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The Rideau Canal Lockstation in Ottawa is just below Parliament Hill and the entrance to the Ottawa River. It's really in a marvellous location . . . and fortunately for me, across from a bike route that I've been using lately. In spring, the water level of the canal is replenished having been almost drained for the winter to protect the structures as well as permitting skating on the city portion of the waterway. There's usually a lot of activity at the locks with large tourist boats returning to their docks on the river which causes the opening and closing of the locks - which in turn create small waterfalls.
Le poste d'éculusage du canal Rideau, à Ottawa, est juste en dessous de la colline du Parlement et l'entrée de la rivière des Outaouais. Il est vraiment dans un endroit merveilleux . . . et heureusement pour moi, en face d'une piste cyclable que je me sers de ces derniers temps. Au printemps, le niveau d'eau du canal est renouvelé après avoir été presque vidé pour l'hiver pour protéger les structures ainsi que de permettre le patinage sur la partie de la ville de la voie navigable. Il y a habituellement beaucoup d'activité aux écluses avec de grands bateaux de touristes qui reviennent à leurs quais sur la rivière - provoquant les écluses d' être ouverts et fermés qui crée de petites cascades.
#221 of 365 Daily Drawings
Inspiration: How I feel some days....
Result: Slowpoke
Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils & Faber-Castell PITT artist pen white 101 in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2" x 11")
Location: Home
Note: Throwing myself into playing with colour ...the learning curve may be slow but it sure is fun. :) That aside...it was such a lovely weather as I was out and about today, that no matter where I went as I was running my errands, people were chatty and happy. It just was not possible to avoid getting pulled into conversations with shop owners often on benches outside their stores. Timetable was out the window ...ah who needs 'em anyway? I love living in my vibrant down town neighborhood! :D
Friends, I have finally got my website up. Well, at least the drawings are loaded. So please check it out if you like. All of this is in preparation for my show opening May 21 and running through June at
Come to NYC and visit!
My reaction to the granting of exclusive access only to news organizations that follow the particular narrative organizations of the moment in The White House. The others he refers to as 'Enemies of the people'....
Materials? Oh boy...
...Noodler's, Diamine, Montblanc, Platinum, Private Reserve. J. Herbin and Montblanc inks on Stillman & Birn, Zeta paper.
My brain after two weeks of linguistic immersion in Finland....thanks to all members of my extended family for their patience with the shameless manner in which I abused the Finnish Language.
Materials: Faber-Castell Watercolour pencils & Platinum Carbon Black ink on Stillman & Birn, Zeta paper
The online fountain pen shop, Goulet Pens, has a monthly sampler pack of inks.
This month the ink colours chosen were themed: 'Down to Earth'
I thought I'd test drive the lot by using them, and only them, in a drawing....
Materials: Dip pen on Stillman & Birn, Zeta paper using the June 2014 Ink Drop colours :
Diamine ~ Salamander
Noodler's ~ Sequoia Green
Pelican Edelstein ~ Aventurine
Platinum Mix-Free ~ Earth Brown
Private Reserve ~ Ebony Brown
Old76 Music-inspired Art 2013
A Collage of drawings in coloured pencil and ink of "Sweet Painted Ladies" (1989-2013)
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Heartache All Over The World
Music & lyrics by Elton John & Bernie Taupin 1986
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Well I'm running away
From this house on the hill
There's a devil inside
sitting on the window sill
And it's a wild Friday night
And I'm all on my own
I knocked on every door in town
There ain't one little girl that's home
And everybody's got a date
And the ones that ain't are tired
What the hell do you do on a weekend honey
When your heart's on fire
And you can go from Tokyo to Rome
Looking for a girl
But it looks to me like the weekend means
Heartache all over the world
Girls, girls, girls
Have pity on me
Oh it looks to me like the weekend means
Heartache, heartache all over the world
He's got lipstick on his collar
She's got fishnets on her legs
I'm at home and I've got nothing
Just a cold and aching head
There must be something dirty
Just blame it on the magazines
Don't read that trash it'll drive you crazy
'Cause the cops invade your dreams
And everybody's got a date
And the one's that ain't are tired
What the hell do you do on a weekend honey
When your heart's on fire