The snow begins to melt the winter away in March. The landscape changes dramatically when the snow recedes we are left with the winter kill made up of dead leaves and brush. Beneath this grey brown landscape we can see the beginning of new growth as spring begins.        Tapping Maple Syrup    Ducklings with […]

Sitting with a friend by a lake on a sunny day in July. This is what summer is all about. For instructions on how to transfer this picture so that you can paint it or  more pictures to transfer please follow the link…

A quiet lake at the end of August. Pine trees on the shoreline cast their long reflections into the water.

A lonely but cozy ice hut is used for fishing in Canada. Inside the hut a hole is chopped into the ice for the fisherman to put his line down. Whitefish, pickerel and trout are caught this way. Sometimes there can be so many ice huts out at a fishing spot it looks like a portable […]

A rockscape in March. The snow is quietly receeding from the Canadian Shield in March irrigating the pines on the cliff. For instructions on how to transfer this picture so that you can paint it or  more pictures to transfer please follow the link…

This pleasant winter picture can be reproduced  using this subject or any rural scene that you might pass on a winter’s trip to the country. For a free lesson on how to paint this landscape either as a beginner or an advanced painter, please see the following link….to your free copy of the Winter Shadows […]