMwaPb4/s72-c/Puddle+exploration+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1467373658937430061</id><published>2008-10-07T12:59:00.013-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:48:54.976-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chute Rouge trail'/><title type='text'>The lively stream / Le ruisseau vif</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SOuVpzsyUnI/AAAAAAAAAJU/BffLiqMkIjM/s1600-h/Chute+Rouge+raging+stream.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SOuVpzsyUnI/AAAAAAAAAJU/BffLiqMkIjM/s320/Chute+Rouge+raging+stream.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254457935743046258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There are many lovely spots in the Upper Gatineau valley that are not very well-known. One of my favourites is the Chute Rouge trail in Ste-Therese-de-la-Gatineau, Quebec - a  woodland park run by the municipality. (I've already posted a few other paintings of this site on my blog. Check them out using the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Chute Rouge&lt;/span&gt; tag.) The Chute Rouge trail runs along a stream which connects Lac de la Vieille with Lac des Pères (also known as Lac Lochiel). There are lookouts, a bridge and a gazebo along the trail and, depending on the season, you can admire the wildflowers, the fish in the stream and magnificient panoramas of this region. Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il existe de nombreux beaux endroits dans la vallée de la Haute-Gatineau qui ne sont pas très bien connu. Un de mes favoris est le sentier de la Chute-Rouge à Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, Québec - un parc boisé géré par la municipalité. (J'ai déjà posté un certain nombre d'autres peintures de ce endroit sur mon blog. Regardez les à l'aide de 'label' &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Chute-Rouge&lt;/span&gt;.) Le sentier de la Chute-Rouge longe un ruisseau qui relie le Lac de la Vieille avec Lac des Pères (aussi connu sous le nom de Lac Lochiel). Il y a des belvédères, un pont et un gazebo le long du sentier et, selon la saison, vous pourrez admirer les fleurs sauvages, les poissons dans le ruisseau et de magnifiques panoramas de cette région. Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1467373658937430061?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1467373658937430061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1467373658937430061&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1467373658937430061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1467373658937430061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/10/lively-stream-le-ruisseau-vif.html' title='The lively stream / Le ruisseau vif'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SOuVpzsyUnI/AAAAAAAAAJU/BffLiqMkIjM/s72-c/Chute+Rouge+raging+stream.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4968111882869364848</id><published>2008-09-15T21:57:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.065-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Turbulent sky / Ciel tumultueux</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SM8V4gjR0EI/AAAAAAAAAJE/lzKTRnnPkOE/s1600-h/Turbulent+sky+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SM8V4gjR0EI/AAAAAAAAAJE/lzKTRnnPkOE/s320/Turbulent+sky+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246436151464677442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here is an alla prima painting I created this evening. It is from Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Quebec) where I have spent most of the summer. I've been so busy this summer that, very regretably, I haven't had much time to paint.  Watercolour, 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une peinture alla prima que j'ai créé ce soir. C'est du Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Québec) ou j'ai passé la plupart d'été. J'étais tellement occupé cette été que -- à mon grand regret -- je n'avais pas eu de temps à peinturer. Aquarelle, 9 x 12 pouces (23 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4968111882869364848?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4968111882869364848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4968111882869364848&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4968111882869364848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4968111882869364848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/09/turbulent-sky-ciel-tumultueux.html' title='Turbulent sky / Ciel tumultueux'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SM8V4gjR0EI/AAAAAAAAAJE/lzKTRnnPkOE/s72-c/Turbulent+sky+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-3263298028018337952</id><published>2008-05-13T20:09:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.077-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Lilacs / Lilas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SCot9jHdMGI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/7MV31FWzDq0/s1600-h/Lilacs98.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SCot9jHdMGI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/7MV31FWzDq0/s320/Lilacs98.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200019255174443106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a painting I did several years ago of some lilacs in a vase. Watercolour, 9 x 11 inches (27 x 33 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une peinture que j'ai composé quelques années passées des lilas dans un vase. Aquarelle, 9 x 11 pouces (27 x 33 cm).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-3263298028018337952?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/3263298028018337952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=3263298028018337952&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3263298028018337952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3263298028018337952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/05/lilacs-lilas.html' title='Lilacs / Lilas'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/SCot9jHdMGI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/7MV31FWzDq0/s72-c/Lilacs98.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6084997059580978524</id><published>2008-03-18T19:24:00.006-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.056-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>On the way to the lake / En route vers le lac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R-BPbV_CSeI/AAAAAAAAAIA/WQt0z31RSk4/s1600-h/On+the+way+to+the+lake+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R-BPbV_CSeI/AAAAAAAAAIA/WQt0z31RSk4/s320/On+the+way+to+the+lake+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179226902652668386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It's been a long hard winter ... and I don't think it's over yet! This year, I may have painted more snow-scenes than I ever anticipated. Not to say that I don't enjoy snow and the lovely blue shadows that are cast ... but enough is enough!&lt;br /&gt;This scene is taken from the road leading to our cottage on Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Quebec).  Although the drive is altogether about 90 minutes, the scenery is absolutely stunning. The Upper Gatineau region has some lovely vistas with lakes and rolling hills. This scene was done &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alla prima&lt;/span&gt; (in one painting session). Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cette année, l'hiver a été long et dur ... et je crois qu'il n'est pas encore fini! Je pense que cette année j'ai peinturé plus des scènes de neige que prévu. En fait, je jouis de la neige et des belles ombres bleus qui sont créés ... mais trop, c'est trop!&lt;br /&gt;Cette scène est tirée de la route menant à notre chalet sur le lac Roddick (Bouchette, Québec). Malgré que le voyage en auto est environs 90 minutes, le paysage est absolument époustouflant. La région Haute-Gatineau possède quelques jolies vues de lacs et de collines ondoyantes. Cette scène a été réalisée &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alla prima&lt;/span&gt; (en une seule session de la peinture). Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6084997059580978524?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6084997059580978524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6084997059580978524&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6084997059580978524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6084997059580978524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-way-to-lake-en-route-vers-le-lac.html' title='On the way to the lake / En route vers le lac'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R-BPbV_CSeI/AAAAAAAAAIA/WQt0z31RSk4/s72-c/On+the+way+to+the+lake+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4897012211104814765</id><published>2008-03-10T20:00:00.010-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.091-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><title type='text'>Gatineau Park forest in winter #2 / La forêt du Parc de la Gatineau en hiver #2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R9XL0V_CSdI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1odTOROV8sY/s1600-h/Gatineau+Park+forest+in+winter+acrylic+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R9XL0V_CSdI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1odTOROV8sY/s320/Gatineau+Park+forest+in+winter+acrylic+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176267446847424978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This scene in the Gatineau Park was used in my February 25, 2008 posting. At that time, I painted it with watercolours &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alla prima&lt;/span&gt; (in one painting session); this time, it's in acrylics and I completed it in four sessions.  I don't know which one I prefer. The watercolour version is lighter than the acrylic version and perhaps a little less rich in colour. The watercolour version is, however, more spontaneous. What's your favourite? Acrylic, 16 x 20 inches (40 x 50.8 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette scène du Parc de la Gatineau a été utilisé dans mon affichage du 25 février 2008. À ce moment-là, je l'ai peinturé avec des aquarelles &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;alla prima&lt;/span&gt; (en une seule session de la peinture); cette fois-ci, je l'ai peinturé avec des acryliques et je l'ai fait en quatre sessions. Je ne sais pas lequel je préfère. La version en aquarelle est plus légère que la version acrylique et peut-être un peu moins riches en couleurs. La version en aquarelle est, toutefois, plus spontané. Quel est votre favori? Acrylique, 16 x 20 pouces (40 x 50.8 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4897012211104814765?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4897012211104814765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4897012211104814765&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4897012211104814765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4897012211104814765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/03/gatineau-park-forest-in-winter-2-la.html' title='Gatineau Park forest in winter #2 / La forêt du Parc de la Gatineau en hiver #2'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R9XL0V_CSdI/AAAAAAAAAH4/1odTOROV8sY/s72-c/Gatineau+Park+forest+in+winter+acrylic+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7022166352532699949</id><published>2008-03-03T22:23:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T17:14:00.732-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vallée-de-la-Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Valley'/><title type='text'>Wakefield Covered Bridge / Le pont couvert de Wakefield</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8zA88Sd-8I/AAAAAAAAAHg/n98cGvodlwE/s1600-h/Wakefield+Covered+Bridge+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="449" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173722225150131138" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8zA88Sd-8I/AAAAAAAAAHg/n98cGvodlwE/s640/Wakefield+Covered+Bridge+2008+small.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the road to our lake, we often cross the Gatineau River at Wakefield, Quebec. The view of the 'old' covered bridge is inspiring. (The real old bridge - built in 1915 - was burnt in 1984 and a replacement was constructed because everyone liked it so much.) This is a quick sketch that I painted this evening from a photo we took in January. Of course, I'd much rather paint en plein air but photography makes it &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;so &lt;/span&gt;much easier to create paintings ... no cold weather to freeze your fingers and other parts of the anatomy. Watercolour, 11 x 7.5 inches (28 x 19 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sur le chemin qu'on prend pour aller à notre lac, il nous arrive souvent de traverser la rivière Gatineau à Wakefield (Québec). La vue du 'vieux' pont est une inspiration. (Le vrai pont - construit en 1915 - a été brulé en 1984 et une remplacement a été construit parce qu'il était tellement aimer.) J'ai fait cette esquisse ce soir à partir d'un photo que nous avons pris en janvier. Bien sûr, j'aurais aimer peinturer en plein air, mais la photographie nous rendre la tâche &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;tellement &lt;/span&gt;plus facile ... pas de grand froid pour gélé nos doigts et les autres parties de l'anatomie. Aquarelle, 11 x 7.5 pouces ( 28 x 19 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7022166352532699949?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7022166352532699949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7022166352532699949&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7022166352532699949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7022166352532699949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/03/wakefield-covered-bridge-le-pont.html' title='Wakefield Covered Bridge / Le pont couvert de Wakefield'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8zA88Sd-8I/AAAAAAAAAHg/n98cGvodlwE/s72-c/Wakefield+Covered+Bridge+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1643278568512450384</id><published>2008-03-02T19:27:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.054-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>A Walk with snowshoes in the Gatineau Park / Une promenade en raquettes dans le Parc de la Gatineau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8tGI8ViYfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/1DT3jM9DTqI/s1600-h/A+Walk+with+snowshoes+in+the+Gatineau+Park+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8tGI8ViYfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/1DT3jM9DTqI/s320/A+Walk+with+snowshoes+in+the+Gatineau+Park+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5173305716414505458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's another painting of the Gatineau Park this winter.