Wednesday, 23 November 2016

Finnish Mökki



a mökki is a Finnish cottage, and this is the view of the water from my uncle's place iMäntyharju. My father painted this view also and when I have time I'll try to add his way more pro version. Chui as always coached during class. The clouds aren't white, they have some red in them. Paint the blue around the clouds to give them shape. The shadow across the rock is a lighter color than the rest of the tree's shadow, as the rock is a purple gray. The lightest spot on the painting is the sunlight hitting the back of the boat, and everything in the boat is compared to that. The color of the grass in the moss is emerald green mixed with light lemon yellow. The light hitting the small branches is a light orangy brown, and the dark under the boat is a mix of all colors, a very dark tone, the darkest in the painting. 


Wednesday, 22 June 2016

London Long Weekend



We made a surprise visit to London to spend Easter with family.

We stayed at The Luxury Inn which was casual and excellent, an apartment with a common room and kitchen, small rooms but accommodations close by where we needed. This is a view out of the second floor window to give an idea of the neighborhood.

The Luxury Inn common room


Near Buckingham Palace



For dinner the first night we went to the excellent Akari sushi restaurant on Essex

Easter dinner (5 stars delicious) was at The Hunter S. 194 Southgate Road, right next door to our Inn - and excellent gastropub with great decor-art, animal heads. 

Wednesday, 16 March 2016

Winter Ski

It was perfect winter weather last weekend. Sunny after a big snow. Unfortunately, since then it has rained and warmed up a lot - this year the season for skiing was a little too short.



The laneway in the morning


Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Mexican Memories


We went to Playacar Palace on holiday. With a snowstorm here today, it now seems like a distant memory!


The baby loved the beach.


This is my "If I had a million dollars" house on the beach.



Went to Xaman Ha bird sanctuary. The baby is in love with birds, it was sort of pricey $22 per ticket for adults, but we didn't have any other excursions and the Aviary was within a 10 minute walk from the resort.

The resort food was great, ceviche and beer (Montejo on tap) was a daily lunch!