Painting in Black Diamond Alberta

The artist retreat at 'Diamond Willow' (just outside Turner Valley) this weekend was amazing. I learned so much and had lots of fun painting with the all the other artists and creative spirits. I didn't quite finish the little oil sketch (shown above) of the little creek / river so will have to finish it in-studio or come back to Turner Valley and finish it plein air... My vote is to come back and finish it before the summer is out - fingers crossed. You cannot see the glass of wine sitting on the other side of my easel - but it was there and it was good...

I managed to finish this 12x12 acylic (above) while it was pouring rain - I found the best spot on an out door balcony over looking a ridge. I got rained on a little bit but was painting acrylic so it kept my paints wet!