Above and Below the Reef Show

On Tuesday I took my paintings in for the Above and Below the Reef Art Show at The Lindsay Gallery at 190 Kent St., 2nd Floor, Lindsay, Ontario.


















While the volunteers at the Gallery hung our show Carol and I were interviewed by Catherine Whitnall of My Kawartha for their paper and the article should be out in about a week.














After the show had been hung we were interviewed for a video which will be displayed at the Gallery for the ongoing show.


















If you get a chance please come out for the opening tomorrow night from 7:00-8:30pm.











 


Thank you for looking at my artwork.

OSWOA - Starting to Thaw 1

Today I wanted to paint and get a number of the smaller pieces I had already started.

Going through my files I came across this piece I had started earlier this year (see post on 30 May 2013).

This painting was started with a limited palette of two colours, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna.

I continued by painting the background trees with the same two colours against the top of the snow in the distance.

For the maple tree I used mainly Antwerp blue and added a small amount of burnt sienna to grey the colour.

Lastly I added growies and grasses at the bottom of the trees using raw sienna, burnt sienna and cadmium yellow.

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Winter Morning 1

A lot of the time when the sun is rising it causes the sky in the west to be coloured with a beautiful rosy glow against the soft blues of the sky.

I brushed alizarin crimson into the wet paper, followed by a mixture of cobalt blue and Antwerp blue into the sky.















Next I put in both colours into the bottom of the painting with horizontal strokes.

Using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, raw sienna and new gamboge I painted in the trees on the horizon first and then darkened the mixtures with a touch of burnt sienna.

With the darker colour I put in the trees onto the snow covering the islands and added a few grasses and growies into the snow below the trees with raw sienna.














Lastly, I put in some shadows on the snow covered lake in the foreground with French ultramarine blue and a touch of burnt sienna.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Winter Reflections - A Work in Progress

This is another painting based on a sketch I came across earlier this year (see post on 20 April 2013) and is from the same location on Buckhorn Lake as First Thaw (see yesterday's post).

It is just more to the right of the island and the windswept snow shows a larger clearing of the ice which reflects the trees on the island.















I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.

First Thaw - A Work in Progress

I recently pulled a wooden box out of what will eventually be my art room in the upstairs beside the master bedroom. After blowing the dust off the lid, I opened it and found that it was filled with acrylic paintings on wooden panels that I had started a number of years ago.

When I looked at it I realized that it was based on a sketch I came across earlier this year (see post on 20 April 2013).















This one is of Buckhorn Lake in the early spring when the snow is starting to melt and the ice is starting to thin.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Lilac Reflections - A Work in Progress

I washed in the background using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp Blue and alizarin crimson then set it aside to dry.

Once it was dry I used a mixture of alizarin crimson and Antwerp blue as the under paint for the lilac flowers. While that was drying I added some French ultramarine blue to the lilac mixture and painted the vase.














Next I washed in raw sienna and Antwerp blue into the leaves. I left this colour for the high lit areas of the leaves.Then added French ultramarine blue and painted the mid tone of the leaves, then with a little burnt sienna added to the mixture and the dark shadows were painted.

I started adding in the shadows on the lilacs, which were a mixture of French ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Plein Air - Two Works in Progress

Today I went and painted with the Outdoor Painters' Group even though the skies were overcast.

I set myself up near the water where there were some lovely reflections. I quickly brushed the reflections in the water and set the painting aside to dry before I added one or two of the ducks that were swimming in the area.













Reflections 7

There was a little bit of a break in the clouds and I quickly painted in the sky and set it aside to be worked on later.

Unfortunately before I could get back to my first painting it started raining and I had to pack up and get under cover.














Quiet 2

I waited for a while to see if the rain would stop, so I could continue with the paintings, but that wasn't going to happen today.

I will post these paintings at a later date once they are completed.

Sewing Machine - A Work in Progress

I was going through some still life paintings and I came across this one that I had started early last year (see post on 19 January 2012).

I wanted to do a little more work on it and get a couple more parts on it completed.

After looking over it I decided that the bolt of material behind the sewing machine was a little too plain and drab being in shades of grey.

To give it a little more life I washed over the material with pure Antwerp blue.

Next I worked on the shirt on the sewing machine using various mixes of Cadmium red, Cadmium yellow and alizarin crimson.

I started working on the sewing machine and started with the face place and worked from the front to the back of the machine adding details as I went across.

Moving on to the table I drew in the legs and started on the edge before running out of time.

