A Brush with Highlands Part I

This is the first painting I did at A Brush with the Highlands which is a plein air festival held north of Toronto at the beginning of August, a civic holiday in Ontario. It is near the Haliburton School of the Arts, the Highlands in the title refer to the Haliburton Highlands. Most people camp for the weekend and on Sunday, the final day, there is a three hour exhibition with prizes. All in all an excellent experience.




The painting above  (8" x 10")was done the first morning in a slight drizzle which fortunately cleared up. The painting, easel and I were out in the rain with an umbrella I was lent for shade protecting my supplies on the ground. This painting I later sold.

The painting at the right was done in the afternoon at a place called Centre Lake. The black specks are, of course, bugs stuck in the oil paint. The area around Wilberforce, Ontario is full of Provincial Parks so there is plenty to paint. The organizers also arrange with private landowners for permission to paint on their property