Thank you to everyone for their support during

my show at Cranbrook Photo last week.

The Vaults Gallery is filled with some great art so,

go check it out.

800 Cranbrook St. South

Cranbrook B.C.

PETUNIA

Today I completed a sketch of me and my dear friend, Violet.

I have lovingly nicknamed her Petunia.

I sketched this from a photo of us taken on my 40th birthday this year.

Violet surprised me by driving from her home in Carstairs, Alberta

 to my home in Canal Flats, B.C., to spend the weekend with me.

Leslie         and          Violet

A study in black and white

Below is a photograph of the Hoodoos at Dutch Creek, B.C.

I wanted to paint this scene but was trying to figure out where

my focal point was. I decided to alter the photo first to black 

and white and then to a charcoal rendering that makes it 

easier to see the shapes, mass and lines in my composition. 

By reducing the amount of shades in the picture it is easier 

to understand why and where the eye is drawn.

Cheers!