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Paintings - landscape, acrylic, abstract, nature, beautiful
It was a bright sunny and wet morning on the water at beautiful Mavillette beach. I loved the bright colours of the fall grasses, they really weren’t that yellow, but that was my internal perception.
Original is 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - Available
Sand beaches are ever changing; I love the undulating shapes created by the wind and the waves. Two years after we visited this beach, it was different again!
Original is 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - Available
This is an image I caught on camera near Scott's Bay in Nova Scotia. The air is always fresh, the sun enlightening and the views invigorating!
Original is 30 x 40 x 2 inches - acrylic paint on canvas - available
We stayed at a cottage for a week on this beautiful dark sandy beach. This is a very typical scene in our Nova Scotia of many varied beaches - white sand, red sand, smooth pebbles, large stones, shells, etc.
Original is 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - available
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One evening's 40 minute drive to Peggy's Cove from Halifax is sure to provide a feast for the eyes. This is a scene from along the winding road that leads to the famous lighthouse.
Original is 24 x 36 x 2 inches, acrylic on canvas - available at Visual Voice Fine Art in Truro
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Never a dull sky along the coast of Nova Scotia! The evening night is a wonderful thing to experience along the coast - here near Peggy's Cove.
Original 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - available
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There are two beautiful drives to Peggy's Cove from where we live and both are a leisurely 40 minutes long from our house. More often than not, the weather provides us many a stunning view.
Original 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas was gifted to a worthy cause.
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On another trip to Peggy's Cove, this beautiful sky and tree appeared in my camera, posing as though they were in perfect union. Acrylic on Canvas
18x24 inches 432.00
This was a commission painting of the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse.
Original 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas is SOLD
We visited the Public Gardens in the late afternoon and just managed a quick visit with a few photographs. We had to leave at dusk, but these magnolias singing for attention, caught the camera and I couldn't help preserve the moment.
Original 24 x 36 x 2 inches - original acrylic on canvas $950
My very own majestic rhododendron growing stately in my backyard.
acrylic on canvas
24x36 inches $950.00
We stayed at a cottage on the coast of Nova Scotia that faces PEI (Prince Edward Island) and the time was refreshing and fulfilling as we came home with beautiful photos - too many to paint.
Original is 30 x 40 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas SOLD
Painted on location while at a cottage on Heather Beach, NS
Acrylic on Paper
11x15 inches $500.00 framed
Painted on location while at a cottage on Heather Beach, NS
Acrylic on Paper
11x15 inches $500.00 framed
Painted on location while at a cottage on Heather Beach, NS
Acrylic on Paper
Original - about 11x15 inches - $700.00 framed
To purchase a same size high quality print (permanent ink on rag paper) of this image at $100.00, please contact me at
Yes, some of my landscapes are from PEI - another beautiful Atlantic province of Canada. PEI is only a 3 hour drive from Halifax, NS.
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This, again, is a beautiful summer scene of the coast of Nova Scotia. A friend took the photo and granted me the privilege of painting the pic.
Original is 30 x 40 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas original is not available because I painted over it during an insane moment.
Original was gifted to a worthy cause.
Acrylic on Canvas, 16 x 20 inches $640
This is a painting on board of the lighthouse in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. There's so much beauty in winter that I just have to capture it; living in Canada makes it almost impossible not to do winter paintings!
12 x 20.5 inches (52 x 30.5 cm) acrylic on board $950
Every season is lovely in Nova Scotia, even the winter creates stunning scenes. Here, an old dilapidated fence (since taken down), draws you down to the part-frozen, part-open and dark, part-sandbar and then lighter open water of the ocean.
Original is 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - available
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All the blues, greys and painted houses at Peggy's Cove make for a colourful image despite the winter. I took this photo from inside the warm and cozy restaurant on the Rock.
Original 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - available
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The sky is so clean and clear in Nova Scotia that the blues we see are intense. This makes for a lovely scene when the sun shines after the snow falls.
Original is 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - available
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There's a high look-off point along the drive towards Blomidon; the view is always worth stopping for. It looks over the land reclaimed from the sea by the Acadians via dykes in the 1700's.
