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Sketching A Hansom Cab
space A minute later we were both in a hansom, driving furiously for the Brixton Road. – A Study in Scarlet I’m a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. Not the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock. Not the TV show...
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The Best Way To Fish
ssds Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. – Henry David Thoreau There was a time in my life when I was an avid fly fisherman. I have to disagree...
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Accordion Museum Sketching
When winter won’t stop, sketchers innovate. There’s a small accordion museum, the Musee de l’accordéon, about half an hour east of Quebec City and I was there, along with my buddies Claudette and...
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A Quick Trip To Ottawa
My daughter was coming home from Ottawa during her Easter break from school. In a brilliant bit of planning we decided to go get her rather than have her take the train to get home. In this way we...
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Drawing Some Bones
My family is great. While I was in Ottawa they understood that I was frustrated by not being able to sit down and sketch for an extended period. I didn’t have to say it – they knew. And so, the day...
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A Couple Hours On Ile d’Orleans
Ile d’Orléans is a large island just east of Quebec City. It’s farm country and we locals go there to pick strawberries, apples, raspberries, and to buy corn and other vegetable crops when in season....
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Kayak On The River
Here’s a sketch I did of a kayak that was gliding along on my river (Riviere St. Charles) in Quebec City. Nothing special but it was fun to quickly scribble out some vegetation. Stillman & Birn...
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Review: Stillman & Birn Softcover Sketchbooks
When I got into sketching, about four years ago, I found it pretty easy to find quality pens, pencils, brushes and watercolors. What was harder was to find a sketchbook that could accommodate pen, ink...
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Egyptian Burial Urns
I was introduced to Egyptian burial practices in the usual place – a romantic comedy called The Mummy. The bad guy was dead, but his lover was determined to bring him back to life. They entered the...
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Thursday Museum Sketching Group
Some of us in Quebec City have met at our Musee de la Civilisation for a while now, sometimes on Tuesday, sometimes Thursday, and sometimes both days, but we seem to be making the Thursday morning...
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Sketching Over The Holidays
I suspect I’m not the only one who feels that the holiday season is more a disruption than something to celebrate. I’m an old guy, set in my ways and those ways are for me to go sketching. But with...
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Stillman & Birn Softcovers: An Exciting Announcement
Via Giphy.com I am so excited to be writing this post. As many know, Stillman & Birn, my favorite sketchbook company, released a line of softcover sketchbooks not very long ago. Sadly, what most...
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Spring Has Finally Sprung
A week or so ago I walked to Bassin Louise, which is the part of our port area where private owners keep their boats. All winter they (the boats) sit on land, wrapped in their cocoons of blue plastic....
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Wandering The Alleyways Of Quebec
We’ve finally gotten a couple days where we could sketch outdoors and we’ve taken advantage of it. A group of us met to wander the alleyways and do some sketching together and we had a lot of fun...
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Rainy Day Sketching At The Museum
Golf Shoe – Stillman and Birn Gamma, Platinum 3776, Platinum Carbon Black I’m doing a bit of catch-up this morning. We just got back from a few days in Ottawa and things have piled up a bit. I should...
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Cartier Monument And More…
French explorer Jacques Cartier made a couple trips to what is now called Quebec. On his second visit, in 1535, he and his crew wintered only about 10 minutes from my house, at the confluence of the...
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The Parents Head To Ottawa
Last weekend Chantal and I headed for Ottawa. It was a holiday weekend and we went to visit our daughter who is in school there, but as I write this I realize that it was more than that. Because of a...
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