Barbara Spurll's Blog, page 9
May 25, 2015
NEW SERIES! Portrait-a-week of a prominent person. Suggestions welcome. Here's the first one!
Portrait-a-week of Elizabeth May, watercolour, approx. 10 x 13inches©Barbara Spurll
March 24, 2015
Portrait 240315
Hillary, watercolour, 11 x 14inchesFebruary 27, 2015
Double Vision win!
First place win in CAPIC's Double Vision 2015!
In spite of the cold and the wind last night, Arta Gallery in Toronto’s trendy Distillery District was packed with the participants and guests of CAPIC’s Double Vision 2015 exhibition and competition, a unique show where image creators are paired up by a random draw, to create a portrait of each other. By popular vote of all the attendees three winner pairs were chosen. Thanks so much to everyone who braved the elements to come out and join in the fun!
Giovannina Colalillo and Barbara Spurll won first prize!
February 25, 2015
Double Vision win!
First place win in CAPIC's Double Vision 2015!
In spite of the cold and the wind last night, Arta Gallery in Toronto’s trendy Distillery District was packed with the participants and guests of CAPIC’s Double Vision 2015 exhibition and competition, a unique show where image creators are paired up by a random draw, to create a portrait of each other. By popular vote of all the attendees three winner pairs were chosen. Thanks so much to everyone who braved the elements to come out and join in the fun!
I'm thrilled to announce that Giovannina Colalillo and I won first prize!
December 18, 2014
December 4, 2014
Painting at the Sagrada Familia 211114
watercolour (14 x 20 inches) November 21, 2014On my recent vacation, I had the opportunity to do this study of the Sagrada Familia (holy Family church) on-site in one two hour sitting. My goal had been to paint the cathedral in its entirety. After all, how long could it take? Wrong! It was much harder than I expected. Visually, nothing lines up or is symmetrical in this breathtaking structure. When my husband opened up his sketch book to have a go at it, I overheard him utter, "...where do I start?"
So I've set another goal. I'll paint another, more comprehensive version, from the photos I took. Note to self: sketch it out in pencil first on a much larger canvas and give yourself a lot more time.
November 7, 2014
October 29, 2014
Life painting 261014
October 26, 2014October 28, 2014
October 22, 2014
Life painting 191014
October 19, 2014