I will post this painting again at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Summer Evening 1 - A Work in Progress

The sun was setting and I wanted to capture the warm muted yellow and orange colours in the sky.

I used a limited palette of raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue.

After wetting the paper pure raw sienna was washed into the sky and foreground.

Next burnt sienna was brushed into various areas of the sky and it mixed with the raw sienna already on the paper to give a warm orange colour.

A mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna wash brushed into the sky as clouds.

Once the paint was totally dry a few tree shapes were lightly sketched onto the paper.

I will post this painting at a later date once the trees have been painted.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork.

Burleigh Falls 10-13 - Four Works in Progress

Burleigh Falls 10

These are the remaining sketches that I did on watercolour paper of Burleigh Falls (see post on 12 July 2013) from earlier this month.














Burleigh Falls 11

Once this series of paintings are completed it will show the many features of the fast flowing water, the rocks and the falls at Burleigh.













Burleigh Falls 12

I will post these at a later date as more work on them is completed.













 Burleigh Falls 13

Blue Sky D - A Work in Progress

After going through some of my smaller pieces I pulled out some of the Blue Sky paintings (see post on 07 July 2012).

I started on Blue Sky D as it had a blank spot on the bottom of the painting and the easiest way to correct that was to cover it with dark shapes and rocks would be ideal.














I had just started into the painting when I had unexpected company drop by for a visit.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it is completed.

Blues Lines 2 and 3 -Two Works in Progress

These were two abstract paintings that I had started last year (see posts on 08 August 2012) and after looking at them with fresh eyes I decided that they would make underwater paintings.

I have changed the name of Blue Lines 2 to Angelfish 1 as the blue lines seemed to be a fish shape. I added an eye and some lips and indicated where I would paint in the fins.

Using mixtures of French ultramarine blue and Antwerp blue to indicate water and then using raw sienna with a touch of burnt sienna for the sandy bottom of the ocean.














Angelfish 1

Next I added some sea grass with various mixtures of the two blues and raw sienna, then I set this painting aside to dry while I think about what more it needs to complete the background.

Since I also had Blue Lines 3, I placed a piece of tracing paper over the painting and sketched in another underwater scene.














Sunken Logs 1

I changed the blue shape into the shadowed side of an underwater tree stump and added a fallen cedar tree.

After looking at it for a little while, I placed in a generic fish shape into the background. I will have to decide what kind of fish it needs to be and if I just want the one fish. I think changing its name to Sunken Logs 1 is appropriate.

I will post both these paintings at a later date once more work on them is completed.

Hunter Head Study

Earlier this month I was at a local horse show sketching some of the horses that were being exhibited. This is another of the sketches I was working on while enjoying the show.
















This original 3" x 4" graphite pencil sketch when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $30.00.

Thank you for taking the time to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

Grey Sky F-J - Five Works in Progress

Today I decided to cut up some watercolour paper in the size of 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" for ACEO. Once I had cut a dozen pieces to size it was time to start painting.














Grey Sky F

For the first one I used almost equal parts of French ultramarine blue with burnt sienna and washed the sky in for a pale neutral grey.














Grey Sky G

Adding a little more burnt sienna to the grey mixture I made a warm grey and used this colour on the next four paintings.


















Grey Sky H

I did some pieces vertically using different washes of the grey mixture and painting it in with streaks of colour. Lighter and darker mixtures of the two colours were used to give different tones to the skies.














Grey Sky I

I will posts these backgrounds sky paintings as I complete them at a later date.


















Grey Sky J

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

Rocky Shore 1 - A Work in Progress

Going through some old files I came across this piece that I had started quite a while ago. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a photograph of it before I started painting.

The yellow tones in the sky were already painted in and a lot of shapes against the sky and the rock shapes were blobs of colour.

I started with the "blobs" that would eventually become rocks by lifting some of the colour to create highlights and then added darks for the shadows and left the colour that was in place for the middle tone.

Using the colour of the rock shadows I painted in a few lines to create the illusion of water and the remaining colour looks like reflections.

There were a few pencil lines that I couldn't remove so I lifted the colour from the dark shape below them and created three birches.

Next I added some green foliage behind some of the larger rocks and with a darker green mixture made a pine tree.

I was mixing a dark to finish the birches when I dropped my brush onto the painting. That told me it was time to quit.

When I next post this painting at a later date I think I will turn the mess in the corner into autumn leaves and add some reds, oranges and yellow into the background trees.

