Some of my paintings at the Mountain Galleries reception in March

 This was a few weeks ago but I just got some nice new photos to post.  Good thing too as a couple of paintings were immediately bought and taken away! Below is Jurgen who took Bear back to Germany where they have no bears left.
I had a week of inspired production painting in the hotel lobby.. who would have guessed?!

Teaching 'How to Draw a Bear'

I taught a lovely group of seniors 'How to Draw a Bear' at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler last week. They were part of a tour group that returns annually for a few days of pre-Easter fun. It was the first time I've tried to articulate how to draw a bear, and I think it went quite well as the results were good and everyone seemed to have fun! 

We started with a square paper, either black, gray or white, and I had gridded where to place the eyes, muzzle, ears etc. Drawing materials ranged from charcoal sticks or pencils, conte, pencil crayons, Graphite crayons (excellent on newsprint for my demo), soft pastels, and even finger paints although no one chose that option. I had a few square mats to show how, as Bob Genn says, you can turn a 7 into a 9 with good framing. Looking forward to having another opportunity to hone my art teaching skills!