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une autre peinture de le Parc de la Gatineau cette hiver.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1643278568512450384?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1643278568512450384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1643278568512450384&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1643278568512450384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1643278568512450384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/03/walk-with-snowshoes-in-gatineau-park.html' title='A Walk with snowshoes in the Gatineau Park / Une promenade en raquettes dans le Parc de la Gatineau'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8tGI8ViYfI/AAAAAAAAAHY/1DT3jM9DTqI/s72-c/A+Walk+with+snowshoes+in+the+Gatineau+Park+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-306141358884939312</id><published>2008-02-25T10:37:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.080-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Gatineau Park forest in winter / La forêt du Parc de la Gatineau en hiver</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8LhDaArsxI/AAAAAAAAAHM/BaP1wsxYGyw/s1600-h/Gatineau+Park+forest+in+winter+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8LhDaArsxI/AAAAAAAAAHM/BaP1wsxYGyw/s320/Gatineau+Park+forest+in+winter+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170942770812793618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-16299-10170&amp;amp;lang=1"&gt;Gatineau Park&lt;/a&gt; is a real treasure. It stretches from downtown Gatineau (Quebec) northwards for around 30 miles (50 km) towards Lac Philippe and Lac La Pêche. There are many other lakes and hills within this park as well as cross-country ski trails which are transformed into hiking trails and bicyle paths when the warmer seasons arrive. This painting is from an area near Chelsea which is ideal for cross-country skiing or a promenade in snow-shoes.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (38 cm x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-16299-10170&amp;amp;lang=2"&gt;Le Parc de la Gatineau&lt;/a&gt; est un véritable bijou. Il s'entend de la centre-ville de Gatineau (Québec) au nord pour environs 30 milles (50 km) dans la direction du Lac Philippe et Lac La Pêche. Il y a plusieurs autres lacs et collines dans ce parc ainsi que les pistes du ski de fond. Ces pistes se transforment à des sentiers pédestres et des pistes de vélo quand les saisons plus chauds arrives. Cette peinture est d'une région près de Chelsea qui est idéal pour le ski de fond ou une promenade en raquette.  Aquarelle, 15.5 pouces x 12 pouces (38 cm x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-306141358884939312?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/306141358884939312/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=306141358884939312&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/306141358884939312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/306141358884939312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/02/gatineau-park-forest-in-winter-la-fort.html' title='Gatineau Park forest in winter / La forêt du Parc de la Gatineau en hiver'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R8LhDaArsxI/AAAAAAAAAHM/BaP1wsxYGyw/s72-c/Gatineau+Park+forest+in+winter+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6071106854525039069</id><published>2008-02-13T15:35:00.012-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T15:47:59.066-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><title type='text'>Rideau Canal skateway and the Lady Aberdeen Pavillion / Le patinoir du Canal Rideau et le Pavillon Lady Aberdeen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R7XQV3og5nI/AAAAAAAAAHE/Cb5_IdtpO34/s1600-h/Rideau+Canal+skateway+and+Lady+Aberdeen+Pavillion+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R7XQV3og5nI/AAAAAAAAAHE/Cb5_IdtpO34/s320/Rideau+Canal+skateway+and+Lady+Aberdeen+Pavillion+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167265221607220850" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There are a lot of interesting sites along the Rideau Canal skating rink (in Ottawa, Ontario).  One of them is the Lady Aberdeen Pavillion at Lansdowne Park named in honour of the wife of a former Governor General in 1898. Locally, the building is known as the Cattle Castle because it was used in agricultural fairs for many years.  The building has been renovated and is now used for trade shows and other large gatherings.  Acrylic, 16 x 20 inches (40.6 cm x 51 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il y a plusieurs endroits intéressants au longue de la patinoir du Canal Rideau (à Ottawa, Ontario). L'un d'eux est le Pavillon Lady Aberdeen au Parc Lansdowne.  Le pavillon porte le nom de l'epouse d'un ancien gouverneur général depuis 1898.  Localement, il est connue comme le château de bovins parce qu'il était utilisé pour les expositions d'agricole dans le passé. L'édifice a été renové et aujourd'hui il est utilisé pour les salons d'exposition. Acrylique, 16 x 20 pouces (40.6 cm x 51 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6071106854525039069?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6071106854525039069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6071106854525039069&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6071106854525039069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6071106854525039069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/02/rideau-canal-skateway-and-lady-aberdeen.html' title='Rideau Canal skateway and the Lady Aberdeen Pavillion / Le patinoir du Canal Rideau et le Pavillon Lady Aberdeen'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R7XQV3og5nI/AAAAAAAAAHE/Cb5_IdtpO34/s72-c/Rideau+Canal+skateway+and+Lady+Aberdeen+Pavillion+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7023719813181931183</id><published>2008-01-29T22:21:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.051-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><title type='text'>Rideau Canal skateway at Lansdowne Park / La patinoire du Canal Rideau au Parc Lansdowne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R5_tTXKl5WI/AAAAAAAAAGo/pN4zJGh5a10/s1600-h/Rideau+Canal+skateway+at+Lansdowne+Park+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R5_tTXKl5WI/AAAAAAAAAGo/pN4zJGh5a10/s320/Rideau+Canal+skateway+at+Lansdowne+Park+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5161104614881617250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;It was an overcast day on the canal but still very bright.  An unusual combination.  This is how I captured the scene around Lansdowne Park (Ottawa, Canada) on the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;largest &lt;/span&gt;outdoor skating rink in the world -- the distinction for the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;longest &lt;/span&gt;now goes to Winnipeg (Manitoba). As I mentioned in my previous post, Ottawa-Gatineau's Winterlude Festival begins this Friday.  I hope that the weather gets cold so that the skateway stays open!&lt;br /&gt;Acrylic, 10 x 14 inches (25 cm x 35.5 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le ciel était couvert mais la journée était lumineuse quand même. Un drôle de combination.   Voici le scène au Parc Lansdowne (Ottawa, Canada) sur la plus &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;grande &lt;/span&gt;patinoire extérieure du monde -- la plus &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;longue &lt;/span&gt;patinoire est maintenant à Winnipeg (Manitoba).  Comme je l'ai mentionné dans mon dernier message, le Bal de neige d'Ottawa-Gatineau commence ce vendredi. J'espère que le temps se refroidit pour garder la patinoire ouverte!&lt;br /&gt;Acrylique, 10 x 14 pouces (25 cm x 35.5 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7023719813181931183?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7023719813181931183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7023719813181931183&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7023719813181931183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7023719813181931183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/01/rideau-canal-skateway-at-lansdowne-park.html' title='Rideau Canal skateway at Lansdowne Park / La patinoire du Canal Rideau au Parc Lansdowne'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R5_tTXKl5WI/AAAAAAAAAGo/pN4zJGh5a10/s72-c/Rideau+Canal+skateway+at+Lansdowne+Park+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2242413345825160674</id><published>2008-01-28T09:13:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.089-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylic'/><title type='text'>Rideau Canal skating / Patiner sur le canal Rideau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R53jH3Kl5VI/AAAAAAAAAGg/C0bWxAIR2wE/s1600-h/Rideau+Canal+skating+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R53jH3Kl5VI/AAAAAAAAAGg/C0bWxAIR2wE/s320/Rideau+Canal+skating+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5160530472243422546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winterlude"&gt;Winterlude&lt;/a&gt; is about to begin soon, so I thought that it would be fitting to celebrate by painting a scene from Patterson Creek. Acrylic, 11 x 14 inches (28 cm x 35.5 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Étant donner que &lt;a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal_de_Neige"&gt;le Bal de neige&lt;/a&gt; commencera bientôt, je croyais que ce sera une bonne idée de célébrer avec une peinture d'une scène au Patterson Creek.  Acrylique, 11 x 14 pouces (28 cm x 35.5 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2242413345825160674?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2242413345825160674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2242413345825160674&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2242413345825160674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2242413345825160674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/01/rideau-canal-skating-patiner-sur-le.html' title='Rideau Canal skating / Patiner sur le canal Rideau'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R53jH3Kl5VI/AAAAAAAAAGg/C0bWxAIR2wE/s72-c/Rideau+Canal+skating+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-5178725135935388323</id><published>2008-01-21T19:21:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:44:09.048-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Ice fishing hut / Cabane de pêche sur la glace</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R5U3GHgX-aI/AAAAAAAAAGY/sjaevOWpnl8/s1600-h/Ice+fishing+hut+on+lake+small+2008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R5U3GHgX-aI/AAAAAAAAAGY/sjaevOWpnl8/s320/Ice+fishing+hut+on+lake+small+2008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158089526456351138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The ice is starting to thicken on lakes and rivers in the Upper Gatineau region, and ice fishing huts will be soon sprouting about.  Here's a painting of what it looks like on Lac Roddick in Bouchette (Quebec).  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;La glace commence de venir plus épaisse sur les lacs et rivières dans le haute Gatineau, et les cabanes de pêche seront bientôt trouvées partout sur les lacs et rivières.  Voici une peinture qui vous montre une scène sur le Lac Roddick à Bouchette (Québec). Aquarelle 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-5178725135935388323?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/5178725135935388323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=5178725135935388323&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5178725135935388323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/5178725135935388323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/01/ice-fishing-hut-cabane-de-pche-sur-la.html' title='Ice fishing hut / Cabane de pêche sur la glace'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R5U3GHgX-aI/AAAAAAAAAGY/sjaevOWpnl8/s72-c/Ice+fishing+hut+on+lake+small+2008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2116050421500913885</id><published>2008-01-17T09:46:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:26:03.245-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Feeding the chickadees / Nourir les mésanges</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R49qmngX-ZI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Nj1XFMs0uuU/s1600-h/Feeding+the+chickadees+2008+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R49qmngX-ZI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Nj1XFMs0uuU/s320/Feeding+the+chickadees+2008+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156457310034852242" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;During the Christmas holidays, my wife wanted to try out her new snowshoes so we drove to the Lac Leamy Park in Gatineau, Quebec and went for a short walk in the forest.  The snow was nice and deep and the snowshoes worked just fine. On our walk, we met a friend who gave us some birdseeds and showed us a group of hungry chickadees that wanted to be fed.  These birds were enchanting.  They would carefully examine us from a nearby branch and then swoop down on our hand and scoop up some seeds. Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Durant les vacances de Noël, mon épouse voulait essayer ses nouvelles raquettes, alors nous sommes aller à la Parc Lac Leamy à Gatineau (Québec) pour une courte promenade dans le forêt.  La neige était profonde et les raquettes sont bien fonctionnées.  Pendant notre promenade, nous avons rencontrer un ami qui nous a donné quelques graines d'oiseau et nous a montré une groupe de mésanges qui avait faim.  