Snow in Mount Royal Cemetery
February 22, 2013
Right now, I really want to be out there painting big huge paintings. But February in Montreal is more like moleskine and pencil weather. Last Tuesday was overcast, fairly warm, (around -3c), with a strong wind – which meant we had perfect conditions for big fat flakes of snow sticking to every surface.
On these days every tree becomes a sculpture, and every sculpture becomes a ghost. A perfect day to park the car in the cemetery and do a slow, sustained drawing.
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Citizen Sketcher 
So perfectly silent.
You get a lot of mileage out of a pencil, my friend. This really says, “silence.”
Thanks Lee. It was a very quiet, calm day. I’m a big fan of drawing in the cemetery.
How beautiful.
Hi Robyn! Nice to meet you.
Well done!
Hi Cleto! Thanks for stopping by. Not so different from your ballpoint drawings hey? But I get to cheat in pencil :) Chipping out some of the snow with the eraser. Same idea tho – gradual buildup.
You know, after working with the ball point pen for some time, I went back to pencil in another sketchbook and it was like being let loose out of a cage. :) It was just the ease of getting tones with the pencil. I’ve been neglecting the pencil for too long.
Would like to see more of your work.
Great sketch, so much detail, but loose too. You know how to ‘get’ snow!
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