In the last light

In the twilight of spring afternoon.

A thunder child and a birch

A quick oil sketch of a blooming thunder child tree and a  birch sporting new leaves on a property on the corner of 8Th Street and Balmoral Bay  in the south in late afternoon sunshine.

A glimpse of Brandon University Music School

Braving the hot spring sun in the early afternoon, I set up my easel on a quiet corner on Brandon University campus, and painted this view of BU music school.

Calvary Temple of Brandon

With special Mother Day church service going on inside the church, I set up my easel in front of the church and painted this view to mark the occasion.

Blooming across the street

The tree across the street started to blossom. A quick oil sketch in the afternoon from our driveway.

A garage sale underway on Balmoral Bay

Annual garage sale day on Balmoral Bay. I set up my easel in front of John Gross's house and painted this moment to mark the occasion.

A glimpse of spring sky from our backyard

With white clouds floating in the deep blue  sky, and with trees and hedges sporting fresh green leaves, the view in front of me looks so touching to me in the afternoon from our patio.

After a storm in the evening

Heavy rain started to pour with the gust of wind late in the afternoon. Around 9 p.m the rain stopped and there is a flash  of warm wash of sunlight spreading across the evening sky for just a few minutes before darkness of the night took over the sky again. I grabbed my pochade box , and standing by the window I did this quick oil sketch in 10 minutes.

A blooming shrub from Balmoral Bay

Against the strong gust of wind I set up my easel after supper on Maureen's driveway to paint the view of the other side of Balmoral Bay looking west where the lone shrub was in full bloom against the setting sunlight.

The path

With the intense sunlight on John Gross's fence where his crab apple tree is ready to bloom I set up my easel to paint in the afternoon on the path leading from Balmoral Bay to McLeod Drive when two young kids with their dog walked past me into my view.

Our house in the last glow of the light

A walk on a warm spring afternoon

A young lady in  pink blouse and short stepped into my view while I was painting this view on Balmoral Bay on this warm spring afternoon .

When the sun breaking out of the clouds briefly in the evening

A quick oil sketch from the front of our house in the evening when the sunlight  broke out of the clouds only briefly.

A super moon in the morning sky?

Missed the sight of the super moon due to rainy and cloudy sky for the last two nights. However early in the morning I had the fortune to witness the full moon in the sky, and hence this quick oil sketch at 5 a.m.

A window view from Crocus Crescent

A quick oil sketch from the west facing window at 6 p.m. from No.1 Crocus Crescent..

From our front yard

The clouds are rolling across the clear blue sky with shimmering green colour floating among the trees from our front yard. A quick oil sketch at noon.

Sunny spring morning

Woke up to a beautiful spring morning when the rain stopped and the sun came out putting a fresh look on everything in view outside.

My house on Balmoral Bay

A close look of our house on this cloudy Saturday.

a view from Balmoral Bay

A corner of Balmoral Bay on a rainy and cloudy Saturday.

a corner of the backyard

a quick oil sketch from the window

Over the hedges

Cold and cloudy today when I was doing this quick oil sketch after supper from our backyard.

In the path of morning sunshine

Came home from my night shift at 7 a.m. Looking out of the window I did this quick oil sketch when the bright morning sunshine suddenly transfigured my window view after an overnight of thunderstorm.

It started to rain again!

It rained again shortly after my first sketch and the sky turned inky dark again. Another quick oil sketch looking out of the window at 9 p.m.

After an April shower

The shower of rain stopped in the evening and there was a glimpse of sunlight in the eastern sky. It looked so quite outside.

Before the last light

Moved my easel to the front yard just in time to capture the last light of the day.

light and colour of spring

The fresh green colour unfolds in front of me standing on our patio late in the afternoon.

Walking in the rain

Three young kids walked past my window in the rain , which pumped me into painting mood again.

From the cosy spot of a back alley on Balmoral Bay

The trees started to turn green in the back alley where against our shed Fengping was seen weeding out the dandelions late in the afternoon.

Fengping cleaning up her garden

Fengping started to get busy cleaning up her flowerbed in the warm sunshine of spring.

A view across the street

 Another oil sketch of the  view across the street at noon.