Toronto 2013, Part 4
On Friday after having lunch with one of Olwen’s friends, Cheryl, we dropped by Paintlounge in Markham which was owned by another friend of Olwen’s, Norris. Olwen thought it would be good for me to try out some traditional painting before we met up with another friend that evening. When I started out, I had no idea what I was supposed to paint. I started with a recollection of Olwen playing with Caitlyn in her mini-jungle gym in Jeremy and Olga’s newly turfed yard amongst a backdrop of trees. Eventually, those details proved to be precise given the the brushes I had so the painting ended up having a life of its own. In the end, I think I was happy with the result. There’s just something about the experience of using traditional media that you can’t quite duplicate with digital; the lack of an undo button, the mess, and the smell of the paint seem to enrich the experience since the final product is a lot more tangible than a bunch of pixels. Alright, enough of the romantics, moving on…
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- Starting out with some blobs.
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- Still trying to figure out what to draw instead of some generic trees.
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- Multi-tasking… I was painting with acrylics, the hairdryer sped up the process.
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- Adding in Caitlyn.
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- Brightened up the background and adding the signature.
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- Final product. I probably could have spent more time on this, but I enjoy the looseness of it.
Saturday was wedding number THREE starring our friends Apple and Darrin who live in Hong Kong but celebrating their wedding in Toronto with friends and family. For their reception, they had a costume party along with photographers. I thought I was the only one who had a full-sized bear costume for his own wedding…
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- Sketch of Cheryl during lunch.
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- Tyson hides behind Wynne when we first arrived.
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- The O’s watch videos of Caitlyn on their phones.
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- Apple and her dad make their way down the aisle.
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- Apple and Darrin get ready for their entrance into the reception. Didn’t expect to see Rilakkuma at a wedding before.
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- Congrats to Apple and Darrin! Right: Reception at the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex.
Sadly, our trip was just about over. We did get a nice surprise in the morning when we were awoken by a squealing mini-batgirl. I’m gonna miss that terrible two-year old…
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- Batgirl decided to wake us up for church!
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- Some snoring peeps on our flight from O’Hare to Seatac.
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- A sketch of my seat neighbor, Jeremy visiting from the UK. Have a great time in the US of A!
