It was another fantastic OPAS weekend. Fifteen artists all had some wall space in J E H MacDonald House in Thornhill. There was a painting challenge where we were given two and a half hours to paint a painting somewhere within the festival area. We headed out at 9:30 AM and had to be back by noon to frame our paintings and set them up on our easels for judging. I stayed on the gallery grounds and painted the house which means I have now painted Tom Thomson's shack and J E H MacDonald's house this summer. The judges were local councillors so probably not the best art critics but I ended up with a third place so I am not complaining.
The calibre of art both in the gallery and in the challenge was amazing. This is a wonderful group of very talented artists, all with a love of painting outdoors, and I am proud to be able to say that I am one of them. They have dragged me across the line from hobbyist to serious painter. There was only one painting sold (not one of mine) but I painted lots and received a lot of very positive feedback from many of the roughly four hundred people who went through the gallery.
Here is my painting from Saturday morning. 11" X 15" watercolour. It placed third in the challenge.
Here are my watercolour and ink sketches from today. These are in my small 5" X 8" Journal. I must apologize to Judi because she is nowhere near as short and wide as I painted her. Figures definitely aren't my strength.
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