Original is 24 x 36 x 2 inches - acrylic on canvas - available
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approx 7"x10" (18cm x 25cm)
Prints: b&w 20.00, colour 30.00 CAD
Originals 75.00 CAD
Shown in order of creation:
In this personal challenge to draw 30 trees in 30 days, I began with pencil sketches (sometimes taking 5 hours and more per drawing!!) and as the month wore on, I tried to be a little more efficient with my time; I did a tree in 10 minutes and then one in 10 seconds! When I was craving colour, I did some long and short sketches on my iPad.
Prints - 20.00 CAD plus shipping - contact dorothealeblanc@me.com
I began my 30 day challenge in a faint hearted manner, with little confidence; I did a lot of erasing on this one to get the proportions close. Here's a link to more info about the Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia: (original is SOLD)
http://www.novascotia.com/see-do/attractions/point-pleasant-park/1461
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These are two very distinguished Nova Scotian trees near the water's edge in Halifax, known by most Point Pleasant Park visitors.
Original is SOLD
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Unfinished Tree from Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The trees in this 185 acre park are stately, always wanting to be memorialized in someone's artwork or photo album.
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This is a beautiful large evergreen tree in Bedford, Nova Scotia, within a fairly small park belonging to the "old classic" Chicken Burger restaurant.
Original is SOLD
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A few trees from trips to Ontario (my homeland) got into this collection. These trees are from my brother-in-law's cottage in Muskoka.
Prints - 20.00 CAD plus shipping. To buy the original at 75.00 CD plus shipping - contact dorothealeblanc@me.com
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6 Trees for my 6th tree drawing are survivors from Hurricane Juan. It was an eerie scene when we visited Point Pleasant Park not long after the storm; 3/4 of the park's majestic trees were felled by the strong winds. I was happy to memorialize this scene before the dead trees were cut down.
Prints - 20.00 plus shipping. To buy the original at 75.00 CAD plus shipping - contact dorothealeblanc@me.com
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Prints - 20.00 plus shipping. To buy the original at 75.00 CAD plus shipping - contact dorothealeblanc@me.com
More trees from Point Pleasant Park.
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One thing I enjoy doing is taking photos WHILE my husband and I are in the car traveling places. This shot was from the side of the road on the visits we took to Kentville.
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Another tree from Point Pleasant Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
My daughter and I had an intimate lunch on this picnic bench - it provides an excellent view of the ocean and busy harbour.
Original is SOLD
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We're in the season of traveling to Bridgewater almost weekly to visit my husband's father. These trees are the visual marker for me that the turnoff to Bridgwater is near.
Original is SOLD
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An eerily beautiful dead tree, stripped bare by Hurricane Juan.
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I'm always on the lookout for outstanding trees and found many on my trips to the Kentville Hospital, visiting my dear father-in-law. This was a beautiful willow I discovered on a winding gravel road very near to the middle of the town.
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Tall trees on a hill look even taller. There are definitely outstanding trees in Kentville, Nova Scotia.
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These two trees appeared to be embracing in a dance - something no-one would have seen if the storm winds had not stripped them bare of their "clothing".
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It seems these trees helped one another survive during the storm. There's a lesson in there; staying close to one another promotes life.
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More living storm trees from Point Pleasant Park.
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I was visiting with my sister and her husband a couple hours north of Guelph and we stopped by a small park by a river to stretch our legs and enjoy the view. There's something different about trees in Ontario - where there's shelter from wind and the soil is deep.
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A tree from the Northumberland Strait, near Malagash, Nova Scotia.
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I did this watercolour in the car, on one of our drives to Bridgewater. It had been a busy day but I had an hour to do my daily tree.
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Another Survivor of Hurricane Juan's destruction of Point Pleasant Park.
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Another shot of some strong storm survivor trees.
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That day I had NO time for a drawing - so I took my ipad and did a 5 second squiggle - pretty nice I think!
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Point Pleasant Park trees that are still thriving - closer to the ocean than most and doesn't it seem like they want to get on a ship and travel away?
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I was in the famous new glass library of downtown Halifax and while I was waiting for my daughter, I went to the 5th floor and sat down. Right in front of me, down on the street was a tree in the sun, begging to be drawn. So I began ... (but didn't finish)
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Another day short on time, so I whipped out my ipad and drew what I thought was a great wind swept tree logo. (copyrighted)
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Roadside trees on the way to Bridgewater. This one should become a painting because the colours I saw were beautiful!
