Wilderness Sunset - A Work in Progress

It is another rainy day; the only nice thing is the temperature is rising, but then it is also supposed to get very windy. Hopefully my lawn furniture won't blow away down the driveway as usual.

I started thinking about my time in Magnetawan at the beginning of this month and the unseasonably warm weather and the beautiful sunset over the marsh while we were going through Algonquin Park on our way home.








I brushed in some of the sunset colours that I remembered as well as a few of the dead cedar trunks.

Then I set the painting aside so I could think about what else I would like to include in the painting. I will post this piece at a later date once more of it has been completed.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

ODP Skies Art Show Poster

Today was a rather nice day with warm weather and a mix of sun and cloud with scattered showers.

At the Executive meeting at KAGS I found out that my painting "Through the Storm" (see posting on 19 April 2013) was selected for the Outdoor Painters' Skies Show Poster.

Next I would like to thank long time collector Mme. Cecile Desrochers of Ste-Ramon, Quebec on her purchase of Sable Island Wreck (see posting on 21 April 2012).

Magical - A Work in Progress

This was the under painting for the original painting (see posting on 27 October 2013) I started on the second day of the John David Anderson workshop that was held at KAGS on the weekend.














But when I looked at it I could see images in the under paint that would make an interesting fantasy painting.

I will post this piece at a later date once I have drawn in the figures.

Country Sunrise - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I started in a workshop at KAGS on Saturday with John David Anderson.

The first thing we had to do was put down an under paint so that the canvas was completely covered with colour; that way the areas of canvas that were not totally covered with the heavier over paint will have a sparkle of the colour showing instead of the white of unpainted canvas.

With a darker value of the under paint a rough drawing of the main elements painting were put in as a guide.














I darkened the shadow side of the building and indicated where the windows were placed. Then with a warm mixture of alizarin crimson, raw sienna and white I painted in the sunlit side of the building. Next using the same mixture with a little more white added I painted in the roof.

Using a mixture of Hansa yellow and burnt sienna I under painted the sky with warm light. With the light source being on the right side of the painting more Hansa yellow was used there and it gradually had more burnt sienna added to the mixed towards the left side.

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

Autumn Day - A Work in Progress

Today is the second day of the workshop with John David Anderson held at KAGS.

This is the building I started while in class. Originally I thought I would change it to a winter painting as the sketch of the building ran and created what looked like icicles on the roof edges and windows.














But since it was a class and I like the way he captures light in his paintings I chose to follow along with the class and make it an autumn scene.

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













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

ACEO - Hazy Day 2

Today I thought I would work with the some of  the various yellows I have in my palette.

I wet the paper and washed in lemon yellow as a base colour and while the paper was drying I added some areas of raw sienna to each side of the paper and then a little bit of new gamboge through the middle of the paper before setting it aside to dry.














While the paper was drying, I used a base of lemon yellow for the base colour of the greens and added various amounts of French ultramarine blue.

Starting at the shoreline I used the lightest green and indicated the reflections into the water and the distant trees above the reflections.

With the next darker green I put in at the edge of the lake.

Next with the darkest green I put the trees into the foreground, painting in the negative the grasses and growies at their base.

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.

Blue Mountain Pottery - A Work in Progress

I woke up today to the first snow of the year. It is a good thing that I already had my snow tires put on all the vehicles and just had to watch out for the people on the road who weren't prepared for the road conditions.

Today at KAGS our theme was "Cool" Colours and we had Blue Mountain Pottery, pastel yellow, green and bowls, purple and soft pink stuffed animals.














I chose to do a number of pieces of the Blue Mountain pottery and made my own arrangement of them which was a lot different than how things were set up there.

I brushed in the background using vertical strokes with mixtures of alizarin crimson, Antwerp blue and  French ultramarine blue.

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

Dominican Republic Street - A Work in Progress

This is another of the scenes with buildings that I started yesterday in the class with Gail Hawkins.

What I liked about this scene was the way the tin was slapped onto the roof and starting to lift in various places.














The rough pieces of wood haphazardly thrown together for the walls and the way the debris from parts of the building had fallen and remained where they fell in the street.

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

Uncle Alfred's Farm - A Work in Progress

This is a sketch I started in the third class with Gail Hawkins of her Uncle's farm.

I liked the way the buildings were leaning and how sheets of plywood had been nailed onto the walls where the boards had been torn off by the wind.














A few more chickens need to be added into the foreground and a couple of draft horses to the other side of the fence.

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

Green Eyes - A Work in Progress

Today is the second part of the Victoria Wallace workshop on grisaille at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery that was started earlier this month (see posting on 07 October 2013).

In the first class the image was executed entirely in shades of grey to produce a three dimensional effect; this painting technique was used by 15th century Flemish painters and in the late 18th century imitate sculptures in both wall and ceiling decorations.

