West Coast Sketchbook: Paint Brush Sketches and Tales of a Field Artist

by Mary Lou Crerar

Overview

This sketchbook is a collection of sketches of the west coast of Canada that landscape artist, Mary Lou Crerar, has done over the last several years from the sea and from the land. Some were done from a sailboat, others from commercial craft and pleasure boats.
Contending with the speed of the boats, choppy waters and wind tugging at the paper could be trying. The sketches done from the shore were easier but mixing the watercolours and attempting to keep mixed washes had their risks as well, such as rising tides, rain, and wind.
The book includes maps of the areas where the paintings were made. Accompanying the images are notes from Crerar’s journal of her thoughts or what happened while she did the sketches on paper. The type of paper and paints used has also been noted.
The 17 images and 5 maps for this edition were chosen to illustrate the essence of West Coast scenes.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044947917
Publisher:	Mary Lou Crerar
Publication date:	09/03/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	858 KB

About the Author

Mary Lou Crerar had a long and distinguished career as an artist, painting landscapes in oils, acrylics, watercolours and Japanese sumi-e. She attended the Vancouver School of Art Design, studying with the artist, Molly Bobak. In Toronto, Ontario she studied Sumi-e, the art of Japanese brush painting, with Kaz Hamasaki and Priest Tanahashi and her Sumi-e paintings of Banff were accepted in the Academy of Sumi-e in Osaka, Japan. Her paintings have been displayed in galleries and shows in Japan, the U.S.A. and across Canada from Victoria B.C. to Fredericton, New Brunswick. Her books include "Sketchbook of the Rocky Mountains", "West Coast Sketchbook" and "Journal of Alien #25: A Painter in Pakistan". As well, her writing has been published in many chapbooks. (Portrait photograph by Denise Bull)