Ces oiseaux étaient charmantes.  Elles nous examinaient attentivement d'une arbre et ensuite elles descendaient pour manger quelques graines sur notre main. Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2116050421500913885?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2116050421500913885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2116050421500913885&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2116050421500913885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2116050421500913885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/01/feeding-chickadees-nourir-les-msanges.html' title='Feeding the chickadees / Nourir les mésanges'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R49qmngX-ZI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/Nj1XFMs0uuU/s72-c/Feeding+the+chickadees+2008+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6073853849449375672</id><published>2008-01-14T22:02:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:26:28.285-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parliament'/><title type='text'>Parliament buildings from Hull marina / Les édifices parlementaires de la marina de Hull</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R4wqmngX-YI/AAAAAAAAAGI/P70xECNzRAI/s1600-h/Parliament+buildings+from+Hull+marina+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R4wqmngX-YI/AAAAAAAAAGI/P70xECNzRAI/s320/Parliament+buildings+from+Hull+marina+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5155542516360542594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The Ottawa-Gatineau region is very fortunate to have a large system of bike paths that wind their way through parks and city streets and give cyclists breath-taking vistas. One summer evening, this is the scene that my wife and I admired as we peddled along the Ottawa River near the marina in the Hull sector of Gatineau. We had the impression that we were far away in the countryside when in fact we were right in the centre of a bustling city.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (38 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La région Ottawa-Gatineau est très fortunée d'avoir un grand nombre de sentiers cyclables qui traversent les parcs et les rues de la ville et qui donnent les cyclists les panoramas fabuleuses. Une soirée d'été, ma femme et moi avons pris une promenade sur un sentier qui longe la Rivière des outaouais près de la marina de Hull.  On avait l'impression qu'on étaient loin dans la campagne mais en réalité, on étaient au plein centre de la ville. Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (38 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6073853849449375672?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6073853849449375672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6073853849449375672&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6073853849449375672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6073853849449375672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2008/01/parliament-buildings-from-hull-marina.html' title='Parliament buildings from Hull marina / Les édifices parlementaires de la marina de Hull'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R4wqmngX-YI/AAAAAAAAAGI/P70xECNzRAI/s72-c/Parliament+buildings+from+Hull+marina+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1468226811035213005</id><published>2007-12-28T14:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:26:48.605-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Sundrops by post / Les 'sundrops' à coté d'un poteau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R3VI5XgX-WI/AAAAAAAAAF0/d4oXQZ4cy-w/s1600-h/Sundrops+by+post+1993+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R3VI5XgX-WI/AAAAAAAAAF0/d4oXQZ4cy-w/s320/Sundrops+by+post+1993+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149101899367577954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a watercolour painting I composed several years ago.  At the time I was experimenting with watercolours (but do we ever stop experimenting with them!) and I loved the way that broccoli-like shapes formed when you applied wet paint to a drying paint and the way that colours flowed from one to another in wet-in-wet situations.   The perennial flowers in my painting grew around my yard but I never knew what to call them until I stumbled upon them in a book.  The yellow flowers certainly brighten up the springtime and make a great subject for a painting. Watercolour, 14.5 x 11 inches (37 x 28 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une aquarelle que j'ai composé quelques années passées.  En ce moment je faisait des expériences avec les aquarelles (mais en réalité, est-ce qu'il y a jamais une fin à la expérimentation avec les aquarelles?)  J'aimais la façon que le peinture formait les brocolis quand on appliquait la peinture trempe à la peinture seche, et la façon que les couleurs se mélangaient quand elles étaient trempes.  Les vivaces dans ma peinture poussaient dans mon court mais je ne savais pas leur nom avant que je les a vue dans un livre en anglais.  (Je ne sais pas encore leur nom en francais.)  Ces jolies fleurs jaunes brillent en printemps et sont un bon sujet à peinturer.  Aquarelle, 14.5 x 11 pouces (37 x 28 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1468226811035213005?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1468226811035213005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1468226811035213005&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1468226811035213005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1468226811035213005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/12/sundrops-by-post-les-sundrops-cot-dun.html' title='Sundrops by post / Les &apos;sundrops&apos; à coté d&apos;un poteau'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/R3VI5XgX-WI/AAAAAAAAAF0/d4oXQZ4cy-w/s72-c/Sundrops+by+post+1993+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-1433422170874655091</id><published>2007-11-12T12:24:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:27:06.941-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Montreal'/><title type='text'>Bois de l'Île Bizard</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rziw499jSVI/AAAAAAAAAFM/hvd8tU5o4WQ/s1600-h/Ile+Bizard+scene+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rziw499jSVI/AAAAAAAAAFM/hvd8tU5o4WQ/s320/Ile+Bizard+scene+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132046268140570962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;On the western end of Montreal next to Deux Montagnes Lake, you can find Île Bizard.  It's at the confluence of the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers and is a birders paradise.  I spent an afternoon at one of its &lt;a href="http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=175,4878268&amp;amp;_dad=portal&amp;amp;_schema=PORTAL&amp;amp;nomPage=bt_parc_08"&gt;parks &lt;/a&gt;which stretches from the lakeshore into the interior of the island where there are marshes and swamps with boardwalks that you can use to explore its lovely forest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;While I was there I made this plein air sketch inside a gazebo on the lakeshore (see photos below). It was fairly cold (4 degrees C or roughly 40 degrees F) and at some moments it appeared to me that my watercolour washes were freezing on the paper.  Being new to plein air painting, I found it curious that as people approached me they spoke in hushed tones - as if they were in a church or a library.  Watercolour, 7.5 x 11 inches (20 x 28 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À l'ouest de Montréal au bord du Lac des Deux Montagnes, vous trouveriez l'Île Bizard.  Cette île se trouve au confluent de la fleuve St-Laurent et de la rivière des Outaouais, et les animateurs d'oiseaux la visite souvent.  J'ai passé une après-midi dans un de ces &lt;a href="http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=174,4820797&amp;amp;_dad=portal&amp;amp;_schema=PORTAL"&gt;parcs&lt;/a&gt;.  Il s'étend du lac à l'intérieur de l'île où il y a des marais avec de passerelles que vous pouvez utiliser pour explorer les forêts.&lt;br /&gt;Pendent que j'étais là, j'ai composé cette esquisse en plein air dans un gazebo au bord du lac (voir les photos ci-joints).  C'était assez froid (4 degré C ou 40 degré F) et, à quelques reprises, j'imaginais que mes peintures se gélait sur le papier. Étant donner que le plein air est un nouveau expérience pour moi, j'ai trouvé qu'il était étrange que les pesonnes parlaient toute doucement quand elles m'approachaient - comme si elles étaient dans une église ou une bibliothèque. Aquarelle, 7.5 x 11 pouces (20 x 28 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RzizZd9jSXI/AAAAAAAAAFc/fBNQC_wjbBQ/s1600-h/100_8471.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RzizZd9jSXI/AAAAAAAAAFc/fBNQC_wjbBQ/s320/100_8471.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132049025509575026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rzi1nt9jSYI/AAAAAAAAAFk/QbNtjuhKoi0/s1600-h/100_8461.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 215px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rzi1nt9jSYI/AAAAAAAAAFk/QbNtjuhKoi0/s320/100_8461.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132051469345966466" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-1433422170874655091?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/1433422170874655091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=1433422170874655091&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1433422170874655091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/1433422170874655091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/11/bois-de-lle-bizard.html' title='Bois de l&apos;Île Bizard'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rziw499jSVI/AAAAAAAAAFM/hvd8tU5o4WQ/s72-c/Ile+Bizard+scene+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7170641400786491846</id><published>2007-10-25T21:39:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:27:26.681-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Look what I found / Regardez ce que j'ai trouvé</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RzOvr99jSUI/AAAAAAAAAFE/JvityBSDfFI/s1600-h/Mikael+in+Strawberry+field.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RzOvr99jSUI/AAAAAAAAAFE/JvityBSDfFI/s320/Mikael+in+Strawberry+field.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5130637570407090498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RyFFjc8089I/AAAAAAAAAE0/arBakMJKCUM/s1600-h/Mikael+in+Strawberry+field.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RyFFjc8089I/AAAAAAAAAE0/arBakMJKCUM/s320/Mikael+in+Strawberry+field.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125454326293394386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a companion piece to a painting I posted on January 7, 2007.  When my grandson first saw that earlier painting, he asked me why he wasn't in the image (because he remembered that he was present at our strawberry-picking outing!)  Well, I've created a separate painting for him.  In this painting, he looks a little serious or maybe a little wozzie from eating more strawberries than his little tummy could hold.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Cette image complément une autre peinture que j'ai affiché le 7 janvier 2007.  Quand mon pétit-fils a vu la première peinture, il m'a demandé pourquoi qu'il n'était pas dans l'image (parcequ'il se souvenait d'avoir été présent quand nous avons ramasser les fraises!) Alors, j'ai créé une image juste pour lui.  Dans cette peinture, il paraît un peu sérieux ou encore peut-être un peu malade à cause qu'il a managé plus de fraises que son petit estomac pouvait absorber.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7170641400786491846?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7170641400786491846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7170641400786491846&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7170641400786491846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7170641400786491846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/10/look-what-i-found-regardez-ce-que-jai.html' title='Look what I found / Regardez ce que j&apos;ai trouvé'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RzOvr99jSUI/AAAAAAAAAFE/JvityBSDfFI/s72-c/Mikael+in+Strawberry+field.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2621413098815674536</id><published>2007-10-17T21:59:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:28:12.420-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Early evening at the lake / Au commencement de la soirée au lac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rxa_S5DLpBI/AAAAAAAAAEs/uVTkyvN7Kmc/s1600-h/Early+evening+at+the+lake.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rxa_S5DLpBI/AAAAAAAAAEs/uVTkyvN7Kmc/s320/Early+evening+at+the+lake.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122491957453235218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;There's a sort of enchantment at the lake during that "magic time" which is sometime after the glory of a sunset has passed and before the stars come out to shine.  This is how it looks on Lac Roddick.   Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il y a un moment magique à mon lac après que le soleil se couche et avant que les étoiles sortent à briller.   Voici comment je le vois à Lac Roddick.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2621413098815674536?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2621413098815674536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2621413098815674536&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2621413098815674536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2621413098815674536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/10/early-evening-at-lake-au-commencement.html' title='Early evening at the lake / Au commencement de la soirée au lac'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rxa_S5DLpBI/AAAAAAAAAEs/uVTkyvN7Kmc/s72-c/Early+evening+at+the+lake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-3543641295575166310</id><published>2007-10-16T18:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:30:44.646-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau Park'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Huron Lookout / Belvédère Huron</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RxVB5JDLpAI/AAAAAAAAAEk/msHEXjpo110/s1600-h/Huron+Lookout+Gatineau+Park.