Monday, June 26, 2017

On the Ferry Conversation

On the Ferry Conversation
on the 11:30 am Grand Manan Adventure ferry
going from Grand Manan Island to Blacks Harbour,
New Brunswick, Canada on sketch plein air June 25, 2017
10" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and most permanence, and #3 graphite on 140 lb.
Arches cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, $130 + $7.15 sales tax + $12.85 shipping = $150.00

Saturday, June 24, 2017

Seal Cove Lupines

 Seal Cove Lupines
on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada
sketched plein air on June 24, 2017
12" x 9" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano
Artistico cold press rough 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $200 + $11.00 sales tax + $30.00 shipping = $241.00


 Bruce McMillan painting the Study

 
Seal Cove Lupines Study
on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada
sketched plein air on June 24, 2017
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano
Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00


Done with the full size painting

Deep Cove Incoming Tide

Deep Cove Incoming Tide
on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada
sketched plein air on June 21, 2017
10" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and
most permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Arches cold press rough 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, $130 + $7.15 sales tax + $12.85 shipping = $150.00



Painting in the late afternoon at Deep Cove
the sun shining, but down the road behind me
at South Head fog's rolling in from the south.
 

Artists Views of Deep Cove
the same view
 
 
1
Surf at Deep Cove, Grand Manan
Christopher Gorey (1950 - )
Born in 1950, Marlboro, MA, US;
Emigrated to Canada, 1975;
Became a Canadian citizen, 1984
Watercolor, 11" x 7" (w x h)
Sold
About Canadian artist Christopher Gorey HERE
The artist's web site is HERE

2
Deep Cove, Grand Manan
Martha Johnson (birth date unknown, currently painting)
Acrylic on Panel, 24" x 12" (w x h)
$650 (Sold)
About Canadian artist Martha Johnson HERE
The artist's web site HERE
 
3
Deep Cove (low tide)
Ruth Kaldor (1951 - )
Watercolor on Arches 140 lb., 12" x 9" (w x h), 2016
$280 USD
About American artist Ruth Kaldor HERE
The artist's web site HERE
 

4
Grand Manan
(high tide almost 100 years ago at Deep Cove)
Walter Griffin (1861 - 1935) Born in Portland, Maine
Oil on canvas, 36" x 30" (w x h), 1920
The artist was about 59 years old
Private collection
About American artist Walter Griffin HERE
 
5
(Another view - Here comes the fog)
Spruce at Deep Cove,
Grand Manan Island

Christopher Gorey (1950 - )
Born in 1950, Marlboro, MA, US;
Emigrated to Canada, 1975;
Became a Canadian citizen, 1984

Watercolor, 7" x 5" (w x h)
$260 CAD (Sold)
 
About Canadian artist Christopher Gorey HERE
The artist's web site is HERE

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Coming Tide at Seal Cove

Coming Tide at Seal Cove
with Wood Island in the distance
on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada
sketched plein air on June 21, 2017
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano
Artistico cold press fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00


Bruce McMillan in Seal Cove
painting the coming tide
photo by Ruth Kaldor

Seal Cove Abstractive Perspective
by Bruce McMillan 
Old place, new vision,
herring done, a new angle,
some things still fishy.

text and photos © 2017 by Bruce McMillan

Seal Cove Abstractive Perspective
Photo-essay
 
Seal Cove, Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada


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Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Foggy Pettes Cove Rocks


Foggy Pettes Cove Rocks
on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick,
Canada, painted plein air on June 20, 2017
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam,
and Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light
fastness and most permanence, and Uniball waterproof
fade proof ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Ready to Weir . . .


