Sketches from Toronto - 1000 Paintings in 1000 Days

Harvest Table

2010-02-24T21:16:00.001-08:00

Charlevoix Hillside

2010-02-12T22:32:00.000-08:00

Country Table

2010-02-10T22:29:00.000-08:00

Natalie has said that finally you finished it after 2 years. Little by little and fruit by fruit. No drawing and just shape by shape . Hope you enjoy

The Red Chair

2010-01-31T21:55:00.001-08:00

Toronto Alleyway

2010-01-31T14:24:00.000-08:00

Stouffville Road

2010-01-30T20:23:00.000-08:00

I have passed this scene a hundred times on the way home and always was inspired to paint it. Finally one version of it is done. When you find a location that inspires like this one does there is usually more than one painting there.

Gerrard Street East

2010-01-28T21:25:00.001-08:00

The Red Door

2010-01-26T14:05:00.000-08:00

January on Gerrard

2010-01-25T19:57:00.000-08:00

Winter Schoolhouse

2010-01-07T12:31:00.001-08:00

This old Schoolhouse is a remnant of the past and a hindrance to progress. The airport authority in Durham region is knocking down all these old homes in their area and are deliberately neglecting them in order to have the excuse to knock them down-So much for progress!

Thought I would try and capture a few images for posterity.

Red Barn

2010-01-06T20:48:00.000-08:00

Another attempt with the knife painting technique to catch the evening light hitting this barn on the way to the Toronto Zoo..

Durham Backroads

2009-09-30T20:57:00.000-07:00

Woodlands

2009-09-28T21:37:00.000-07:00

This photo does not do this painting justice so I will repost again later. This is painted with a muddy palette. It made for a real challenge. Hard to simplify a busy woodland scene. Looked forward to the challenge. I have been working so small this larger size is a real pleasure and being on canvas it is like returning home.

11.Hillside Farm

2009-09-26T20:29:00.001-07:00

I am enjoying experimenting with my knife. Always good to play outside the sandbox and the lines. The layering of colours and textures adds another component to the process of painting and of the final outcome.

10.Ocean Light

2009-09-24T20:49:00.000-07:00

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This is my first knife panting in a long time. It is great to express with just colour, form and shape.

9.Humber River

2009-09-23T20:12:00.001-07:00

#8- Toronto Rowhouse

2009-09-22T19:52:00.000-07:00

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#7.Algonquin Evening

2009-09-20T22:01:00.000-07:00

I am having withdrawl from being up north and this is my response.

6.Quebec Streetscape #1

2009-09-20T21:08:00.000-07:00

A little sketch showing the roofs and architecture of this small Quebec town.

5.Seasons End

2009-09-17T20:18:00.000-07:00

On Driving to drop off Studio tour brochures in Durham I noticed this field painting and tried a quick sketch.

#4-Summer Shoreline

2009-09-16T21:13:00.000-07:00

Due to the amount of detail this sketch took much longer to create and conceive.

#3 Muskoka Dreamtime

2009-09-15T18:08:00.000-07:00

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2.Muskoka Sunset

2009-09-14T21:10:00.000-07:00

1.Toronto Skyline Ashbridges Bay

2009-09-13T16:46:00.001-07:00

At the foot of Ashbridges Bay is a great view of toronto each and every evening. Here is one version of it's many moods!

#26 Toronto Tug.

2009-05-03T21:35:00.000-07:00

#25 Chinese Market -Toronto Ontario.

2009-05-01T20:06:00.000-07:00

It is fun to to paint complicated scenes of colourful shapes and images.Since I am not drawing it makes a great challenge to make subjects and form with shape painting alone.

Painting in the Market holds endless fascinating opportunities!Enjoy!

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#24 Leuty Lifeguard Station -Beach Toronto.

2009-04-27T18:20:00.000-07:00

Little sketch of the beach lifestation as spring begins to beckon.Many paintings to be found down at the beach area of Toronto.

#23 Rivers Edge-Algonquin Park-

2009-04-26T10:32:00.000-07:00

Here is what the mantle is starting to look like.It is getting busy aroung here.

Recent last snow fall was two weeks ago and in some areas it snowed 23 centimetres.It Gave me an opportunity to paint my favourite march subject -Snow shadows.

#22 Radiance-Canoe Lake

2009-04-25T19:45:00.000-07:00

Pretty tired today after teaching a workshop in Richmond hill on Painting Like the Group of seven.Thought I would come home and put what I was teaching into practice.Hope you enjoy this colourful one!

#21 Evening at Canoe Lake -Algonquin Park-Plein Aire Canada painting

2009-04-23T20:44:00.001-07:00

Light effects have been a particular interest and this is reflected here.Constable was known for his sky studies and I am looking forward to my own in depth study of these phenomenons.

