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Paper Mounting Demo (new link)

Most of my large paintings are created on paper first  then mounted onto  canvas. I have added a page to my website with a full description of  how I mount these paintings onto canvas, along with pictures.  

* My thanks to fellow artist Barbra Edwards for taking such great photos of my paper mounting demonstration, and for allowing me to use them.

Click here to find out how it's done... www.silverdog.ca/paper_canvas_demo.html

iPad for Artist Workshop

Just finished the last day of teaching my iPad for Artists workshop. Wow.. what a fun, creative (and brave) group of artists. It was a pleasure spending time with them.  Looking forward to seeing what they create on their iPads!

I'll be teaching a Level II workshop at some point in 2016 (for those who have already taken my Level I workshop)  Please contact me if you are interested.

Good to be drawing again...

Working on drawings for my Silverwave series.  Tide pool sculpins and sea anemonies today.  Fun stuff!

iPad for Artists 3-Day Workshop

DATE: October 20 - 22, 2015

TIME: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

LOCATION: Nanaimo BC

COST: FCA Members: $275/ Non-Members: $300
LEVEL: beginner to intermediate iPad user



10 Spaces
Workshop now full!
Contact me to get on the waitlist for the next workshop (or maybe even this one if there is a cancellation)


Immerse yourself in a three day workshop and discover what a powerful, creative, and FUN tool the iPad can be. 

Receive step by step instruction as you learn how to draw, paint and create using nothing but your iPad.

We'll start by covering some iPad basics and work our way up to creating digital paintings from scratch. Along the way we will cover photo editing; colour mixing; what pixel and resolution mean and why they are so important; how to get photos from your camera onto your iPad; how to set a custom canvas size in Procreate; digital collage (so cool!); working in layers... and SO MUCH MORE!   Unleash the amazing potential that is hidden in your iPad. It's not just for checking e-mail and surfing the web!

Click here for full details and registration info.

Silverwave Series I (5x5) currently SOLD OUT

 I'm working on some new ones and they should be available early September.

These little guys sell fast, so contact me if you are interested in reserving one.

Silverwave Series II (8x8) Still available

These two still available in the larger series:

8" x 8" originals

matted with white and framed in 12" x 12" black frame - $350

silverware no 62
8x8

silverware no. 57
8x8

Arrowsmith Fall Juried Show

September 1 - 26, 2015

McMillan Arts Centre

133 McMillan Street

Parksville, BC

Opening reception and presentation of awards:  
September 5th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm. 

It's all in your point of view....

This is why I LOVE cameras... and why where you put them is so important to what you get out of them.  This weedy little daisy is tiny... only about 5" tall. And surrounded by very dead grass. Ugh.  Yet shoot it from underneath with an iPhone (cuz no way is my big camera fitting under there!), sky, sunshine (and an ever so helpful dog) in background... and you get a bit of magic.  

Gifts from my garden....

Ok.. so I will never be a great gardener.  I get excited when I see snails on my roses and love finding their vacated spiral homes.  The diversity in colour and pattern is amazing....