Taking a social media break to prepare for a meditation retreat. Will be back in a couple of weeks. Be good to each other while I'm gone!

@usktoronto.bsky.social meetup yesterday in Kensington Market, #Toronto. This view is from the patio at Wanda's Pie In The Sky. #urbansketching #sketchbook #sketch #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #artyear #pleinair #tradart

Bumble bee on Allium, from my own reference photo. #sketchbook #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #nature #artyear #flowers #painting #tradart #sketching #Garden #eastcoastkin

My wife bought me a journal of lovely handmade rag paper from Atelier Ecluse in #Montreal. I'm thinking to use it for studies based on my own found or photographed references. Pg 1. #sketchbook #sketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolour #fungifriends #artyear #tradart #natureart #nature

Allan Gardens, #Toronto. What a lovely place to #sketch, plenty of shade to escape the sun. #urbansketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #pleinair #tradart #sketchbook #artyear

Popped by @agotoronto.bsky.social #Toronto today and did this #sketch of a statue of St. Jerome. Pencil crayon, which I never, ever, use. #sketching #drawing #pencilcrayon #coloredpencil #sketchbook #artyear #art

Sunset in Withrow Park, #Toronto #urbansketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting #pleinair #sketchbook #artyear #sketching

Ashbridges Bay #Toronto, as seen from Leslie Spit. Those clouds didn't give a single drop of rain. #Pleinair #watercolour (with Lake #Ontario water) on Winsor and Newton cold press. #landscape #scape #watercolor #painting #tradart #art

Accidentally happened on a #rave this afternoon. Yes, this kind of thing does happen in #Toronto Portlands. Phantom Unity, which is apparently women-led, at Leslie Lookout park. #urbansketching #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #pleinair #stunday #artyear #dance #edm #sketching

Tomorrow's St.Bartholomew's day. His story is a gruesome and fascinating one. I'm far from an expert, but that he is often depicted with a knife edge towards himself (like this statue @st_barts_to) seems fitting. #Watercolour and graphite on Arches cold press. #painting #saints #tradart #artyear

#Stars sing "set yourself on fire." #7syllablesentence

Do the #stars know we exist? #7syllablesentence

Some #urbansketching from the office in #Toronto yesterday. 1st a view of some condos with the Gardiner expressway. 2nd done #pleinair - a view up Bay St to old city hall. #sketchbook #inkandwatercolour #sketching #watercolor #painting #artyear #scape #urbanscape

Sunset on the rocks, Lac Du Moulin #Gatineau #Québec #sketchbook #urbansketching #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting #pleinair #artyear #sketching #scape #landscape #stunday

Stopped by these small rapids while hiking this morning in #Québec A mink popped its head out just as I was leaving - too late to be included in the sketch. #peinair #urbansketching #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting #tradarts #artyear #stunday #eastcoastkin #sketchbook #scape #landscape

#sketching some sunset action from the beach in Lac Ste Marie #Québec #urbansketching #landscape #scape #stunday #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolour #tradarts #artyear

My daughter, in vacation mode. #urbansketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #sketching #sketchbook

roaming at midnight a wildcat in the shape of my shadow #haiku #micropoetry #poetry

A quick sketch, having completed this weekend retreat. Taan Ajaan Geoff and Taan Isaac from Wat Metta. May you be happy 🙏 #sketching #inksketch #dharmaportrait #sketchbook #artyear #stunday #dharma #metta #drawing #buddhism #meditation

Skateboarding and sketching yesterday at Ashbrige's Bay #toronto Many a #jagged edge to grind in this skatepark #blueskyartshow #pleinair #urbansketching #Skateboarding #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting

Im sitting a 2-Day online retreat with Ajaan Geoff starting noon EDT. Here's the registration if anyone is interested. lu.ma/e95zx5ms?loc... “May these beings be free from animosity, free from oppression, free from trouble, and may they look after themselves with ease!” AN 10:165 #dharma #buddhism

My ADHD and accompanying anxiety seem to be in high gear. So I’m reading about Bees and drawing Bees to to try to slow down and focus. #draw #mentalhealth #adhd #anxiety #mentalhealthmatters

May all beings be free of all suffering 🙏 Here's a sketch I did of a Korean Buddha rupa that my kids gave me. Diamine Tobacco Sunburst ink - so luminous and fitting for this sketch. #sketch #inksketch #sketchbook #buddha #buddhism #metta #artyear

"All is burning... burning with what?... the fires of greed, hatred, and delusion." #sn35.28 Another wildfire-smoke sunset. #wildfire #urbansketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #artyear #toronto #scape #cityscape

