Mel Malton
@melmalton.bsky.social
🇨🇦Gardener, cook, scribbler and god-botherer. Author of the Polly Deacon mysteries.
© Tony Allain. 'Sunlight and Shadows.' Pastel on sanded paper, 2024. 9 × 12 inches.
Today’s plein air. We got rained out, so I finished it at home. Hard to paint wet in wet in wet. 😊
In a strange moment of inattention, I just tried to turn the page on my phone. As if it were a paperback. That kind of turning the page.
Two plein air paintings from this morning. It’s a gorgeous day in the Annapolis Valley.
Here’s today’s plein air. The right hand tree is a bit of a mistake, but it was a terrific view.
Is anyone else noticing a marked increase in unpleasant reactions to everyday bug bites (swelling, itching and infection) since the COVID vaccine? Just asking.
A good day to have a barbecue, some patriotic cake and a firework or two. To celebrate the War of 1812.
A seaweed-covered rock, painted today at Baxter’s Harbour, which was a blessedly cool place to be this morning.
Danielle Eubank Jakarta Oil on linen 30x40 in 2004 #losangelesartist #fineart #water #reflection #waterpainting #flashbackfriday #FBF #Jakarta #Indonesia
Moon and clouds doing lovely things in the garden this evening.
America Explains Canada To Itself
America Explains Canada To Itself
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Dear young person at the Starbucks kiosk: it’s really not necessary to add “Dear” as a tag to every statement you make to people. Especially if they’re your grandmother’s age. It’s not welcomed.
Today is World Refugee Day. Here’s a poem called ‘Refugees’.
I'm very frustrated with myself. I'm trying to teach myself to paint in a loose style and I keep not being able to do it. This one started yesterday and I didn't like it until I came back and put details in today. #watercolor #saskyasart #beach #sunset
Plein air from yesterday. This is Prescott House, a lovely museum in Port Williams, unaccountably closed by the provincial government.
The chat notifications thing is stuck on my screen and it’s like the stupid flat tire light on my car’s dashboard that won’t ever go away. Argh.
'Misty Morning, River Thurne, Norfolk,' (c1960) is a striking example of Edward Seago's mastery of watercolour, a work in which you can sense the magic of being on the river just after the break of dawn - a sense of timelessness.
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