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RxVB5JDLpAI/AAAAAAAAAEk/msHEXjpo110/s320/Huron+Lookout+Gatineau+Park.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122072601141421058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This morning I made this plein air sketch in the Gatineau Park at the Huron Lookout.  The view down the escarpment overlooking the Ottawa River is alway spectacular.  With the trees changing colour the scene is even more inspiring.&lt;br /&gt;Plein air painting is always a challenge.  Sometimes you have to deal with insects, other times with wind or showers.  This morning it was fairly chilly and my fingers almost went numb.  I was relieved to get to the point where I felt the sketch was completed.  Watercolour, 11 x 8 inches (28 x 20 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce matin j'ai composé cette esquisse à plein air à la Belvédère Huron au Parc de la Gatineau.  La vue de la Rivière des Outaouais en haut du escarpement est toujours spectaculaire.  Avec la changement de couleur des arbres, la scène est encore plus majestuese.&lt;br /&gt;La peinture à la plein air est toujours un défi.  Parfois il y a des ennuis avec des insectes, autres fois avec le vent ou des des averses.  Ce matin il était assez froid et mes doigts ont été prèsque engourdies.  J'étais content quand l'esquisse était terminé.  Aquarelle, 11 x 8 pouces (28 x 20 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-3543641295575166310?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/3543641295575166310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=3543641295575166310&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3543641295575166310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3543641295575166310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/10/huron-lookout-belvdre-huron.html' title='Huron Lookout / Belvédère Huron'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RxVB5JDLpAI/AAAAAAAAAEk/msHEXjpo110/s72-c/Huron+Lookout+Gatineau+Park.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4777343749921240067</id><published>2007-09-04T19:22:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:31:17.599-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>By the dock /  À côté du quai</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rt3rU_8SE4I/AAAAAAAAAEc/2dxnayZjFTU/s1600-h/Francine+by+dock+2005+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rt3rU_8SE4I/AAAAAAAAAEc/2dxnayZjFTU/s320/Francine+by+dock+2005+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106496298502198146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On a warm summer afternoon, there can be nothing more relaxing than reading a book in the shade of willow trees by a quiet lake.  This simple painting uses few colours and a simple technique to convey the atmosphere of such a scene.  Watercolour, 14 x 11 inches (35.5 x 28 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lors d'une journée chaude d'été, il n'y a rien de plus agréable que de se reposer, en lisant une livre, à l'ombre des saules au bord d'un lac tranquille.  Cette peinture simple utilise peu de couleurs et une technique simple pour décrire l'atmosphère d'une telle scène.  Auquarelle, 14 x 11 pouces (35.5 x 28 cm)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4777343749921240067?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4777343749921240067/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4777343749921240067&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4777343749921240067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4777343749921240067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/09/by-dock-ct-du-quai.html' title='By the dock /  À côté du quai'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rt3rU_8SE4I/AAAAAAAAAEc/2dxnayZjFTU/s72-c/Francine+by+dock+2005+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2098877803670592681</id><published>2007-08-15T19:01:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:31:46.342-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Digitalis and Stella Lily / Digitale et Lis Stella</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RsT3Hv8SE2I/AAAAAAAAAEM/ZToErTAbwbQ/s1600-h/Digitalis+1994+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RsT3Hv8SE2I/AAAAAAAAAEM/ZToErTAbwbQ/s320/Digitalis+1994+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099472390590698338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RsT29v8SE1I/AAAAAAAAAEE/R_M_bKk2WuQ/s1600-h/Stella+lily+2005+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RsT29v8SE1I/AAAAAAAAAEE/R_M_bKk2WuQ/s320/Stella+lily+2005+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099472218792006482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RsOGDk6ncnI/AAAAAAAAAD0/vIFyQY51MDY/s1600-h/Stella+lily+2005+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RsOGDk6ncnI/AAAAAAAAAD0/vIFyQY51MDY/s320/Stella+lily+2005+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5099066599120794226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been a little busy lately and haven't had the chance to do any painting.  Here are a couple of watercolours I did a while ago of a digitalis (or foxglove) and a stella lily.  Watercolours, 9 x 12 inches (22 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Récemment, je suis un peu occupé n'a pas eu du temps à peinturer.  Voici deux images que j'ai composé quelques années passées d'une digitale et d'un lis stella.  Aquarelles, 9 x 12 pouces (22 x 30 cm).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2098877803670592681?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2098877803670592681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2098877803670592681&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2098877803670592681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2098877803670592681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/08/digitalis-and-stella-lily-digitale-et.html' title='Digitalis and Stella Lily / Digitale et Lis Stella'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RsT3Hv8SE2I/AAAAAAAAAEM/ZToErTAbwbQ/s72-c/Digitalis+1994+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8243309510286839390</id><published>2007-07-16T21:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-16T21:40:49.340-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Venosta pasture / Pâturage à Venosta</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rpwd3emkhrI/AAAAAAAAADk/7eJ3icN6NBo/s1600-h/Venosta+pasture+2007+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rpwd3emkhrI/AAAAAAAAADk/7eJ3icN6NBo/s320/Venosta+pasture+2007+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5087974517966669490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A few weeks ago, my wife and I were caught in a large traffic jam heading back home from Lac Roddick in the Upper Gatineau Valley (Québec).  Rather than fret and stress over lost time, we took in the beautiful landscape just south of Venosta.  This painting reflects the tranquility of the scene.  Watercolour, 15,5 x 12 inches (39 x 29 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelques semaines passés, ma femme et moi étaient pris dans un grand embouteillage en retournant du Lac Roddick dans le haute vallé de la Gatineau (Québec).  Au lieu de s'en faire d'avoir perdu le temps, nous étions absorbé par les paysages au sud de Venosta.  Cette peinture reflèt la tranquilité de la scène.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8243309510286839390?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8243309510286839390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8243309510286839390&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8243309510286839390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8243309510286839390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/07/venosta-pasture-pturage-venosta.html' title='Venosta pasture / Pâturage à Venosta'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rpwd3emkhrI/AAAAAAAAADk/7eJ3icN6NBo/s72-c/Venosta+pasture+2007+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2504446719873728137</id><published>2007-06-27T21:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T21:15:15.881-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parliament'/><title type='text'>Indigo Parliament / Le parlement à l'indigo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RoMSaf2AIcI/AAAAAAAAADI/2g6WXUT2dVQ/s1600-h/Indigo+Parliament+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RoMSaf2AIcI/AAAAAAAAADI/2g6WXUT2dVQ/s320/Indigo+Parliament+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080925051037950402" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After more than 33 years, I've retired from a career at the Canadian Parliament as a procedural clerk.  In looking back, I can say that it was a very special place to work, an environment with a lot of dedicated individuals working within the fabric of history but anchored in the reality of present day pressures.  Over the past years, I've painted a few scenes of "the Hill" - like the one above.  This one tries to evoke the quiet calm in front of the Centre Block after a late-night sitting.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 11.5 inches (39 x 29 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Après plus de 33 ans, j'ai terminé mon carrière à titre de greffier à la procédure au Parlement canadien.  En reflétant, c'est un endroit spécial où plusieurs individus dédiés travail dans un milieu historique.  Mais leur travail est bien fondé dans la réalité et les tensions d'aujourd'hui.  À travers des années, j'ai peinturé quelques scènes de la "Colline parlementaire", comme celui-ci.  Cette peinture évoque l'atomosphère calme en avant de l'Édifice du Centre après une longue séance.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 29 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2504446719873728137?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2504446719873728137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2504446719873728137&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2504446719873728137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2504446719873728137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/06/indigo-parliament-le-parlement-lindigo.html' title='Indigo Parliament / Le parlement à l&apos;indigo'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RoMSaf2AIcI/AAAAAAAAADI/2g6WXUT2dVQ/s72-c/Indigo+Parliament+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7414641555803320837</id><published>2007-06-05T21:09:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T11:56:18.620-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='swans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau River'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>White swans on the Rideau / Les cygnes blancs de la rivière Rideau</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RmYJZH5EKdI/AAAAAAAAACo/RPqmsZMoo80/s1600-h/White+swans+on+Rideau+2005+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RmYJZH5EKdI/AAAAAAAAACo/RPqmsZMoo80/s320/White+swans+on+Rideau+2005+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5072752357499218386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/06/05/swan-070605.html"&gt;After 18 months in captivity&lt;/a&gt;, Ottawa's royal swans will be set free on the Rideau River this week.  I composed this watercolour in 2005 when I noticed them while cycling on a path nearby.  They were peacefully feeding in the rich waters of the river.  I look forward to seeing them again this year.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Après 18 mois en captivité, les cygnes royales d'Ottawa seront retournés à la rivière Rideau cette semaine.  J'ai composé cette aquarelle en 2005 quand je les ai remarqués lors d'une promenade en vélo sur un sentier tout près.  Ils manageaient tranquillement dans les eaux riches de la rivière.  Je suis content de les revoir cette année.  Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7414641555803320837?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7414641555803320837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7414641555803320837&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7414641555803320837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7414641555803320837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/06/white-swans-on-rideau-les-cygnes-blancs.html' title='White swans on the Rideau / Les cygnes blancs de la rivière Rideau'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RmYJZH5EKdI/AAAAAAAAACo/RPqmsZMoo80/s72-c/White+swans+on+Rideau+2005+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-7964489199508197890</id><published>2007-05-27T18:45:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-27T18:59:45.005-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Canoe ride in waterlilies / Promenade en canot dans les nénuphars</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RloKcbQaGzI/AAAAAAAAACg/XiHd-pos0-0/s1600-h/Canoe+ride+in+waterlilies+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RloKcbQaGzI/AAAAAAAAACg/XiHd-pos0-0/s320/Canoe+ride+in+waterlilies+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069375814028106546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A slow canoe ride among waterlilies and other aquatic plants at a northern lake.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une promenade lente en canot parmis les nénuphars et les autres plants aquatiques sur un lac du nord.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-7964489199508197890?