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Yes, I was really craving colour at this point of my 30 day challenge and since it was October, the view in my backyard deserved some attention! (ipad drawing)
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Another ipad drawing of a tree by the ocean in Halifax.
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Another excuse to do an iPad drawing - a scraggly tree, but I loved the colours in the background.
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There's a short bush that grows wild in the forests of Nova Scotia and in the fall it turns a beautiful fire-y red/orange. This shot was actually taken from the driveway up to my father-in-law's apartment in Bridgewater.
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Thirty days of Tree Drawings actually only increased my desire to do more tree drawings, I suspected it would quench it!
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I've always found rock formations of any shape and size to be fascinating. Living in Guelph, Ontario and often travelling to Northern Ontario on vacation, as well as living and travelling in Nova Scotia have given me opportunity to photograph hundreds, maybe thousands of rock formations. They are another aspect of God's amazing handiwork!
My oil pastel stick collection is pretty colourful (I don't have any greys), so I try to "mix" the pastels to approach the colours I see in the rocks. What results is a delightful dance of colour - which sometimes makes the rocks look like they're singing too!
These Oil Pastel Drawings are all 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30.5 cm) in size - made using high quality oil pastels (Holbein) on very heavy Arches watercolour paper.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
I was at the beach with my daughter; it was a sandy beach with some stones. But very odd, was this lonely huge rock surrounded by water, about 15 feet out from the edge of the beach - and not another in sight.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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To see a movie of my drawing process of this rock, click on the menu item "MY PROCESS VIDEOS".
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
To buy originals at 200 CD each plus shipping - contact dorothealeblanc@me.com
Who doesn't love flowers?
Many of these flowers are from my own garden but we also have a beautiful park in downtown Halifax called the Public Gardens. A few of my flower inspirations come from my uncle's gardens.
Wherever they are, flowers always bring a sense of peace and joy, that's what I hope my flower artworks will bring to you as well.
There are many varieties of magnolias in the Public Gardens in downtown Halifax. This is one.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
(Here's a link to some very interesting history about this park:
http://www.halifaxpublicgardens.ca/about/history-of-the-gardens/)
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My uncle is a great flower lover (like me) and one year had a beautiful varied display of irises - probably 15 varieties! This is one of them.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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This is an oil pastel of lilies from my own garden in Halifax.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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These again, are lilies from my own garden. I spend a lot of time photographing my flowers in the summer, it's one of my favourite past-times.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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Another gorgeous iris from my uncle's garden. The colours nature (God) puts together, eh?!
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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These were a surprise from my husband. Orchids are the perfect gift, in my opinion!
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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Downtown Halifax's Public Gardens is a continual feast for the senses. I spotted these Roses there.
Oil pastel, 8 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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I planted these corn flowers in abundance in the spring, knowing my father was going to be visiting Nova Scotia the next September for my daughter's wedding.
This was acrylic painted on a small board, and I gave the painting to my father.
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This is an acrylic painting on a board about 12 x 21 inches and it is SOLD.
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These are also flowers from my garden - yay! Creating these flower pastel drawings is always a cheering activity for our long winter months.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
A lovely yellow lily from my garden.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
These flowers were in a gigantic green house in the Meyer's Gardens, in Grand Rapids Michigan - not far where my son and his wife live.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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Flowers growing in my kitchen.
Oil pastel, 9 x 12 inches on heavy Arches watercolour paper, original 220.00 Canadian funds, unframed plus shipping
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We were walking down the street in a major city near a market and I saw these guys playing this game on the sidewalk. We had to go around them to continue on, so as we passed I snapped a photo nonchalantly - no one noticed, the game was not disturbed.
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Another sidewalk shot, this boy was magically sleeping on a motorcylce. As I painted the scene I imagined that the young boy was "babysitting" the bike for his dad or more likely his uncle while picking up a bike part - since we were in the motorbike shopping zone.
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These tricycles amazed me - I'd never seen such a vehicle before, but they were slightly reminiscent of the tricycles we rode as children. I thought it was a marvellous idea for this farming city of Zhumadian; the roads were flat and the speeds were slow. People took their children to school in them, they carried groceries in them, they moved construction materials and they sold their produce from them as they parked on the sidewalk.
