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Category: Watercolour

Bird, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Sketches, Watercolour7 Comments
Raven up on Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver, Canada

Crows and Ravens, Muses & Sketches

March 15, 2022March 26, 2022 Albatz Travel Adventures

After uprooting my newly planted herbs and flinging them on the deck, this little demon crow has been burying peanuts in my plant pots. I have put wire cages on the plants so that he can’t get at them and … Continue reading Crows and Ravens, Muses & Sketches

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Sketches, Trees, Watercolour1 Comment
bark of this Plane Tree shows the jigsawbark has faded tans, browns and pale orange that look like layers of porous leather glued together

Studies on the ‘Camouflage’ Bark of the Plane Tree

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Albatz Travel Adventures

The Platanus genus is a small group of ancient tree species, commonly called Plane Trees or Sycamores, dating back to the Paleocene period, 66 to 56 million years ago. The bark of the Plane Tree has a distinctive pattern that … Continue reading Studies on the ‘Camouflage’ Bark of the Plane Tree

Design, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Rocks, Stones & Pebbles, Sketches, Watercolour9 Comments
Watercolour of a pebble called Dallasite from the beach near Dallas Rd in Victoria, BC

Painting Portraits of Pebbles

November 19, 2021November 20, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

I used to tell people, “I paint rocks”, but when everyone took that to mean that I was painting on rocks, I changed it to “I’m painting portraits of pebbles”, quite a different thing! I have always been a pebble … Continue reading Painting Portraits of Pebbles

Abstracts, Art Techniques, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Trees, Watercolour10 Comments
Diptych of a weathered skateboard spray-painted with pink spots on it combined together with cherry trees in full blossom just off Broadway.

Dots & Spots

May 21, 2021May 25, 2021 Albatz Travel Adventures

Every so often I get in the mood to play with words, and try and define them in my head. Dots. There’s the word dot, which rhymes with spot, and looks a lot like a spot, only perhaps dots are … Continue reading Dots & Spots

Painting, Watercolour1 Comment
The sight of the brilliant red and olive sockeye salmon spawning was inspiring for paintings as well

Salmon Spawning / Healthy Water

December 11, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

Years ago I had to design a web site for Environmental Chemistry Courseware designed to promote environmental awareness supplemental to 200-level Organic Chemistry laboratories. The key concepts were: air / earth / life / water. Originally I was a little … Continue reading Salmon Spawning / Healthy Water

Artworks, Flowers, Inspiration, Plants, Water, Watercolour3 Comments

Posting a Painting a Day For Ten Days Challenge

November 12, 2020February 23, 2022 Albatz Travel Adventures

I don’t usually post stuff from my art blog on Facebook, but I have been nominated to post a painting a day for 10 days on Facebook by Deanna Fogstrom, one of my studiomates. You can find her work at: … Continue reading Posting a Painting a Day For Ten Days Challenge

Artworks, Garden, Watercolour2 Comments
A watercolour painting of the zucchini squash.

Squash & Squash Blossom Artwork and Photos

September 29, 2020November 19, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

Some people manage to post ‘a flower a day’, even in the middle of an evacuation due to wildfires. Me, on the other hand, I have trouble posting ‘plant of the month’. At any rate here is a belated August … Continue reading Squash & Squash Blossom Artwork and Photos

Watercolour1 Comment
Watercolour painting in a sketchbook of a yellow Calla Lily together with colour swatches of mixing greens in watercolour

Photos and Artworks of Yellow Calla Lilies

September 6, 2020November 10, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

Another COVID attempt to do a painting, this time with yellow Calla Lilies, working from this photo.I like this painting better than the one I did of the dark purple Calla Lilies but again I prefer the photo, especially the line … Continue reading Photos and Artworks of Yellow Calla Lilies

Flowers, Painting, Photo Apps, Plants, Watercolour3 Comments
red-tinged waterlily pads in Pixlromatic

Artworks and Photos of Waterlilies at the Lagoons

September 5, 2020January 7, 2022 Albatz Travel Adventures

Strolling along the Seawall this July I spotted a bunch of waterlilies in bloom. The shapes of the white flowers was beautiful but further along, just around a bend in the pond, were some pink waterlilies.The pink lilies were almost … Continue reading Artworks and Photos of Waterlilies at the Lagoons

Inspiration, Sketches, Watercolour2 Comments
watercolour in my sketchbook of the contrast of the light yellow irises against dark green pond and dark reflections against light sky reflection

Catching an Impression of Yellow Flag Irises

September 2, 2020November 19, 2020 Albatz Travel Adventures

During the early months of Covid I didn’t go anywhere; I was listless and uninspired. We have the Sea Wall nearby but it was always packed with people. After seeing a video showing how much plague could be spread by … Continue reading Catching an Impression of Yellow Flag Irises

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