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/7964489199508197890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=7964489199508197890&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7964489199508197890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/7964489199508197890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/05/canoe-ride-in-waterlilies-canot-dans.html' title='Canoe ride in waterlilies / Promenade en canot dans les nénuphars'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RloKcbQaGzI/AAAAAAAAACg/XiHd-pos0-0/s72-c/Canoe+ride+in+waterlilies+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-3759837459765583393</id><published>2007-05-15T22:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:35:54.557-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Lily of the valley / Muguet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RkpwlLQaGyI/AAAAAAAAACY/LiEf8ar71d4/s1600-h/Lily+of+the+Valley+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RkpwlLQaGyI/AAAAAAAAACY/LiEf8ar71d4/s320/Lily+of+the+Valley+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064984514910624546" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Such a delicate and beautifully scented flower.  Watercolour 9 x 12 inches (22 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelle fleur délicate avec une odeur douce.  Aquarelle, 9 x 12 pouces (22 x 30 cm).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-3759837459765583393?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/3759837459765583393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=3759837459765583393&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3759837459765583393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3759837459765583393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/05/lily-of-valley-muget.html' title='Lily of the valley / Muguet'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RkpwlLQaGyI/AAAAAAAAACY/LiEf8ar71d4/s72-c/Lily+of+the+Valley+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6072085204239425396</id><published>2007-05-08T21:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-05-08T22:04:08.293-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Roses in vase / Les roses dans un vase</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RkEq_4JB0_I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zjgXjTDbE84/s1600-h/Roses+in+vase+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RkEq_4JB0_I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zjgXjTDbE84/s320/Roses+in+vase+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062374733031527410" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Watercolour, 11 x 14 inches (28 x 35.5 cm) / Aquarelle, 11 x 14 pouces (28 x 35.5 cm).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6072085204239425396?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6072085204239425396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6072085204239425396&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6072085204239425396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6072085204239425396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/05/roses-in-vase-les-roses-dans-un-vase.html' title='Roses in vase / Les roses dans un vase'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RkEq_4JB0_I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zjgXjTDbE84/s72-c/Roses+in+vase+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-6657376023570387924</id><published>2007-05-07T21:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:36:19.262-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Flowers / Fleurs</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rj_PdIJB0-I/AAAAAAAAACI/cax-KbPv1NI/s1600-h/Gladiolas94+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rj_PdIJB0-I/AAAAAAAAACI/cax-KbPv1NI/s320/Gladiolas94+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061992605496234978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rj_PXoJB09I/AAAAAAAAACA/Oq_0pKuJ2aA/s1600-h/Canna+97+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rj_PXoJB09I/AAAAAAAAACA/Oq_0pKuJ2aA/s320/Canna+97+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061992511006954450" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that we've finally made it to beautiful month of May, I thought that it would be interesting to present a couple of paintings I've created of cannas and gladiolus.  Watercolours, 9 x 12 inches (22 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Étant donner que nous sommes finalement arrivées dans le beau mois de mai, j'ai pensé qu'il sera intéressant de vous présenter avec une couple de peintures que j'ai composé des cannas et des glaïeul.  Aquarelles, 9 x 12 pouces (22 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-6657376023570387924?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/6657376023570387924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=6657376023570387924&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6657376023570387924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/6657376023570387924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/05/flowers-fleurs.html' title='Flowers / Fleurs'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Rj_PdIJB0-I/AAAAAAAAACI/cax-KbPv1NI/s72-c/Gladiolas94+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-8796362035424036736</id><published>2007-04-20T19:50:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:36:51.173-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Brewery Creek in April / Le Ruisseau de la Brasserie en avril</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RilR4r15OrI/AAAAAAAAABY/pdBnwOL7FYg/s1600-h/Brewery+Creek+in+April+2007+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RilR4r15OrI/AAAAAAAAABY/pdBnwOL7FYg/s320/Brewery+Creek+in+April+2007+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055662090983389874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Brewery Creek winds itself around the old part of the city of Hull (now the city of Gatineau, Quebec).  The creek is fed by the Ottawa River at a point just above the roaring Chaudière Falls and flows back again into the Ottawa River several miles downstream.  It got its name from a real brewery that used to be located on its banks.  Although there are proposals for a small micro-brewery to return to the original location,  chances are slim.  Brewery Creek is also appreciated by birders and other urban wildlife enthusiasts for its abundant waterfowl and turtles.  &lt;a href="http://www.civilization.ca/hist/hull/rw_31_ie.html"&gt;Civilization.ca&lt;/a&gt; has a short  interesting history of Brewery Creek.&lt;br /&gt;My painting portrays the creek at the beginning of spring when the ice still holds on and the skies are swept with lively clouds.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le Ruisseau de la Brasserie tourne alentour l'ancienne partie de la ville de Hull (maintenant la ville de Gatineau (Québec)).  La source du ruisseau c'est la rivière des Outaouais en haut de la Chute des Chaudières et sa fin se trouve plus loin sur la même rivière des Outaouais.  Le ruisseau a pris son nom d'une brasserie qui a été situé sur son bord.  Il y a des nouvelles propositions pour une micro-brasserie de s'établir à la site originale, mais malheuresement les chances ne sont pas bonnes.  Le Ruisseau de la Brasserie est bien aimé par les amateurs des oiseaux et les amateurs de la faune urbaine à cause des nombres sortes d'oiseaux aquatiques et les tortues.  &lt;a href="http://www.civilization.ca/hist/hull/rw_31_if.html"&gt;Civilisations.ca&lt;/a&gt; contient une courte histoire intéressante du Ruisseau de la Brasserie.&lt;br /&gt;Ma peinture décrit le ruisseau au début de printemps quand la glace est encore présente et quand le ciel est balayé par les nuages vifs.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces (39 x 30 cm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-8796362035424036736?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/8796362035424036736/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=8796362035424036736&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8796362035424036736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/8796362035424036736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/04/brewery-creek-in-april-le-ruisseau-de.html' title='Brewery Creek in April / Le Ruisseau de la Brasserie en avril'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RilR4r15OrI/AAAAAAAAABY/pdBnwOL7FYg/s72-c/Brewery+Creek+in+April+2007+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-942409859361161160</id><published>2007-04-09T16:11:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:37:13.150-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Easter lily / Lis de Pâques</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RhqevH4uHaI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lDMmBhuTkpk/s1600-h/Easter+Lily+99+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RhqevH4uHaI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lDMmBhuTkpk/s320/Easter+Lily+99+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051524464457424290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To signal the arrival of spring and Easter, I thought that I would add this sketch I did several years ago of a lily.  Watercolour and ink, 9 x 11 inches (230 x 290 mm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour signaler l'arrivé du printemps et Pâques, j'ai adjouté cette esquisse que j'ai fait quelques années passées d'un lis.  Aquarelle et encre, 9 x 11 pouces (230 x 290 mm).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-942409859361161160?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/942409859361161160/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=942409859361161160&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/942409859361161160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/942409859361161160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/04/easter-lily-lis-de-pques.html' title='Easter lily / Lis de Pâques'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RhqevH4uHaI/AAAAAAAAABQ/lDMmBhuTkpk/s72-c/Easter+Lily+99+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-3589843975508753155</id><published>2007-03-11T14:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:34:53.367-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Giant willows / Des immenses saules</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RfRLpU78n5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/B01u6EKArJE/s1600-h/Three+giant+trees+2007+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RfRLpU78n5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/B01u6EKArJE/s320/Three+giant+trees+2007+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5040737056301293458" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here is a painting of some gigantic willow trees that grow near the Rideau Canal (in Ottawa).  Although they aren't as old as the canal (built in the 1830s), they must have began their life a few decades after it was completed.  Watercolur, 15.5 x 12 inches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici une peinture des immenses saules qui poussent à côté du Canal Rideau (à Ottawa). Bien que ces arbres ne sont pas aussi vieux que le canal (construit dans les 1830s), ils auraient dû commencer de pousser quelques dizains d'années après que le canal a été complète.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-3589843975508753155?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/3589843975508753155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=3589843975508753155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3589843975508753155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/3589843975508753155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/03/giant-willows-des-immenses-saules.html' title='Giant willows / Des immenses saules'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RfRLpU78n5I/AAAAAAAAAA8/B01u6EKArJE/s72-c/Three+giant+trees+2007+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-4324313273551167460</id><published>2007-03-08T17:51:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T19:42:45.228-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Skating at Patterson's Creek / Patiner à la ruisseau Patterson</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RfCT0EdTZSI/AAAAAAAAAA0/XmsQ77Q0D-E/s1600-h/Skating+on+canal+at+Pattersons+Creek+2007+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RfCT0EdTZSI/AAAAAAAAAA0/XmsQ77Q0D-E/s320/Skating+on+canal+at+Pattersons+Creek+2007+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5039690505786713378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Patterson's Creek is part of the Rideau Canal in downtown Ottawa.  It's a small appendage that takes you into an upscale neighbourhood known as the Glebe.  Sometimes it's nice to get off the main thoroughfare where most of the skaters are found and spend some time in this small but quaint little corner.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le ruisseau Patterson fait parti du Canal Rideau à Ottawa.  C'est une section du canal qui vous amène dans une voisinage chic reconnue comme le Glebe.  Des fois c'est convenable de sortir de la partie du canal très passante et de passer un moment calme dans cette petite mais pittoreque coin.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-4324313273551167460?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/4324313273551167460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=4324313273551167460&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4324313273551167460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/4324313273551167460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/03/skating-at-pattersons-creek-patiner-la.html' title='Skating at Patterson&apos;s Creek / Patiner à la ruisseau Patterson'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RfCT0EdTZSI/AAAAAAAAAA0/XmsQ77Q0D-E/s72-c/Skating+on+canal+at+Pattersons+Creek+2007+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-352377005956911659</id><published>2007-03-06T17:31:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:38:17.115-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau Canal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterlude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='skating'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bal de neige'/><title type='text'>Skating on the canal / Patiner sur le canal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Re3r0VO5q-I/AAAAAAAAAAs/ecb8nGpbKLg/s1600-h/Skating+on+canal+2007+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Re3r0VO5q-I/AAAAAAAAAAs/ecb8nGpbKLg/s320/Skating+on+canal+2007+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038942842382822370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;The winter festival known as &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Winterlude&lt;/span&gt; is now finished and skating on the &lt;st1:place&gt;Rideau Canal&lt;/st1:place&gt; in downtown &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Ottawa&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; (&lt;st1:state&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Ontario&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:state&gt;) will soon be over for another year.  