#20 Evening Glow-Canoe Lake -Algonquin Park-Ontario Canada

2009-04-19T18:47:00.000-07:00

The radiant Glow and the endless change that unfolds every ten minutes is a challenge to capture.Just wanted to leave you with a colourful one tonight.

#19- Winter's Blanket-Stouffville Ontario Canada

2009-04-19T17:02:00.000-07:00

This image was done for those who feel that I do too many bright paintings and you know who you are.This project is to explore many facets of the landscape as well as anything that captures my fancy.It also allows me to keep my painting skills sharp while I am busy teaching and not producing.
Winters Blanket is the images that i see daily on the way to work.

While driving to work you see a hundred paintings ,you are doing the wrong work!
Andrew Hamilton
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#18 Presquile Lighthouse-

2009-04-19T16:50:00.000-07:00

This image is a little bigger and a little more involved.The reference was taken from the water to create a more dynamic image.Presquile is a beautiful park here in Southern Ontario and i have grown to love it's various moods. A number of North American forests converge here in the park. It is an incredible spot to see migratory birds and various types of wildlife.This Park is A Jewel in Ontario!

#17 Pine Sunset-Algonquin Park

2009-04-12T09:51:00.000-07:00

# 16-Spring Field

2009-04-10T21:15:00.000-07:00

Just because it snowed two days ago doesn't mean I can't get ready for some of my spring and summer subjects.This is a scene from the Stouffville area that i pass quite frequently as I hunt for painting subjects.

Leonardo was quoted as saying that you are a real artist if you can take two steps out your front door and find a painting subject.For me it is a little further afield!

#15 Fire Sunset-Canoe Lake Algonquin Park

2009-04-10T13:14:00.000-07:00

This was a study done to create light depth and space.The underglow on clouds is the reflected light of the waning sun.

How many sunsets I have seen and pondered over the painting of them.I have been enjoying painting these and pushing as far as I can go to capture my rememberances.

#14 Snow Beach Toronto -

2009-04-10T06:57:00.000-07:00

The computer has been down and and then the internet was giving me trouble so I will now publish the rest of the images.Didn't like how this one turned out so i tidied it up.Artists perogative!

#13 Toronto Beach Backyards

2009-04-06T22:13:00.000-07:00

# 12 Snow Hillside.Plein Aire Canada paintings

2009-04-05T15:02:00.000-07:00

I love the patterns found in the forest at any time of year but for me winter holds the most interest.I hear winter could be sneaking back upon us and I hope to take advantage with the opportunity in paint.

#11 Tom Thomson Lake -Algonquin Park

2009-04-04T21:14:00.000-07:00

I sometimes find the small format of 6 x 8 inches small to create within.This was a challenging piece and took a little longer than expected.An artist has never painted everything in the world so his/her journey is an ever evolving learning process.

This painting is a little more vibrant than is seen here.

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Plein Aire Canada Paintings- #10 Horses at Riverdale Farm

2009-04-03T13:28:00.000-07:00

Sunday afternoon sketch hunting.Riverdale farm is an oasis of colours ,forms and life in Toronto.Many subject matter can be found there and is an old farm steeped in history.

I like to create using a very limited palette and mix all my own colours.I use three colours plus white to create all my paintings.This is a challenge but an exciting one!

Last of the Winter Snow - #9 Algonquin Park

2009-04-02T10:46:00.001-07:00

Sunny days and cool nights as march goes out with a roar!The paint can freeze so you must paint quickly !

Canada Plein Aire --#8 Island Sunset-Canoe Lake

2009-04-01T13:08:00.000-07:00

Canada Plein Aire-Northern Lights over Canoe Lake

2009-04-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

A credit card paining from a series of works created in Acrylic on paper, to work more expressively and creatively.Hopefully not many blackflies present in the paint!

Plein Aire Canada paintings from the canoe -Andrew Hamilton-from the Paint Canada Series-Sunset Canoe Lake

2009-03-29T09:30:00.000-07:00

Tom Thomson used to paint colourful landscape paintings and then bring them back to the city.The critics and viewers always disagreed with him and felt that these colours were not real.His view was that even he did not do the scene enough justice and felt he fell short in achieving the scene.This sunset piece was done from his favourite camp site on Canoe Lake Algonquin Park Ontario Canada.This was retouched to achieve the brilliance of the scene i remember.
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Evening at Canoe Lake -Plein Aire Canada painting.

2009-03-28T12:09:00.000-07:00

Canada Plein Aire -White Star Farm Markham Ontario

2009-03-28T11:04:00.000-07:00

This drawing is inspired for my forthcoming drawing and painting trip in the summer retracing Tom Thomsons canoe route's.

I have just heard that the canoe has been donated and we are well on the way for this project.