It could have been left that way but today it will be used as a monotone under painting for an acrylic painting and we will be glazing layers of translucent acrylic colours over it.

I will post his painting at a later date after more layers of colours have been applied.

Autumn Trees 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

These are two sketches I did from the porch in my cabin while I was at the Knoepfli Inn in Magnetawan earlier this month.

With the first one there were a couple of white birch trees beside a large maple tree. With the morning sunlit filtering through the bright maple leaves which created a strong contrast against the birches and cast lovely blue grey shadows across the white bark.

Autumn Trees 1

The second one was of maple and oak trees and their brilliant multi coloured leaves standing out against the rough grey bark and the greens of pine tree branches behind them.

The sunlight provided a warm golden glow of colour to the multitude of fallen leaves on the ground.

I will post both of these once paint has been applied to the sketches.

Autumn Trees 2

Cedar Fence Posts - A Work in Progress

This is a sketch that I started in the second of four drawing workshops with Gail Hawkins. I did a little more work on it today before we had to leave to go to Toronto.

I thought I would show the details of the work on the post.

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

Today we took Ron's parents out to Niagara Falls for the day and visited the floral clock and the botanical gardens as well as seeing the Falls.

We passed by the ship wreck at Jordan Station on the way there and I know I will have to do a painting of it at some point in the future.

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

Knoepfli Inn - A Work in Progress

Today I did a little more work on this painting of the Knoepfli Inn that I had started while in Magnetawan earlier this month (see posting on 03 October 2013).

Using burnt sienna I washed in the base colour of the tile roof on the Inn.

Adding a little French ultramarine blue to the burnt sienna wash the roadway was indicated.














Then using various mixtures of Antwerp blue and raw sienna the sunlit and shadowed grass on the lawn was painted.

Some of the dried and dead grass around the base of the foreground tree was painted using raw sienna and burnt sienna.

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

Pottery I - A Work in Progress

Today was a very long and busy day at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery which I opened at 8:30am for the Still Life Group.

We set up a pottery display for the class which had some very interesting pieces and I particularly liked the way the woven cloth folded and created interesting patterns and shadows.

After lunch I painted with the Outdoor Painters' Group and continued to work on the drawing which is almost completed. I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it has been completed.














Then I waited until the current show had been taken down and it was time to take in the paintings for the upcoming show "Motion in Stillness".

Finally at 7:00pm I locked up the Gallery and headed home. Tomorrow shall be another busy day with more take in and then hanging the show.

On Golden Pond - A Work in Progress

Today I put in some of the under painting in for this piece (see postings on 30 October 2011 and 08 October 2013).

The sky was painted using a wash of cobalt blue deep leaving some lighter areas just above the distant hills. A darker wash of the same blue was used to paint the water leaving a few lighter areas. As the water area was drying a little burnt sienna was brushed below where the distant hills will be and below the middle ground.

Using light red and raw sienna to create a warm glow of colour for the distant hills, which for the most part will be covered up behind the dark greens of the pines and cedars in the middle ground.

Raw sienna was put into the middle ground and then a pale wash of burnt sienna was put over top of that while it was still wet for the middle ground.

I will post this painting at a later date once I put in the dark greens and remove the masking fluid.

Quilt of Hope

This is the completed Quilt of Hope and it is currently hanging in the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.














Later this week it will be taken to the Peterborough Regional Health Centre where will be permanently displayed in the Mental Health Unit.

Flying Feet - A Work in Progress

We are back to seasonal temperatures for October with a bright and sunny day. The horses are enjoying the sun and racing about in the paddock, bucking and kicking as though in defiance of the approaching cold weather.














I did this quick sketch of Chi as she raced around the paddock.

This original 6" x 6-1/2" graphite pencil sketch will be available once it is matted and shrink wrapped for $40.00.

OSWOA - Maple Reflections 1

I wanted to paint today but didn't really have a lot of time before I would have to leave to meet with friends.

I pulled out this painting which had been called Blue Sky 4 that I had started last year (see post on 09 August 2012) and after I lightly drew in a few large trees with pencil changed the name to Maple Reflections 1.

With a mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I indicate where the main tree trunk would be and some of the larger branches.

Using cadmium yellow and new gamboge I put the first layer  of colour over the tree trunk and branches on the main tree and the smaller tree to its right.

Next I added a little cadmium red to the yellow mix and put on the second layer of paint leaving some areas of the first layer untouched.

Starting on the larger tree on the left side of the painting and using a mix of lemon yellow and new gamboge for the lighter areas of leaves.

Cadmium yellow was added to the base colour for the next layer of darker leaves.

Burnt sienna was added to the mixture and used throughout the trees in the painting to unite them.