Ready to Weir
at Dark Harbor
on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada
sketched plein air in foggy air on June 19, 2017
7" x 7" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and most
permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Arches
cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Car Ferry Waiting

Car Ferry Waiting
for the Grand Manan Adventure in the abstract
in the fog at Blacks Harbor in New Brunswick, Canada
on June 18, 2017, sketched plein air in foggy air
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and most permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof
ink on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough
100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Schoodic Surf Sprays Below Rocks


Schoodic Surf Sprays
Below Rocks
during a foggy evening at Acadia National Park
in Schoodic, Maine sketched plein air
on June 17, 2017
7" x 5" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness
and most permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink
on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press rough 100%
cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Russell and Rachel's Invisible Line

Russell and Rachel's
Invisible Line
models at our Kennebunkport
Art Group in Kennebunkport, Maine
on June 16, 2017, sketched on June 16, 2017
8" x 6" (w x h), Daniel Smith, Schmincke Horadam, and
Winsor & Newton watercolors, selected for light fastness and
most permanence, and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on
140 lb. Strathmore cold press fine grain 100% cotton
watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Pockets of Buttercups

Pockets of Buttercups 
 next to our home in Cabot, Vermont
on June 8, 2017, sketched on June 11, 2017
10" x 7" (w x h), Winsor & Newton and Holbein watercolors,
and Uniball waterproof fade proof ink on 140 lb. Arches
cold press fine grain 100% cotton watercolor paper
framed, $130 + $7.15 sales tax + $12.85 shipping = $150.00

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

On a Cool Wet Day


On a Cool Wet Day
looking down from our home on the
Cabot Plains Road in Cabot, Vermont
on June 7, 2017, sketched on June 8, 2017
7" x 5" (w x h), Winsor & Newton and Holbein
watercolors on 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press
fine grain 100% cotton extra white watercolor paper
framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Brennan and Charles Reid


Brennan and Charles Begin
Model seventh Grader Brennan Harris
and painter Charles Reid at the start of a painting
in the studio at Landgrove Inn (HERE) in Landgrove, Vermont
on June 4, 2017, sketched on June 5, 2017, 

using only the tools and materials provided in our
Vermont Watercolor Society annual meeting goodies bag,
7.25" x 5.25" (w x h), watercolors from the Holbein
postcard sampler, on watercolor paper from Cheap Joe's,
a pencil, sharpener and eraser, also from Cheap Joe's,
using a Holbein Gold 020 1/2" flat brush,

framed, $100 + $5.50 sales tax + $9.50 shipping = $115.00

Photo during the annual meeting of the Vermont Watercolor Society, using camera painting motion, of the studio at Landgrove Inn in Landgrove, Vermont on June 4, 2017 

Charles Reid – 1:00 - 3:00 pm
by Bruce McMillan


In the Green Mountains, under trees,
beneath a pitched red roof, quiet
fills the room while a painter sees
a model, space, to imply it 


on paper, as we watch, enthralled,
reflecting on colors flowing,
mixing, over pencil marks scrawled,
the model in warm light, glowing, 


Charles speaking, the underpinning
growing, his voice, brush, alternate,
"Combine shapes in the beginning,
(pause) and then slowly separate." 


We chat during breaks, sharing stares
to see the details of his skill,
reflecting on how we paint, cares
we take with our own styles, until, 


break over, beholding him, sigh, 

pulling his brush to the sublime,
while informing us, "I keep my
brush on the paper all the time."


We leave amused by his stranger 

words, for he'd said, our ears straining,
"I think water is a danger,
(pause) in watercolor painting."


text and photos © 2017 by Bruce McMillan




Charles Reid Painting Demo
at the Vermont Watercolor Society annual meeting
June 4, 2017 at Landgrove Inn in
Landgrove, Vermont, 1:00 - 3:00 pm.
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"I keep my brush on the paper all the time."
 
2
"I start with fresh color each day, small amounts."
 
3
"The idea is to keep painting as much as possible."
 
4
"Combine shapes in the beginning, 
then slowly separate."
 
5
"For a face . . . start with a cadmium yellow 
or yellow ochre."
 
6
Ruth Kaldor checks out his colors . . .
 
7
. . . and his Craig Young palette.
 
8
"Use the pan colors, not from the mixing area."
 
9
"No floppy wrists, use the whole arm."
 
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Charles Reid and Brennan Harris

New Art in the
Bruce and Ruth Collection
Brennan
Charles Reid
Watercolor on paper, 16" x 20" (w x h), June 4, 2017
Collection of Bruce McMillan and Ruth Kaldor

Charles Reid, Ruth Kaldor, Bruce McMillan
(photo by Judy Reid)