Cathedral Village
Posted: July 22, 2023 Filed under: Uncategorized 13 CommentsIt’s been a busy summer so far and it seems like I’ve been packing and unpacking way too much the past month. My most recent trip was to Regina, Saskatchewan where it was a great honour to teach a few plein air workshops at the CSPWC symposium.
It was my first time in Regina so I arrived a few days early to check out my workshop location in Cathedral Village. It’s a vibrant neighbourhood near the downtown core, and the main streets are lined with small shops and restaurants, and lots of great views down lanes and alleys. I painted this one as a practice before my teaching started.
We painted from different viewpoints along 13th Avenue, and on our second day we focused on sketching an interesting row of 1912 houses, each painted a different colour. I loved the repeating triangles of the gabled roofs, and I was particularly happy to be able to include a pedestrian wearing a Roughriders shirt, since it seems that there are some serious football fans in Saskatchewan.
The majority of participants were from Saskatchewan, with a sprinkling of people from other provinces and a few from south of the border too. It really was a pleasure to meet everyone, and although it ended up raining on the day we were supposed to get outside the city, I was able to take a short drive out to Wascana Trails to see the prairie landscapes and the vast fields of canola in bloom. What a sight! I hope to get back there to paint those vistas another time. A big thanks to all the volunteers who made this such a great event.
Really nice 🙂
Chris, thanks!!
So much to like in the first painting…the sky color, the distant greens of trees and the shadows across the road! I like the 2nd painting even more especially the shadows running across the houses uniquely painted. Adding a figure is the BEST part though!
Bernadette, thank you. I was happy that I got that figure in, and especially happy that I managed to NOT overwork him.
Your commitment to your art is a gift to all of us who admire your work. All your traveling and workshops enables many artists to experience your work first hand. Thanks for all you do! BTW- these are awesome!
Denise, thank you!!
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Love the 1912 houses. You are a great watercolorist.
Thank you!!
Wonderful pieces. It requires years of continuous practice to paint like that❤️
Thanks so much!
You really made the most of these colorful houses! It looks like such a fun area to paint.
Absolutely loving your pale purples and pinks in these. And who else can give bins and other streetside objects receptacles so much flair?