Pleine Aire Canada ,Ontario painting -Chinatown toronto

2009-03-27T21:24:00.000-07:00

This painting was painted from the car at the intersection in Chinatown Toronto.The street was busy and bustling and the light was constantly changing.Painting people as they move fast was a fun challenge.The head of one person,the body and pose of the next.Since i don't draw first and paint the shapes it was simple ,expressive and energizing.Hot coffee helps when the window is down.

AY Jackson was one of the most famous Canadian Plein Aire painters in Canada

2009-03-25T14:06:00.000-07:00

A.Y. Jackson, A Painter's Country, 1958, pages 59 and 66The Group of Seven painters were known for their love of travel and exploration of the Canadian land. Of all of the members of the Group, Jackson was the most widely traveled. A constant painter au plein air, he set up his easel from Vancouver Island to the Arctic to Nova Scotia. He explored his beloved home province of Quebec the most thoroughly of any region, painting the landscape, people and villages in all their many seasons, colours and moods. Baie Saint-Paul, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River and north of Quebec City by some 62 miles, was a frequent destination. Several canvases resulted from his trips there, as well as numerous pencil drawings and a sketch-book, in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. In these, the characteristic buildings with their quaint rooflines and simple, functional architecture were most often the subjects of his work. It was the charming lines of the buildings that appealed to Jackson; the contrast of the structural shapes with the rolling hills in the distance was the essence of simplicity and serenity. It was a place he called "Christmas card country", where one scene after another awaited his brush. Many of these buildings would be replaced shortly after Jackson painted them, a fact he acknowledges in his autobiography. In reference to the picturesqueness of Quebec, he wrote to Clarence Gagnon, who was in Paris at the time: "Why don't you come home and paint Quebec.There should be fifty artists working to record its fast vanishing charms..." This Group period Jackson masterpiece takes us back to a time now gone, and we feel invited to join the simple scene by the freshly laid track in the snow which winds its way to the snow-covered buildings. Fence posts poke through the deep snow, and some wood - perhaps a sled and some skis - rests against one of the outbuildings, hinting at ways we might travel the same track. The foreground and its buildings are warmed by the sun, while the distant landscape is cooler and in slight shadow. The snow is deep and full of colour, a play of various shades of white, lit by the thin band of sky showing through the low afternoon cloud. The brushwork in the scene is classic 1920s Jackson, smooth, fluid and assured. The shadows in the snow are deft and subtle, perfect swatches of blue and pink. Jackson is at the peak of his career, and is clearly at his most comfortable in such rural landscapes, with their rolling vistas and small hints of humanity. Snow had great appeal to Jackson in Baie Saint-Paul, and it was there that he acquired the nickname Père Raquette - Father Snowshoes. Baie Saint-Paul is known as an artist's paradise, attracting many painters to its majestic landscape and quaint village life. Clarence Gagnon and Edwin Holgate worked there repeatedly, and both Jean Paul Lemieux and Marc-Aurèle Fortin were attracted to its visual offerings. Jackson mentions the impending arrival of Lilias Torrence Newton, Albert Robinson and Mabel May in a letter to J.E.H. MacDonald written in January of 1924 from Baie Saint-Paul. Jackson's love of the small Quebec village remained constant in his long career, and he stated, "I do not know how many Quebec canvases I have painted. I have worked in villages on both the north and south shores of the Saint Lawrence. In thirty years I missed only one season.I have happy memories of a great many places." This magnificent painting captures a bygone era, depicting a lost way of life that Jackson has preserved for our nation's memory.

synopsis courtesy of Heffel Fine art gallery

Loyalist College :Andrew Hamilton plein Aire painting workshop Ontario Canada 2009

2009-03-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

Painting Like the
Masters
Code: PAIN 8053-7045
Instructor: Andrew Hamilton
Fee: $248.50 Sr. $142.00
Time: August 03 – 07; Mon – Fri,
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Have you ever wanted to learn to
paint like Van Gogh; simple shapes
and subjects like Matisse; masterful
and expressive pieces like Monet?
By learning to paint in acrylic or oil
using the three primary colours – red,
yellow and blue – plus white, you will
learn, without drawing, how to create
stunning, colourful works of art. This
course covers shape, colour, form and
composition for beginners and intermediates.
This is an on location painting
course. You will learn to paint such
diverse subject matter as landscapes,
farmlands, views from lake and many
other subjects in a highly creative
environment.
Andrew is an accomplished painter in
acrylic, oil and watercolour. Using a
highly imaginative palette of the three
primaries plus white, he has learned
that all the colours of the universe are
at hand. Traveling extensively and
painting mostly on location, Andrew
paints in all four seasons,
capturing the
beauty and natural
rhythms of each. He
studied in Victoria and
at OCAD and presently
teaches at St. Lawrence
College, as well as at
numerous galleries and
centres in Ontario