This is the world's largest skating rink (about 7 km in length) and has been operating for 25 years.  You can skate at your own pace even when there are thousands of people on the ice as there's always plenty of space to do your own thing!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;Notre festival d’hiver – &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le Bal de neige&lt;/span&gt; – est maintenant terminé et le patinage sur le Canal Rideau à Ottawa (Ontario) sera bientôt fini pour une autre année. Cette patinoire est la plus grande au monde (elle est 7 km longue) et a fonctionné pour les 25 derniers hivers. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Vous pouvez patiner à votre propre vitesse, même quand il y a des milliers des gens sur le canal, car il reste toujours beaucoup de place.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-352377005956911659?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/352377005956911659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=352377005956911659&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/352377005956911659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/352377005956911659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/03/skating-on-canal-patiner-sur-le-canal.html' title='Skating on the canal / Patiner sur le canal'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/Re3r0VO5q-I/AAAAAAAAAAs/ecb8nGpbKLg/s72-c/Skating+on+canal+2007+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-2096743684064383027</id><published>2007-02-12T20:14:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:39:12.286-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Cross-country skiing at Lac Beauchamps / Le ski de fond à Lac Beauchamps</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RdERNd7i_JI/AAAAAAAAAAY/KlMRt2s-upQ/s1600-h/Crosscountry+skiing+Lac+Beauchamps+SMALL.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RdERNd7i_JI/AAAAAAAAAAY/KlMRt2s-upQ/s320/Crosscountry+skiing+Lac+Beauchamps+SMALL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030821181819911314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lac Beauchamps is a popular family-oriented municipal park in Gatineau, Quebec.  You can skate on the small lake or cross-country ski along the trails.  Nothing too challenging but completely enjoyable.  This watercolour sketch captures a young jackrabbit scurrying along one of those trails.  Watercolour, 9 x 12 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Le Lac Beauchamps est un parc municipale à Gatineau (Québec) qui est populaire avec les jeunes familles.   Vous pouvez patiner sur le petit lac ou faire du ski de fond sur ses pistes.  Rien trop difficile, mais completement agréable.  Cette esquisse en aquarelle vous présente un jeune qui cour sur une des pistes.  Aquarelle, 9 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-2096743684064383027?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/2096743684064383027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=2096743684064383027&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2096743684064383027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/2096743684064383027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/02/cross-country-skiing-at-lac-beauchamps.html' title='Cross-country skiing at Lac Beauchamps / Le ski de fond à Lac Beauchamps'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RdERNd7i_JI/AAAAAAAAAAY/KlMRt2s-upQ/s72-c/Crosscountry+skiing+Lac+Beauchamps+SMALL.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-712623135651283757</id><published>2007-02-03T20:20:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:39:43.690-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gatineau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='plein air'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>On the road to Mont Cascades / Sur le chemin à Mont Cascades</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RcU1KtSSJ-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/hE788ycqr4k/s1600-h/On+the+road+to+Mont+Cascades+small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RcU1KtSSJ-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/hE788ycqr4k/s320/On+the+road+to+Mont+Cascades+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027483017100273634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's a &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;plein air&lt;/span&gt; painting I did a while back.  The scene is on a road leading to a popular ski hill north of Gatineau (Quebec).  The difficulty in painting with watercolours in winter is that sometimes the paint freezes on your paper (at the same time your fingers freeze) creating strange effects.  Watercolour, 10 x 15 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une peinture que j'ai fait en plein air quelques années passées.  Le scène est sur un chemin qui mène à une colline de ski au nord de Gatineau (Québec).  La difficulté de peinturer avec des aquarelles en hiver en pleine aire c'est que parfois la peinture gele sur ton papier (à la même temps que tes doigts gèles) créeant des effets étranges.  Aquarelle, 10 x 15 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-712623135651283757?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/712623135651283757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=712623135651283757&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/712623135651283757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/712623135651283757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/02/on-road-to-mont-cascades-sur-le-chemin.html' title='On the road to Mont Cascades / Sur le chemin à Mont Cascades'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4o9K8qRzysQ/RcU1KtSSJ-I/AAAAAAAAAAM/hE788ycqr4k/s72-c/On+the+road+to+Mont+Cascades+small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-117020823983283964</id><published>2007-01-30T20:43:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T19:40:08.016-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Early spring flood / Inondation printanière</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/1600/594339/Early%20spring%20flood%202006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/320/936385/Early%20spring%20flood%202006.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;On northern lakes, there's a period early in spring when the snow and ice begins to slowly melt. Pools of water collect on top of the ice and sometimes create new shorelines. The landscape is still predominately winter, but the end is in sight. This painting illustates that special season.&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;Watercolour, 15 x 12 inches&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;Aux lacs du nord, à chaque année, revient une période au début du&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;printemps lorsque la neige et la glace commencent lentement à fondre. Des étangs d'eau se forment sur la glace et forgent de nouvelles plages. Ce paysage hivernal aboutira bientôt à sa fin. Cette peinture interprète cette transition entre deux saisons.&lt;o:p&gt;  &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Aquarelle, 15 x 12 pouces&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-117020823983283964?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/117020823983283964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=117020823983283964&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/117020823983283964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/117020823983283964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/01/early-spring-flood-inondation.html' title='Early spring flood / Inondation printanière'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116951405212311702</id><published>2007-01-22T19:53:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T10:03:05.361-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='river'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rideau River'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Rideau River near Hogsback Falls in Winter / La Rivière Rideau près des Chutes Hogsback en hiver</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/1600/105818/Rideau%20River%20near%20Hogsback%20Falls%20winter%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/320/973319/Rideau%20River%20near%20Hogsback%20Falls%20winter%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Back to a seasonal image.  Here's a winter scene of the Rideau River in Vincent Massey Park (Ottawa, Ontario).   This is just downriver from the falls where the river dances in a lively fashion as it skips past rocks and fallen branches.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Au retour d'une image saisonnière.  Voici une scène d'hiver de la Rivière Rideau au Parc Vincent Massey (Ottawa, Ontario). Cet endroit se trouve en aval des chutes oũ la rivière saute vivement alentour des roches et des branches tombés.  Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116951405212311702?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116951405212311702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116951405212311702&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116951405212311702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116951405212311702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/01/rideau-river-near-hogsback-falls-in.html' title='Rideau River near Hogsback Falls in Winter / La Rivière Rideau près des Chutes Hogsback en hiver'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116821921612581158</id><published>2007-01-07T20:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T10:03:35.998-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portrait'/><title type='text'>Strawberry picking / La cueillette des fraises</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/1600/771186/Strawberry%20picking%20small%202007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/320/624984/Strawberry%20picking%20small%202007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;With all the exceptionally warm weather we've been experiencing in the Ottawa-Gatineau region recently,  I thought that it might be appropriate to return to a summery theme.  Here's a painting of that best-of-all past-time, strawberry picking!  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Étant donner que la région d'Ottawa-Gatineau a eu une période de température exceptionnellement chaud recémment, j'ai pensé qu'il sera à propos de présenter une image d'été.  Voici une peinture d'un passe-temps très agréable, la cueillette des fraises!  Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116821921612581158?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116821921612581158/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116821921612581158&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116821921612581158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116821921612581158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2007/01/strawberry-picking-la-cueillette-des.html' title='Strawberry picking / La cueillette des fraises'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116744745649966603</id><published>2006-12-29T21:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.000-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Sliding at Rockliffe  Park /Glisser au parc Rockliffe</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/1600/892951/Rockliffe%20Park%20sliding%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/320/367497/Rockliffe%20Park%20sliding%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;st1:placename&gt;Now that winter is officially here, I thought that I'd share a painting that reflects something of the Ottawa-Gatineau region.  Rockliffe&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype&gt;Park&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; in &lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;Ottawa&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; is an exceptionally popular spot for families to go tobagganing.&lt;span style=""&gt;  It's probably been so for over a hundred years.  &lt;/span&gt;This is a painting of my son and a friend who were sliding on colourful plastic saucers one fine day.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;You can almost smell the sweet cold air of the park!&lt;o:p&gt;  &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;Watercolour, 20 x 14.5 inches&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;      &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;Maintenant que l'hiver est officiellement arrivée, je voulais partager une peinture qui reflèt l'atomosphère de la région Ottawa-Gatineau.  Le parc Rockliffe à Ottawa est un endroit exceptionnellement populaire auprès des familles pour glisser en toboggan.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Je crois que c'était le cas depuis cent ans!  Cette peinture capte mon fils et un ami glissant sur des soucoupes colorées en plastique une belle journée.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;On peut presque sentir l'air doux et fraîs du parc!&lt;o:p&gt;  &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Aquarelle, 20 x 14.5 pouces&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116744745649966603?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116744745649966603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116744745649966603&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116744745649966603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116744745649966603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/12/sliding-at-rockliffe-park-glisser-au.html' title='Sliding at Rockliffe  Park /Glisser au parc Rockliffe'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116579496556784267</id><published>2006-12-10T18:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.001-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Kayaking among water lilies / Faisant du kayak parmis les nénuphars</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/1600/109508/Kayaking%20among%20lilypads%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/496/2831/320/300675/Kayaking%20among%20lilypads%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A gentle push and you float away on the lake, surrounded by fragrant waterlilies, cattails, purple loosestrife and dozens of other marshland plants.  