This is a lamp that hangs over the pews at St. Bartholomew's in #Toronto #urbansketching #sketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolour #artyear #stunday

Finished this one. #watercolour #watercolor #painting #tradart #scape #artyear #landscape #ontario #eastcoastkin

Self-portrait. Watercolour on Arches cold press. Grateful to have the time to pursue my art. #blueskyartshow #gratitude #watercolour #watercolor #painting #portrait #selfportrait #tradart #eastcoastkin #artyear

Was at 10 Dean Cafe on Spadina in #Toronto this morning. Did a quick #urbansketch looking towards the bar. Exceptional coffee! #urbansketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #sketchbook #artyear #sketching

More lunchtime #urbansketching on the CIBC Sq Rail Deck on #toronto For the 2nd week in a row, I had a sketching buddy with me 🙂 #sketchbook #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting #pleinair

Did this quick #urbansketch of a building across the street while in the lobby waiting to see Macbeth at the Stratford Festival. Great production, screw the critics! Also, I love this brown Octopus ink. #urbansketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #artyear #sketchbook

This weeks outing with Halifax Urban Sketchers was at Horseshoe Island Park. My goal was to crank up the contrast. Getting there, I think 👍 (97/208) #drawing #sketch #urbansketch #urbansketching #halifaxusk #pleinair #watercolorsketch #watercolor #watercolour #lineandwash #penandwash #halifaxns

Today’s #urbansketching event was super meditative and soul lifting. Joined the @eastbaysketchers.bsky.social at Albany Bulb. It was SO damn awesome to draw in nature with the waves lapping below my feet. 🐬🧘🏻‍♂️

In #Stratford #Ontario this weekend to take in some #Shakespeare at the festival. The B&B we are staying in has this stunning mirror, so I did a little #urbansketching while waiting for the rain to pass. #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #stunday #watercolor #sketchbook #artyear

Some alternating boughs in this WIP #watercolour for today's #blueskyartshow Classic #Ontario landscape with ubiquitous white pines. #watercolor #painting #scape #artyear #tradart #landscape #eastcoastkin

message from the stars: this yearning you feel's older than both time and space #haiku #poetry #micropoetry

I hate cars. I hate that I have to own one. I hate what they cost. I hate what driving them does to the environment - and to the people that drive them. #Sketching them is kinda fun, though! #sketchbook #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #artyear

#pleinair #watercolour #painting #art #artyear #watercoloronpaper

My friend was late for tonight's #Toronto Blue Jays ⚾️ game, so I did a wee #sketch outside the roundhouse while waiting. #urbansketching #inksketch #plenair #sketchbook #artyear

More lunchtime #urbansketching on the Rail Deck at CIBC Square in #Toronto So much construction happening in this part of the city! #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting #sketching #sketchbook #artyear #art #urbansketch #fountainpen

Sketch of forest and lake at Medicine Bow Peak • Platinum Carbon Black ink in a Sailor Fude fountain pen with a Pentel Vistage Water Brush (filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Kiri-same gray ink) in a Stillman and Birn Zeta series sketchbook • 8” x 5” • Wyoming • July 2025 • #urbansketchers #artyear #usk

I love #sketching stained glass. Didn't have time to add colour before we left St. Bartholomew's in #RegentPark #Toronto - has its own effect, I suppose. #urbansketching #inksketch #sketchbook #angels

Sat down to sketch the scene after teaching #skateboarding to adult beginners at Hangar Jam in #Toronto #YZD today. Was a real #buzz! #julyarty #urbansketching #inkandwatercolour #watercolour #painting #sketchbook #sketching #artyear

Here's a quick sketch I did of Pen Falls in #AlgonquinPark on Monday. Great swimming in the pools a bit further down. #sketchbook #sketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #artyear #tradart #pleinair #painting #camping

Did a bit of #urbansketching at our campsite on Rose Island in #AlgonquinPark #Ontario while #Canoe #camping this past weekend. #sketchbook #sketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #painting #artyear #pleinair #art

Just back from some backcountry #canoe #camping with my nephews in #AlgonquinPark #Ontario #sketching #sketchbook #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #paining #artyear #pleinair #art

Enjoy an onion 🧅 Watercolour on paper. #watercolour #watercolor #painting #eastcoastkin #traditionalart #art #artyear

My cousin's wedding anniversary is tomorrow! I made he and his wife a card. It has the Minar e Iqbal ( #Lahore, where they are from) the CN Tower ( #Toronto where they live) and many 💕 #Crafts #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #sketching #painting

At Dark Horse Coffee on Queen E #Toronto, doing some #urbansketching #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #watercolor #sketchbook #sketching #artyear #art #streetcar #ttc