Landscape Plein Aire Painting Stouffville ,Ontario Canada by Andrew Hamilton-Winter Thaw

2009-03-15T20:04:00.000-07:00

Plein Aire painting Ontario Canada -Snow River Algonquin Park-Andrew Hamilton

2009-03-14T21:03:00.000-07:00

Plein Aire painting Ontario Canada -algonquin River by Andrew Hamilton

2009-03-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

algonquin afternoon

2009-03-13T11:04:00.000-07:00

March Break pictures

2009-03-08T19:39:00.000-07:00

Harvest fields-Plein Aire painting Ontario Canada-Andrew Hamilton

2008-11-22T10:42:00.000-08:00

Farm on Kennedy road on the road home one day after class.

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Hamilton Watercolour in Progress

2008-11-17T19:33:00.000-08:00

Canadian plein aire painting in toronto of beach backyards -First Snow

2008-11-14T08:47:00.000-08:00

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Backyard Toronto

2008-11-14T08:44:00.000-08:00

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New Drawings-Plein aire painter Tom Thomson ontario Canada in Canoe Lake Algonquin park

2008-08-14T15:51:00.000-07:00

This was an exercise I designed for myself to do thirty drawings in thirty days.The drawings were precursors for woodblock or lino block prints.The finished images pleased me and I am not sure they need to be made into block prints.What do you think?

New Plein Aire Drawing from the canoe in Algonquin park Ontario Canada

2008-08-14T15:40:00.001-07:00

Credit card Painting in Acrylic Paint

2008-07-26T13:53:00.000-07:00

This Credit card painting was done in ten minutes with the lefover paint from a painting demo.

Canadas' Largest Woodblock Print

2008-07-19T20:23:00.000-07:00

http://photos.recorder.ca/mycapture/enlarge.asp?userphoto=0&image=18518763&thispage=6

Winter Toronto Waterfront-Cold Plein aire painting on the Beach on Lake Ontario Canada

2008-04-13T19:48:00.000-07:00

Painting in oil of the last bit of snow receeding into the lake in the march sun!

Uxbridge highlands-

2008-04-05T15:35:00.000-07:00

This image was painted on a trip to the apple orchard north of Uxbridge.The foreground trees with the road winding to the distance in the late afternoon sun was an inviting subject to paint.

Evening in the Northland

2008-03-28T06:01:00.000-07:00

Disappearing Farmland

2008-03-27T09:55:00.000-07:00

The old Shed-Plein aire painting Ontario farmland Canada by Andrew Hamilton

2008-03-25T22:51:00.002-07:00

This is the fun of plein aire painting .The cows were spooked and came chasing after us

down the lane and past the cars.There are enough art critics around when you don't need them!

Canoe Sunset

2008-03-24T20:36:00.000-07:00

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After the Storm

2008-03-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

Century House

2008-03-22T15:38:00.000-07:00

This is a pen and ink done in one sitting .This was done without any pencil underdrawing .Draw the shapes and put in the values of grey and presto ..a finished drawing.

Northern Eve

2008-03-22T15:33:00.000-07:00

This is image was inspired by a trip to Algonquin park this summer canoeing and sketching.
This is also made from Acrylics and with my patented credit card technique. you must have a valid credit limit for this technique to work!

Summer Eve on Hamiton Road

2008-03-22T14:29:00.000-07:00

This is a 20 x 24 acrylic on panel.

Peggy's cove

2008-03-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

This painting was inspired by a trip last summer to Peggy's Cove .It was a full week of painting and sketching.
One of the most beautiful and relaxing places to paint.At every turn there was something to paint and photograph.

The Flatiron Building Toronto

2008-03-20T14:03:00.000-07:00

This is tuesday's painting being uploaded now.
The Flatiron Building is a fascinating subject at any time of day , night or season.I hope to revisit this subject many times.It is historically significant and is structurally dynamic.
It is agreat challenge to paint something so large on a tiny panel.It forces you to simplify forms and shapes.

Algonquin Park Sunset

2008-03-20T12:07:00.000-07:00

The colours of the sunset were vibrant and stunning.This is mondays painting uploaded today!

Toronto Tugboat

2008-03-15T18:59:00.000-07:00

This painting was inspired by a visit to the docks area of toronto.The old tugs free from the water and encased in snow make interesting subjects.

The colourful shapes and varied textures lend themselves to a paintbrush , palette and eventual cold.

This Old Century House

2008-03-14T13:13:00.000-07:00

This image was painted on one of those sunny march days where strong light and equally strong shadows are seen.This house is also abandoned and about to be demolished to make way for the proposed airport.Abandoned properties and a vanishing way of life is a favourite subject.

Backyard Art of Toronto

2008-03-12T19:23:00.000-07:00