Watercolour, 19.5 x 15.5 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une douce poussée et tu flottes sur le  lac, entourrée par les nénuphares parfumés, les massettes, les salicaires communes et une douzen des autres plantes du marais.  Aquarelle, 19.5 x 15.5 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116579496556784267?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116579496556784267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116579496556784267&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116579496556784267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116579496556784267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/12/kayaking-among-water-lilies-faisant-du.html' title='Kayaking among water lilies / Faisant du kayak parmis les nénuphars'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116397295617889271</id><published>2006-11-19T16:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.002-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Sparrows in the late fall / Les moineaux en automne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Sparrows%20in%20late%20fall%202005%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Sparrows%20in%20late%20fall%202005%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;You have to admire the lowly sparrow.&lt;span style=""&gt;    &lt;/span&gt;When most birds have long left the Ottawa-Gatineau region for warmer climes, sparrows stick around and seem to pay little attention to the darkening days and chilling temperatures.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Maybe we should name them the national bird instead of the Canada Goose!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Anyway, I was attracted by a group of them outside my window and wanted to pay them homage through this painting.&lt;o:p&gt;  &lt;/o:p&gt;Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;Il faut admiré les humbles moineaux.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Quand la plupart des oiseaux sont longtemps partis pour les climats plus chaleureux, les moineaux sont restées malgré les journées plus sombre et les températures glacées.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Peut-être on devrait les nommés comme l'oiseau national au lieu de la bernache du Canada!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;En tout cas, j'étais attiré par une groupe des moineaux en dehors ma fenêtre et je voulais les rendre hommage à travers cette peinture.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;  &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116397295617889271?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116397295617889271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116397295617889271&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116397295617889271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116397295617889271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/11/sparrows-in-late-fall-les-moineaux-en.html' title='Sparrows in the late fall / Les moineaux en automne'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116286572909235921</id><published>2006-11-06T21:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.003-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Ghostly trees in late fall / Les arbres fantôme de l'automne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Ghostly%20trees%20in%20late%20fall%202006%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Ghostly%20trees%20in%20late%20fall%202006%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Maybe this is just an after-effect of Halloween, but here's a watercolour that I composed of some ghostly looking trees with bare limbs in late autumn.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Peut-être que c'est seulement l'effet de Halloween, mais voici une  aquarelle  que j'ai composé de quelques arbres.  Ils donnent l'impression qu'ils sont des fantômes avec leurs branches nus à la fin de l'automne.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116286572909235921?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116286572909235921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116286572909235921&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116286572909235921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116286572909235921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/11/ghostly-trees-in-late-fall-les-arbres.html' title='Ghostly trees in late fall / Les arbres fantôme de l&apos;automne'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116200164604792639</id><published>2006-10-27T21:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.004-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Lion's Head Bay / La baie de Lions Head</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style="font-family: times new roman;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Lion%27s%20Head%20bay%201997%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Lion%27s%20Head%20bay%201997%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Georgian Bay is a very large body of water in the Great Lakes that many experienced sailors love to explore.  Usually, the winds are strong and constant in this area, and the water is frigid even in July.  This painting captures a scene at Lion's Head - a lovely community on the Bruce Penninsula in Ontario.  There's  plenty to see and do here.  The escarpments are dizzingly high and are home to many large birds of prey.  This painting has been linked in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt; under the theme &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wind&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;"  &gt;  Watercolour, 12 x 9 inches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;"  &gt;La Baie Géorgienne fait partie des Grands Lacs et est un endroit où plusieurs marins adorent à faire la voile.  Habituellement, les vents sont forts et constants dans cette région et l'eau est extrêmement froid même en juillet.  Cette peinture  capture  une scène à Lion's Head - une jolie communauté sur la Péninsule Bruce en Ontario.  Il y a beaucoup à voire et à faire dans cette région.  On trouve des escarpements très haut qui sont habitat pour plusieurs oiseaux de proie.  Un lien a été établit au &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY &lt;/span&gt;sur le thème &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Le &lt;/span&gt;Vent.&lt;/span&gt;  Aquarelle, 12 x 9 pouces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116200164604792639?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116200164604792639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116200164604792639&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116200164604792639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116200164604792639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/10/lions-head-bay-la-baie-de-lions-head.html' title='Lion&apos;s Head Bay / La baie de Lions Head'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116174003394529508</id><published>2006-10-24T21:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.006-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Kayaking in the bay / Le kayak dans la baie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Kayaking%20in%20bay%202005%20small.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Kayaking%20in%20bay%202005%20small.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The kayak is a great way to explore lakes and rivers.  In my opinion, it takes a lot less effort to manouever than a canoe and is less tipsy.  Plus, its more comfortable to sit inside a kayak than to kneel inside a canoe.  This is another painting at Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Quebec) on a day when the sky and water are a brilliant blue and you could spend all day playing on the water.  Watercolour, 14 x 11 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le kayak vous donne une bonne façon à explorer les lacs et les rivières.  À mon avis, ça prend moins d'effort à manipuler un kayak qu'un canoe et il est plus stable.  En sus, c'est plus comfortable de s'asseoir dans un kayak que de se mettre à genoux dans un canoe.  Voici une autre peinture du Lac Roddick (à Bouchette, Québec) quand le ciel et l'eau sont un bleu éclatants et quand tu pourrais passer toute la journée à jouer sur l'eau.  Aquarelle, 14 x 11 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116174003394529508?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116174003394529508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116174003394529508&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116174003394529508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116174003394529508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/10/kayaking-in-bay-le-kayak-dans-la-baie.html' title='Kayaking in the bay / Le kayak dans la baie'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116105017860897785</id><published>2006-10-16T21:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.007-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ottawa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='spring'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>Strathcona Park in April / Le parc Strathcona en avril</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Strathcona%20park%20in%20April%202006%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Strathcona%20park%20in%20April%202006%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Strathcona Park is situated in downtown Ottawa, Ontario.  It stretches along the Rideau River and rises to reach Laurier Street where a lovely fountain is located.  It is a pleasant place to go for a short walk and admire the old trees that grow there.  I submitted this picture to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Illustration Friday &lt;/span&gt;under the topic &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Smitten.  &lt;/span&gt;It seems to me that many young couples may have been smitten with one another under the spell of this place.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le parc Strathcona est situé au centre-ville d'Ottawa (Ontario).  Il s'étend au longue de la rivière Rideau et s'éleve à la rue Laurier ou se situe une belle fontaine.  C'est une endroit agréable pour se proméner et admirer les vieux arbres.  J'ai soumis cette peinture au &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Illustration Friday &lt;/span&gt;sous le thème &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Épris (smitten).  &lt;/span&gt;Il me semble que plusieurs jeunes couples sont tombés en amour sous le charme de ce parc.  Aquarelle, 15,5 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116105017860897785?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116105017860897785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116105017860897785&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116105017860897785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116105017860897785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/10/strathcona-park-in-april-le-parc.html' title='Strathcona Park in April / Le parc Strathcona en avril'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-116095825071182735</id><published>2006-10-15T20:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.008-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Wilderness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Wilderness%202003%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Wilderness%202003%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Here's another quick sketch with watercolour pencils.  It's a scene on part of my property at Lac Roddick (Quebec) with tangled trees and a nasty underbrush making it into a true wilderness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une autre esquisse fait avec les crayons aquarelles.  C'est une scène sur mon terrain à Lac Roddick (Québec) avec les arbres tordues et un méchant sous-bois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-116095825071182735?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/116095825071182735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=116095825071182735&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116095825071182735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/116095825071182735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/10/wilderness.html' title='Wilderness'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-115973826326994465</id><published>2006-10-01T16:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.009-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><title type='text'>Little Green Boat / Le petit bateau vert</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Little%20green%20rowboat%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Little%20green%20rowboat%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here's another quick watercolour pencil sketch.   It's a self-portrait of sorts -- me getting out of my bright green rowboat at the dock.  Because this boat is so light, it takes no effort to launch at the beginning of the season, or to pull out of the water whenever necessary.  I mostly row around our marshy bay and enjoy the aquatic life all around me.  And, of course, get inspired to paint.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une autre esquisse fait avec les crayons aquarelles.  C'est un portrait de moi en traine de sortir de mon petit bateau vert.  Parce que ce bateau est tellement légèr, c'est très facile de le mettre ou de le sortir de l'eau.  Je passe mon temps à ramer  dans notre baie marécageuse et à regarder la vie aquatique alentour de moi.  Et, naturellement, je m'inspire à peindre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-115973826326994465?