Day 188

Emily - One of the girls in my cabin made a beautiful













Jeanine - "En Plein Air"

We painted outside today or "in the open air" at the teacher's cottage - it was amazing the difference that made...things dried much faster - which isn't necessarily a good thing when you are working with watercolours believe it or not...but the view was amazing!

Day 187

Emily - Because there are strict rules about no boys on the girls side and no girls on the boys side we made a joke rule in our cabin that there were to be no shirtless men in our cabin. So Citrus (we all have camp names and the campers don't know our real names until the last day, my camp name is Elmo) coloured in this guy a shirt that says FCC. Lol!















Jeanine - "Snow Falling on Birches"

I know - I can't believe it either!  Ha!  I had a great teacher.  Can't wait to take more classes.

Day 186

Emily - At camp we're right on Lake Huron, so the sunsets are pretty beautiful. Tonight was one of the nicest I've seen. I love the sun through the forest right behind my cabin.

Ps- This forest is on a cliff thus the name Forest Cliff Camp












Jeanine - "Range Light"

This Range Light stands guard at the mouth of the Saugeen River as it enters Lake Huron.  Ian was fishing on the dock while I took photographs and did some sketches Tuesday evening.  Of course now I want to paint that gorgeous sky!

Day 185

Emily - Every night for dinner there is a theme to dress up for, tonights theme was sports. In honour of sports and the past the other counsellors in the cabin and I dressed up as 80's workout instructors. It was pretty hilarious














Jeanine - "First Steps"

Day One of my beginner watercolour course with artist and teacher Marion Anderson at the Southampton Art School.  We learned about painting sky from dark to light toward the horizon line and painting the ground from dull to bright away from the horizon line in order to achieve the correct perspective.  It was a blast.  My teacher is awesome!  You can check her out online - just google her name.

Day 184

Emily - Welcome to camp! Welcome to my cabin! I love Forest Cliff Camp so much and I am so excited to be counselling again! It's going to be soooo much fun!

Ps- The G stands for girls














Jeanine - "Up Up And Away"

We attended a bridal shower today for Ian's cousin.  Near the end of the soiree Ian let some balloons go so I could photograph them.  I liked the way these two coupled together against that awesome sky!

Day 183

Emily - Went to a friends house for a campfire when a huge rain cloud "crashed" our party. After the thunderstorm this was the sky, it was the most orange sky I have ever seen and was very beautiful.







Jeanine - "Vintage Camera"

We went to several garage sales this morning.  Ian spotted two vintage cameras...this one and a Kodak Brownie Holiday Flash...both very cool.  I am showing off my new camera's 60mm macro lens (notice the very narrow focus on the letter W in the world Brownie).  My camera is a Canon EOS 60D.  I also have a 18-200mm lens.  Ian also found a new camera bag for $3.  Trained observer that guy!!  : )

Day 182

Jeanine - "Canada Day"

The Art School in Southampton hosted a sidewalk chalk drawing gallery on Canada Day.  Kids and families were invited to draw their Canada Day art on the sidewalk for all to see.  It looked like a beautiful quilt when it was finished.  I asked permission of this girl's grandfather before shooting this artist in action.  Not bad for Day One with the new camera!!  We also went to the library book sale, walked around Fairy Lake and took in the fireworks on the beach.