Coloured Pencil Demonstration Mill Bay, BC

As part of our Escape Artists exhibition at the Loft Gallery in Mill Bay, BC, I will be doing a Coloured Pencil demonstration on Saturday March 26th from 2-3 PM.  One of my pencil portraits that is on display and for sale is of this Border Collie pictured above entitled,
The Black Rose.
Do come in to see the demonstration on Saturday.  The Art Show and Sale will be on until the morning of April 1st.  Be sure to sign our book!

Escape Artists Show and Sale

Our local art club, the ESCAPE ARTISTS, opened its show this past Saturday, March 5, 2011 in Mill Bay, BC.  It is in the Loft Gallery in the Mill Bay Centre and it runs until the first Saturday in April.  This gallery is above Valley Vines to Wines.  http://www.valleyvinestowines.com/

We have 3 upcoming free demonstrations, each on a Saturday afternoon. The first two are by Betty Cavin and are Watercolour cards,  March 12th and March 19th from 2-4 PM.  I am doing a Coloured Pencil demonstration on March 26th from 2-3 PM.

 If you are coming to Mill Bay this month, do stop in and have a look.

Seedy Saturdays

February is the time of year when the season's first Seedy Saturdays occur in Canada.  To find one in your area, go to:   www.seeds.ca

As the Vancouver Island Representative of Seeds of Diversity Canada, I will be at both the Victoria and Cobble Hill events. Be sure to stop by my display to say hello if you can attend either one.
Here is a photograph from last year's Victoria event.  I will have one of our brand new banners on display this year.

Season's Greetings!

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season and a very happy and successful New Year!

We have a green Christmas on Vancouver Island but here is a photograph from our winter weather in November.  It truly was a winter wonderland!

Shirley

International Equine Artists

I am pleased to announce that I have joined a new equestrian artists' group called INTERNATIONAL EQUINE ARTISTS that was recently founded by Debbie Flood.

We have our very first on-line art show up and running now.  Check it out at:
http://www.internationalequineartists.com/main.html

Be sure to vote for your favourite painting.  Here is a preview of mine.  No copying please!

http://www.internationalequineartists.com/shirleybellows.html

A Zentangle

This year I joined my local art club, The Escape Artists, and one member introduced me to Zentangles.
They are fun to do and they also help with creativity as there is no pressure when creating them.
Check out:   http://www.zentangle.com/    I get their newsletter and enjoy their tips.

This is the first one I attempted and I call it, "Z is for ....."

I actually did it from another angle and was really surprised by this image when I had completed it.

Try doing some and see how you like them!

Tomatoes in the BC Garden

2010 was not a very good gardening year on Vancouver Island.  Finally the green tomatoes are turning colour and I am saving seeds from them as they are all heritage varieties.  One old variety that I have not grown in decades is Starfire, a Canadian one from the early 1960's.  Here is a photo.  It was my best producer this year.