Monoprint Landscape, Peck Lake Algonquin Park date-unknown

Always Document Your Work

I was looking for paper to do some monoprints, I opened up one of my sketchbooks and there I found this print. The problem of course is that I have no recollection of creating it – yet  I know I did. I didn’t date it, title it or sign it. Bad practice, very unprofessional.

Sketch I did for #drawingaugust of the same scene – Peck Lake Algonquin Park The monoprint is from the right hand side of the drawing – reversed.

My first (failed) attempt to make this print can be seen on my Morgan Write-A-Sign-press

Revisited the image again and did another monoprint October 22 2016

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Algonquin Landscape – View of Peck Lake 10-22-16

Size: 305mm x 229mm
Media: Graphic Chemical etching ink, 82gsm acid free paper

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Faber-Castell PITT artist pen F and B, Moleskine notebook.

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#drawingaugust day16 Peck Lake Algonquin Park 9cmx14cm

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My First plein air oil painting; Algonquin Park
10″x8″ Snapped with my phone while the painting was still wet on the easel.

Me painting my first plein air oil painting below the Tom Thompson Cairn, Algonquin Park. Photo Courtesy of Dave McKay

My very first plein air painting. We sat on the shore of Canoe Lake below the Tom Thompson Cairn while I struggled with this whole painting thing. I learned a lot but unfortunately all paintings I did after this were…aesthetically challenged learning experiences. More practice required.

What do you think?
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Algonquin Park Logging Museum 9cmx14cm

I got off to a good start with #drawingaugust, but the long weekend was too tempting and I missed four days.
For day six I scrounged through my pictures from my Algonquin trip and chose one of the Logging Museum Trail.

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Algonquin Park Sketch 9cm x 14cm

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So here we go. Thanks to my superior procrastination abilities, a mad last minute rush to get myself prepared.

The original plan was to visit the sites shown on the above map. Notice the distance. My original plan proved impractical so we are going to play it by ear and stick around Canoe lake, doing day hikes.

First things first, I need to gather my equipment. I’ve got 27 Days before I leave.

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