Category: Art

  • stayin’ cool under a fountain

    Our reader?áLaurie Aaron Dahlquist sent us some pics recently?áalong the theme of Stayin’ Cool in August?áto?áour Facebook Page. Your pics of Stayin’ Cool in August can be?ápublished here too… just upload them to our Facebook Wall, and we’ll do the rest! OK, you tell us what you think about Stayin’ Cool?áwith a thousand words. Yes,…

  • stayin’ cool with CSA veggies

    Our reader Laurie Aaron Dahlquist recently uploaded?ásome beautiful images to our Facebook Page, along the theme of Stayin’ Cool in August. Laurie (like many of us) is a member of a CSA Farm. We wrote one of our first articles on Fleurbain about our own little CSA farm;?áthey hold a dear place in our hearts!…

  • stayin’ cool with delicious style

    Photographer Julie Webb offered up this pic of how she’s Stayin’ Cool in August: She mentions: “I’m stayin’ cool in August with this frozen banana, blueberry, nectarine, scoop of PB, drizzle of maple syrup, almond milk smoothie. Yum!” Yum indeed!!! Oh, my stars! Thanks, Julie! If you’d like to share how you’re stayin’ cool in…

  • staying cool with Arnold Palmer

    Photograph by reader Laurie Aaron Dahlquist. According to Laurie, the “Arnold Palmer” is half lemonade, half iced tea, and is what she uses to stay cool in August! Upload your pics along?áour photo theme for August: Stayin’ Cool to our Facebook Page, and?áit will be featured on this website! Or email us at fleurbain@gmail.com. Either…

  • photo theme for August: stayin’ cool

    Stayin’ Cool. Ice cream? Shade? What do you do to stay cool in August? Do you spend your weekends in the heat, volunteering for your favorite cause (that’s cool!) or do you sit poolside with drink in hand? Mojitos, anyone? Air conditioners, fans, umbrellas, water… greenscapes… let your photography and?áimagination run wild on the theme…

  • a cool place in Montreal

    I sat at this scene the other day, painting. It happened to be?áon a crest, and I felt the loveliest?ábreeze lifting off the water. There were some rogue, illegal?ábathers splashing away down below, but no-one seemed to mind. Their laughter and belly flops filled the air with the sound of children, even though they were…

  • a lazy Sunday painter…

    I am so very, very lazy today. I didn’t have time to prep our Sunday tutorial on painting. I apologize. For this reason, I sourced a link to an official Bob Ross web instructional. You TOO can paint a mountain floating in the sky! In the meantime, I’ll be planning next week’s Sunday Painting tutorial…

  • How To Paint: a hand

    Sunday is here again! And, as with every Sunday, it is?átime to paint. Each Sunday, artist Natasha Henderson?áwill guide you through some simple ÔÇ£How ToÔÇØ tips for painting. Having been (honestly) inspired at a young age by the oft-spoofed televised artist Bob Ross, Natasha would like to offer some simple tips on How To Paint…

  • How To Paint: an egg

    Perhaps this is a little late for Easter. Perhaps you don’t really want?áto paint an egg right now. That’s cool. However, if you paint an (uncracked, uncooked) egg, you will practice?áobservation and the?ácreative manipulation of representing form. An egg has volume. An egg has a gentle gradation of shadow. An egg can be reflective (depending…

  • How To Paint: a bit of colour

    Sunday! Sunday! If you can, and are so inclined, it?áis a great day to relax with a dash of painting. Last week we saw?áHow To Paint a little light. This week we will?áadd?áa bit of?ácolour to?áit. Each Sunday, artist Natasha Henderson?áwill guide you through some simple ÔÇ£How ToÔÇØ tips for painting. Having been (honestly) inspired…