Local plein air sketching in Perth

I’ve been enjoying going once a week with a sketching club to sketch various locations in Perth, ON. We only live 30 minutes away from one of the most picturesque towns in the province, so we’re very fortunate to be able to have lots of locations to choose from. Here are few of my sketches from the past few weeks.

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watercolor painting
travel print
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Watercolor sketch
Urban sketch
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Chantal Bennett
canadian illustrator
The McMillan Building in Perth, ON – used to be a Carnegie Library.
sketch art
travel painting
watercolor painting
travel print
travel sketch
plein air
Watercolor sketch
Urban sketch
perth ontario art
outdoor sketching
urban sketching
outdoor painting
Chantal Bennett
canadian illustrator
One of the lovely bridges in Stewart Park in Perth, ON.
sketch art
travel painting
watercolor painting
travel print
travel sketch
plein air
Watercolor sketch
Urban sketch
perth ontario art
outdoor sketching
urban sketching
outdoor painting
Chantal Bennett
canadian illustrator
The old shoe factory in Perth, ON – used to be a Brown’s shoe manufacturing plant.

Sketching in Iceland

Joel and I recently rented a campervan and toured around the Westfjords and a bit of the north of Iceland. We had a fun trip, but the weather was definitely not conducive to plein air sketching (rain and gale-force winds) but we managed to get four paintings in regardless.

Prints are available in my Etsy shop

Cantons de L’Est sketches

The pandemic ruined our international travel plans for 2020, but Joel and I were determined to actually go somewhere because we needed a vacation really badly. So we decided to go on a road trip to les Cantons de L’est region in Québec (also known en anglais as the Eastern Townships). We had a lovely time: did some plein-air painting, ate a lot of great food, visited several breweries, went antiquing, went to Foresta Lumina (check it out, it’s so cool) and generally had a great time.