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Setting up
The travelling carnival/circus — the kind that sets up in the parking lot of your local mall — has always fascinated me. Flatbed trucks move the tilt-a-whirls, the bumper cars and the carousels from...
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Cégep John Abbott College
This is the main buildling where I work. The Hertzberg building, an example of early 20th century architecture, is the central buildling at Cégep John Abbott College, and its name honours Gerhard...
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Location change for Sunday Sketching!
The weather is looking cool and rainy for Sunday so we have changed our sketching location. We are going to meet at Jean Talon Market at 9:30 am, in front of Creperie du Marché, just near the parking...
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The Wall of Rigaud :: Le mur de Rigaud
Going up Bourget by car in Rigaud has to be done in second gear as it is very steep and is well known as “the wall” by the cyclist community. The Coupe du monde cycliste féminine de Montréal was held...
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Sunday Sketching this week
This coming Sunday will be the second outing for Urban Sketchers Montreal. We are waiting to see what the weather forecast is before we decide if the venue will be indoors or out, so stay tuned in the...
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Chemin Ste-Marie in St-Clet
A beautiful Quebec oldstyle farm on chemin St. Marie in St. Clet (founded in 1850, population 1738). After yesterday’s painting slump, I knew that today would be better as I knew exactly where I was...
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Sketchcrawling too
Just like other urban sketchers, I too drew the view of the Mary, Queen of the World cathedral in the morning from the 1000 de la Gauchetière atrium. Upstairs, they have a great view of the church...
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Sketchcrawl Montreal
I was at the Sketchcrawl in Montreal yesterday and it was very nice. I too painted the cathedral This cathedral took 17 years to build, from 1870 to 1878 and the second phase, from 1885 to 1894… and...
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Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde, Mary Queen of the World
I have sketched and painted from this spot on other occasions but on this particular Saturday on sketchcrawl day, the view was particularily interesting due to the weather. A soft snow was falling...
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More from the museum
In the morning I headed up to one of the galleries in the Decorative Arts and Design section. This gallery had glass sculptures and the most wonderful light coming from the windows. The building you...
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Exploring Peru
This evening I was back at the Museum of Fine Arts to preview the new exhibit, Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon. Produced by the MMFA, the exhibits looks at the history of Peru covering 3000...
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Going up
It was great to see everyone come out for some metro sketching last Sunday – we even had a few new faces! This was my second sketch of the morning. I have been wanting to try an escalator sketch for...
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Feeling watched?
I went back to the museum on Sunday for some sketch practice. I wanted to work on setting a scene, with people – building more context into the piece. It wasn’t until I looked at my sketch once done,...
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St Patrick’s
Next Sunday, March 17th, is the St Patrick’s day parade. I was thinking this might make a nice impromptu sketch opportunity if anyone else is interested to join in. The parade starts at noon. We could...
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Sunday sketching
Besides trying a table sketch at last Sunday’s meetup, I did have a go at capturing the ambiance of La maison Kam Fung. It’s a jumping place – this is just one section of the restaurant, imagine a...
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From the 39th sketchcrawl
I didn’t stay long this morning at the 39th sketchcrawl, Montreal edition, but here is my attempt of the Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes chapel. Sketched from the windows at UQAM, what this sketch does not show...
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Two views of the Lachine Canal
How fortunate that Urban Sketchers Montreal picked the nicest day of the year so far for our April outing. When we met around 10 a.m. it was looking like it might just be the perfect spring day and as...
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St Joseph’s Oratory
I hope everyone has been able to take advantage of the great weather and do some sketching. This is mine from yesterday at the foot of St Joseph’s Oratory. Besides the obvious architectural features,...
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A preview
Although our Sunday sketching got post-poned until next weekend, I did manage to get a sketch of the tam tams this Sunday. There is a lot to sketch on the site – the statue, from many angles, people,...
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