OSWOA - Winter Forest 1

This painting was originally called Blue Sky 1 (see post on 22 December 2011) and I have changed the name to Winter Forest 1

I lightly indicated in pencil, where I would like to have the larger trees and where the distant land would be placed.














With a pale mixture of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and raw sienna I put in the distant evergreen trees.

With various mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I started painting in the tree trunks, keeping the more distant trees lighter and less detailed and having the closer ones darker with more bark texture.













Once all the trees had been painted into the picture I started putting in the various grasses and growies around the base of the trees and in a few areas in the snow.

For this I used mixes of raw sienna, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson and French ultramarine blue.













If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Evening Storm 1

It is another hot 92F (33.3C) and sunny day. This evening we had a nice sunset which I tried to capture it with my paint.

I started with cobalt blue for the sky leaving areas of white for the clouds. Next I added a little burnt sienna to the blue and put in some of the darker clouds along the horizon line and in between the higher and lower clouds.

With various mixtures of aureolin, new gamboge, burnt sienna and raw sienna I put in some of the reflected from the setting sun. I put in a thin line of new gamboge below the bottom line of clouds.














Using a wash of new gamboge I put the under paint into the water and while it was drying I lightly sketched in the islands and trees.

With a mix of cobalt blue and burnt sienna, I brushed in the water leaving some areas untouched allowing the white of the paper and the new gamboge to show in the water.

Next I made various greens with mixtures of French ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, raw sienna, new gamboge and lemon yellow and painted the trees onto the distant shoreline and on the islands.















Lastly I made a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna and painted the rocks at the base of the islands.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Old Cottage II - A Work in Progress

Today is slightly cooler than yesterday with the temperature at 86F (30C) and with the humidity feeling like 99F (87C).

I decided to spend the afternoon inside where it is a lot cooler and do a little more work on the sketches I did yesterday.















This one is of the garage beside the house and a play house for her grandchildren.

I will post this painting at a later date once it has been completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Old Shed I - A Work in Progress

It is one hot day 89F (32C) and with the humidity it feels more like 102F (39C) and they are calling for thunderstorms later in the afternoon.

We were invited out to one of the Outdoor Painters' Group homes on the river just off Armour Road for a paint out and pot luck supper. She has many interesting things on her property to draw and paint.














I did a number of sketches of the various buildings; this one is of her potting shed which is in her back yard to the side of her house.

I will post this drawing at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Burleigh Falls 6-9 - Four Works in Progress

Burleigh Falls 6

Today was a nice warm sunny day and I decided to go out and do some sketching at Burleigh Falls.















Burleigh Falls7

I did most of the sketches on small pieces of watercolour paper that will be fairly easy to complete when I return home with the reference photographs I took at the same time.














Burleigh Falls 8

I will post these paintings as more work is completed on them as well as posting the remaining sketches at a later date


















Burleigh Falls 9

Red Sponges 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

These are two paintings I started while I was sitting at the final day of the Monochrome Show at KAGS.

Since the show was called Monochrome I thought I should work the under painting with one colour and I chose alizarin crimson.

I brushed water onto the two pieces of paper being sure to leave some areas dry.

Red Sponges 1

Using a brush I dropped in various strengths of the alizarin crimson and while the paper was still wet rolled it around allowing the paint to float across the water.

Once the painting was dry I started on the first piece giving shape to the sponges using various mixtures of alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, French ultramarine blue, cadmium red and cadmium yellow.


Red Sponges 2

I will post these paintings at a later date as more work is completed on them.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork. I hope you will return often.

Blogger Problems Resolved

It seems the problem with blogger is that it no longer supports Internet Explorer 8 so all that was needed  was to download the latest version of Mozilla Firefox and everything is back to working. Although some things with it seem a little different it will just take a little time to get familiar with.

Half Arab Head Study

On the weekend I was at one of the local area schooling shows and as usual I took along my sketchbook and camera.

At the show there was a beautiful chestnut Half Arab that I kept seeing and whenever I had the chance I worked on this sketch of him.

This original 7" x 10" graphite pencil sketch when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $40.00.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork.

Blogger Issues

It looks as though many of us will not be able to post on blogger due to some issues with their system. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.

Forest 1 - A Work in Progress

It was a fairly busy day today with a lot of yard work to do in the gardens and lawn while the weather was nice.

After supper I still wanted to paint today so I worked on this piece that I had started earlier this year (see posting on 17 March 2013).