Another use for the "Chinese Tricycle" - carrying large bamboo sticks.
Who could resist taking a photo of this little girl? I never stopped anybody on the street, I just took photos as I walked by.
The Chinese people are very industrious. This is a job for some people - they travel from apartment buildings to shops to dumps looking for useful recyclable materials. Then they go and sell them to the factories that need them.
And yet another use for the adaptable Chinese Tricycle - a taxi.
I never had a chance to ride the tricycle rickshaw, but we did ride in a motorized one. You'll see a motorized tricycle with a wagon on it a few pics down.
A large collection of bonsai trees resided in this large garden park. It has old style buildings in it and they allow some older people to live in this park if they help a little with the gardening. I think this is one of the lucky older men who got to live amongst the beautiful trees and flowers.
An ingenious contraption to encourage an active lifestyle, no? I'm sure it would not be allowed in Canada due to all the moving parts where little hands and feet could get caught.
This looked so odd to me; I thought for sure the box would go tumbling off the back of the wagon as soon as he rounded the corner. This is one reason the traffic moves very slowly I suppose.
While my husband and I were riding in a motorized rickshaw; I had the perfect opportunity to take a shot of this motorbike which was going slightly faster than we were. At the time, I hadn't realized the boy has his tongue out - but that gave me the title for the painting as I imagined this boy had just gotten his hair cut and to make the trip worthwhile, his mom and aunt took him through store after store after store.
I just really liked this shot of an older man riding in the sunshine through a busy and colourful market.
I really liked this photo of an older woman selling her vegetables and also showing off her white legs. It looks a little strange since her arms and face are so dark from years of working in the fields. But she's a pleasant and happy woman. I did a study of her face, you can see it below.
The driver of this tractor was just as surprised to see me as I was to see him driving down a city street with bails of wheat on the back of his wagon!
This was my first acrylic painting after we came back from China. I had done a few oils, but dove into this acrylic because a cousin of my husband's was wanting learn to paint and I was going to paint with her - and she wanted to paint in acrylic!
I decided to incorporate some texture into this painting, which I always enjoy because of the depth. I used molding paste on the pedals and paper towels soaked with glue for the lower leaves.
18 x 24 inches, acrylic on board.
Michael and I were traveling via a fast train from one city to the next and I was holding down the button on my camera so it would continually take photos. This was not a time to enjoy the scenery, it was flying by so quickly!
When I looked at the photos afterwards I found this river divided almost equally in two with an interesting scene on both sides of it. And when I painted them both, stories came to light of the local Chinese lifestyle. Almost every spare piece of land was farmed for vegetables and locals would come down to the river to either tend to the gardens, or wash, or take a walk, or meet and kiss.
14 x 24 inches, acrylic on board
As I mentioned for the previous painting, Michael and I were traveling via a fast train from one city to the next and I was holding down the button on my camera so it would continually take photos. This was not a time to enjoy the scenery, it was flying by so quickly!
When I looked at the photos afterwards I found this river divided almost equally in two with an interesting scene on both sides of it. And when I painted them both, stories came to light of the local Chinese lifestyle. Almost every spare piece of land was farmed for vegetables and locals would come down to the river to either tend to the gardens, or wash, or take a walk, or meet and kiss.
14 x 24 inches, acrylic on board
This was another "fly-by-shooting" with my camera. I enjoyed the grey skies with the parallel line of foggy trees in the distance, and the angled lines of the wires.
18 x 24 inches, acrylic on canvas
The painting I did of this woman sitting on her tricycle wagon was a challenge for me, her face was so small but there was so much character detail I felt I wanted to get in. So I did this 12 x 12 inch acrylic on panel to be able to do her beautiful face justice.
These are some of the pieces I made around the 4th year of my time at the University of Guelph (1976-1980) where I received my honours degree in Fine Arts.
This is cement fondue, painted to look like bronze.
Cement fondue painted to look like bronze.
Cement fondue, painted to look like bronze.
chalk pastel on paper
chalk pastel on paper - 8 x 10 inches
Family Portraits by dorothealeblanc
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did with my left hand (to rest my right hand), on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
An iPad drawing that I did on my most recent road trip in May 2019.