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/115973826326994465/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=115973826326994465&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115973826326994465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115973826326994465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/10/little-green-boat-le-petit-bateau-vert.html' title='Little Green Boat / Le petit bateau vert'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-115923292442272569</id><published>2006-09-25T21:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-05T08:04:12.516-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Man walking in fields / L'homme qui marche dans les champs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Man%20walking%20in%20fields%202003%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Man%20walking%20in%20fields%202003%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;For those interested in quick sketches, watercolour pencils provide another means to express yourself in a colourful way.  Here's an example that I created in minutes.  Submitted to ILLUSTRATION FRIDAY under topic '&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Quiet&lt;/span&gt;'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour ceux qui sont intéressés dans les esquisses, les crayons aquarelles vous donnent une autre façon d'exprimer.  Voici un exemple que j'ai créé dans quelques minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-115923292442272569?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/115923292442272569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=115923292442272569&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115923292442272569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115923292442272569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/09/man-walking-in-fields-lhomme-qui.html' title='Man walking in fields / L&apos;homme qui marche dans les champs'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-115923083517255514</id><published>2006-09-25T20:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-09-25T20:33:55.193-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.technorati.com/claim/89e2x6qt53" rel="me"&gt;Technorati Profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-115923083517255514?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/115923083517255514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=115923083517255514&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115923083517255514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115923083517255514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/09/technorati-profile.html' title=''/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-115793037447393212</id><published>2006-09-10T19:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.012-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heron'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><title type='text'>The hidden heron / Le héron caché</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Hidden%20heron%202005%20small.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Hidden%20heron%202005%20small.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A marshy bay is an ideal hunting ground for a blue heron.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Perched on some old tree limbs, I could barely notice it as it stood still in the shade. This painting only uses a few colours to convey the manner that the heron&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;blended into its surroundings.  Watercolour, 14 x 11 inches.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="FR-CA"&gt;Un marais est un endroit idéal pour qu'un héron pratique la chasse. Sur une vielle branche d'un arbre, je n'ai presque pas aperçu le héron qui se perchait silencieusement dans l'ombre. Cette peinture utilise peu de couleurs afin de démontrer la façon dont le héron se mariait à son environnement. Aquarelle,  14 x 11 inches.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-115793037447393212?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/115793037447393212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=115793037447393212&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115793037447393212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115793037447393212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/09/hidden-heron-le-hron-cach.html' title='The hidden heron / Le héron caché'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-115765111799335224</id><published>2006-09-07T13:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T09:41:03.013-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fishing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lac Roddick'/><title type='text'>Fishing at twilight / Pêchez au crépuscule</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Fishing%20at%20twilight%202006%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Fishing%20at%20twilight%202006%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;One of my neighbours at Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Québec) is an enthusiastic fisherman.  He lives in Pennsylvania and has been regularly spending summers with his wife at his cottage on the lake for the last 35 years.  This is a painting of him rowing his small boat while checking the bay for whatever fish may be found.  Watercolour, 15.5 x 12 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un de mes voisins au Lac Roddick (Bouchette, Québec) est un pêcheur enthousiaste.  Il demeure en Pennsylvanie et a continuellement passé ces étés avec sa femme à son chalet sur le lac depuis les 35 années.  Voici une peinture de lui en traine de rammer son petit bateau en cherchant les poissons dans la baie.  Aquarelle, 15.5 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-115765111799335224?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/115765111799335224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=115765111799335224&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115765111799335224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115765111799335224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/09/fishing-at-twilight-pchez-au-crpuscule.html' title='Fishing at twilight / Pêchez au crépuscule'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-115704769923542488</id><published>2006-08-31T13:38:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:48:54.977-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chute Rouge trail'/><title type='text'>Lac Des Pères</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Lac%20Des%20Peres%20point%20small.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Lac%20Des%20Peres%20point%20small.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here's another painting from the lovely Chute Rouge trail in Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, Quebec.  This scene is on the beautiful Lac Des Peres (also known as Lac Lochiel).  This lake is part of a series of lakes and streams stretching from the large Lac 31 Milles to the Gatineau River and include Lac Mitchell, Lac Des Peres and Lac Roddick.  All of the lakes in this system rely to some extent on replenishment from Lac 31 Milles and its small dam.  It is very important to open this dam from time to time, especially in the summertime!   Watercolour, 15 x 12 inches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici une autre peinture du joli sentier à Chute Rouge à Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau (Québec).  Cette scène se trouve au Lac Des Pères (aussi connu comme Lac Lochiel).   Ce lac fait parti d'une série des lacs qui vont du Lac des 31 Milles à la rivière Gatineau et inclu le Lac Mitchell, Lac Des Pères et Lac Roddick.   Tous les lacs dans ce système  dépendent pour se remplir à un certain dégré sur le Lac 31 Milles et son petit barrage.  C'est très important que ce barrage soit ouvert de temps en temps, surtout en été!   Aquarelle, 15 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-115704769923542488?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/115704769923542488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=115704769923542488&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115704769923542488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115704769923542488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/08/lac-des-pres.html' title='Lac Des Pères'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27159458.post-115672657508247718</id><published>2006-08-27T20:09:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T13:48:54.979-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lake'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='forest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chute Rouge trail'/><title type='text'>Chute Rouge waterfront / Le bord d'eau à Chute Rouge</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How is a watercolour painting made?  Here's a series of images which illustrates how I painted a scene while on a recent visit to the Chute Rouge trail in Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau, Quebec. I started with a very simple sketch on a sheet of 140 lb watercolour paper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comment qu'on crée une aquarelle?  Voici une série d'images qui demontre comment j'ai peinturé une scène à Chute Rouge à Ste-Thérèse-de-la-Gatineau (Québec) récemmement.  J'ai commencé avec une simple esquisse sur une feuille de papier aquarelle de 140 livres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%201%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%201%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Next, I applied a blue wash where the rocks are situated.  I also applied some masking fluid to areas of the painting I wanted to protect from washes that I would be applying later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ensuite, j'ai appliqué un lavis bleu sur les roches et j'ai mis de liquide de masquage sur les sections du peinture que je voulais protéger contre des autres lavis plus tard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%202%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%202%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Taking a large brush, I then applied water to all the area outside the blue and ensured that the paper was evenly wet.  Using some Hooker's Green, I applied a fairly even layer to the painting.  In some areas where there would be more shadow, I applied a thicker mixture of the paint to the wet surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avec un grand pinceau, j'ai mis l'eau sur ma peinture en dehors les sections bleus et j'ai vérifié que le papier était uniformément trempe.  Avec du vert Hooker, j'ai établi une couche prèsque uniforme sur le papier.  Aux sections que je voulais plus foncés, j'ai appliqué une couche de peinture plus épaisse à la surface trempe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%203.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;When the paper was dry, I then applied some darker shades to the rocks and trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quand le papier était sec, j'ai appliqué des tones plus foncés aux roches et aux arbres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%204%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%204%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Again wetting the paper in the lake area, I further developed the dark green reflection in the water.   In the upper left area, I introduced some Sap Green for cedar trees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encore après avoir trempé le papier dans les section du lac, j'ai développé les reflets verts foncés dans l'eau.  Au haut gauche, j'ai ajouté du vert de vessie pour les cèdres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%205%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%205%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;To finish the painting, I used Indigo Blue around the rocks, and some dark Hooker's Green to created small waves in the water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour completé la peinture, j'ai ajouté du blue indigo alentour les roches, et j'ai utilisé du vert de Hooker pour créé des vagues sur l'eau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%20final%20small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/320/Chutes%20Rouges%20waterfront%20final%20small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Watercolour, 15 x 12 inches / Aquarelle, 15 x 12 pouces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voilà!  I didn't count how long this painting took me to create since I don't usually complete my paintings in one session. Normally, I like to set my work-in-progress aside after an hour or two of work and reflect on what I need to develop or fix in the next stage.  It may take me a few days or a few weeks to complete a composition.  This gives me time to figure out what I want to do for my next picture!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voilà!  Je n'ai pas calculé combine de temps ça m'a pris pour produire cette peinture car mes compositions ne sont pas habituellement terminées dans une session.   Je préfer de mettre mes peintures-en-voie-de-développement à côté après un couple d'heures de travail et de réfléchir à ce que je dois développer ou corriger dans les étapes à venir.  Une peinture peut me prendre quequels journées ou quelques semaines à compléter.  Cette période me donne le temps de déterminer qu'est-ce que je veux faire ensuite comme peinture!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/27159458-115672657508247718?l=michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/feeds/115672657508247718/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=27159458&amp;postID=115672657508247718&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115672657508247718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/27159458/posts/default/115672657508247718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://michaelspaintbrush.blogspot.com/2006/08/chutes-rouges-waterfront-le-bord-deau.html' title='Chute Rouge waterfront / Le bord d&apos;eau à Chute Rouge'/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14027697373573737570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/496/2831/1600/Mike%20portrait.2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