I changed my mind about the orientation of the piece and changed it from a horizontal into a vertical, which I feel will be much more effective.

I indicated a shoreline with rocks and placed a tree trunk behind one of the rocks to give a basis for how I will proceed with the background.

I changed the original birch into a fallen tree in the water and I will probably remove the rock that is in the foreground as the more I look at it I feel it is distracting.

I was not meant to do much work on this painting as we had unexpected company drop by for a visit.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of it has been completed.

Roses 2 - A Work in Progress

Many of the roses are in bloom in my garden.

I did a quick sketch of a few of them onto watercolour paper and will post this painting at a later date once paint has been applied and more of it is completed.

Annual Members' Show at Art on Kent

Tonight is the opening reception from 6-7:30pm. for The Arts Department Annual Members' Show held at Art On Kent, 41 Kent Street, Lindsay, Ont.













It is another lovely little Gallery on Kent in Lindsay, that is well worth going to visit and the shows change monthly.













Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of July.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.

Confirmed Shows for 2013 and 2014 - July

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
23 Jun - 11 Jul 13 Monochrome
Opening Reception 23 Jun 13 from 1-4pm.
15 Sep - 03 Oct 13 Rural Scenes
Opening Reception 15 Sep 13 from 1-4pm.
20-31 Oct 13 Motion in Stillness
Opening Reception 20 Oct 13 from 1-4pm.
03-21 Nov 13 Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 03 Nov 13 from 1-4pm.
08-22 Dec 13 & 04-16 Jan 14 Winter Delight
Opening Reception 08 Dec 13 from 1-4pm.
19 Jan - 06 Feb 14 Abstracting from Life
Opening Reception 19 Jan 14 from 1-4pm.
06 Apr - 01 May 14 Renewal
Opening Reception 06 Apr 14 from 1-4pm.
08 Jun - 03 Jul 14 Summer Sizzle
Opening Reception 08 Jun from 1-4pm.
10 Aug - 04 Sep 14 Figuratively Speaking
Opening Reception 10 Aug 14 from 1-4pm.
21 Sep - 16 Oct 14 Carnival of Colour
Opening Reception 21 Sep 14 from 1-4pm.
02-20 Nov 14 Outdoor Painters' Show
Opening Reception 02 Nov 14 from 1-4pm

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
25 Jun - 27 Jul Annual Juried Members Show
Opening Reception 27 Jun from 7-8:30 pm
30 Jul - 24 Aug 2013 Above and Below the Reef
Opening Reception 01 Aug from 7-8:30pm.
19 Nov - 20 Dec Annual Christmas Show
Opening Reception 21 Nov from 7-8:30 pm

Cobourg Waterfront Festival, Cobourg, Ont.
Waterfrontfestival
29 Jun - 01 July The Lions Club Art Show and Sale

The Arts Department - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
TAD
04-27 Jul 13 Annual Members' Show
Opening Reception 05 Jul 13 from 6-7:30pm.
01 Aug 13 - 07 Sep 13 Member's Room
Opening Reception 13 Sep 13 from 6-7:30pm.
12 Sep - 12 Oct 13 Member's Room
Opening Reception 01 Aug 13 from 6-7:30pm.
21 Nov 13 - 11 Jan 14 Affordableism
Opening Reception 22 Nov 13 from 6-7:30pm.
19 Jan - 06 Feb 14 Abstracting from Life
Opening Reception 19 Jan 14 from 1-4pm.

MacKelvie Gallery, Keene, Ont.
PioneerVillage
11 Jul - 08 Aug Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont.
BuckhornArtistsGroup
10-18 Aug 23rd Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
31 Aug - 01 Sep Kawartha Arts Festival

OSWOA - Lazy River 1

I pulled out the three paintings that I had started a while ago (see posts on 23 December 2011 and 07 May 2013) and started working on the first one.

First I painted in the rocks on the far shoreline, keeping them indistinct but keeping the reflection in the water.

Next using a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I added a few more branches to the maple trees in from of the pine trees in the foreground.

Using various mixes of cadmium yellow and cadmium red I added some leaves onto the branches.

Mixing various greens I added a little more colour onto the tree in the far shore and put a reflection in to the water.

I put in a couple more evergreens into the foreground. Then added a little of the same colour into the other trees in the foreground.

Using burnt sienna and raw sienna the grasses and growies were painted into the foreground.

I will post the other two paintings in this series as they are completed.

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.