The tree trunks were filled in with burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue as were the shoreline and their reflections in the water.

The leaf colours were put in with vertical strokes of the various mixtures of colours.

Lastly, the grasses and growies at the base of the trees were put in using raw sienna, burnt sienna, cadmium yellow and new gamboge.

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 Windsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - April Showers 1

Today I had to take in my paintings for the Still Life and Objects Show at Art On Kent and sit at the gallery. The opening Reception for the new show is on 18 October from 6-7:30pm.

While I was at the show I worked this painting that I started earlier this year (see post on 18 July 2013) which was originally called Grey Sky G.

I started by drawing in the river so that I would have a guide for placing the trees on each bank.

Then I indicated the distant trees on the horizon line.

Once I put in the tree trunks it was time to start painting them with various mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna to put on the bark and branches on the trees.

A raw sienna and Antwerp blue wash was used as a base colour for the grass on both sides of the river bank and a darker mix was applied with a sponge as some of the leaves.

French ultramarine blue was added to darken the green mix and the closer grasses were brushed in on both sides of the bank and then some of this colour was sponged in for the tree leaves.

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 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Burleigh Bay I and II - Two Works in Progress

With today being another beautiful, sunny and unseasonably warm day Ron and I took the canoe out to Burleigh Falls.

We launched the canoe just below Burleigh Falls and paddled to the top end of the Burleigh Bay. On the way I was able to see a section of Burleigh Falls that I had never seen before and took reference pictures for later paintings.












Burleigh Bay I

When we turned around to slowly head back we did our usual things; Ron cast his lure into the water to catch fish while I sketched and took reference photographs.

Getting the canoe back to the launching point was a little tricky with us having to go almost directly below Burleigh Falls and letting the current carry us down towards the launch area. After packing everything up we went out for supper at the Lovesick Cafe and enjoyed a well cooked meal there before heading home.














Burleigh Bay II

Both of these sketches will need to be completed with pen and ink and I will post these and the others as they are completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Yellow Vase with Flowers - A Work in Progress

Today at KAGS the theme for our Still Life class was dishes and flowers. Margaret brought in a lovely display of dishes and flowers and I brought in this vase with a large variety of silk flowers.

I used the table runner from the display with the dishes and changed the colour of it from pale cream to a bright green and combined it with the vase. I liked the way the light passed through the linen material and the cast shadow that showed on the table.

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

All Things White - A Work in Progress

This is the first painting I started with the Still Life Group at KAGS last month.

The Group had enjoyed the "All White" theme in the last class of the spring so much that we decided to do it again to start off the autumn session.














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

On Golden Pond - A Work in Progress

Since today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group I took along a number of paintings from Magnetawan.

This is a sketch I had started (see posting 30 October 2011) one afternoon the first time I went to Magnetawan while I was sitting on the bench by the well that overlooked a quiet inlet.

Since the original reference photographs were lost when I had computer problems I decided to bring the sketch with me this year and try and get it completed.

This year there were a lot more leaves on the trees and I made changes to the sketch and masked out the areas that need to be kept clean for the bright coloured leaves and sunlit areas.

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.

Green Eyes - A Work in Progress

Victoria Wallace taught a class in grisaille painting with at twist at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.

We were shown the artistic technique used by the old Masters of painting Grisaille (an under painting in shades of grey) with the modern twist of using acrylic medium with charcoal, markers and/or graphite to create the grey base.

The image was drawn on the canvas in my case with charcoal and the acrylic mat medium was used to spread the grey colour and blend it on the canvas for the light and dark grey values.

I will probably start another two paintings of cat's eyes using some of the other grisaille shades. Paintings where green is used as the base colour are often referred to as verdaille and those that use a brown base are often called brunaille.

I will post this painting at a later date as more of it is completed.

Turban Squash I - A Work in Progress

This is one of the Turban Squash that was a part of one of the still life displays from last month (see posting on 04 October 2013).

I started this one while sitting in the afternoon at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery along with a couple of other small pieces (see posting on 05 October 2013).













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

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

Onions - Three Works in Progress

These are three pieces I started last month while sitting at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery (see post on 04 October 2013).













Onion Solo

The onions that were in the still life display on had a lot of character and I worked on smaller versions of them.













Onion Duet

I will post these at a later date as them are finished.













Onion Trio

Sunflowers, Squash and Onions - A Work in Progress

This is one of two paintings I started during the Still Life class at KAGS last month.

It was an interesting arrangement of a basket filled with sunflowers, together with a pumpkin, turban squash and onions.

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

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

Knoepfli Inn - A Work in Progress

This is a sketch I started of the Knoepfli Inn from across the road in the building they refer to as the "Farmhouse".













After doing my drawing I only had time to paint in the foreground tree before the light shifted and I stopped painting. I have photographs as reference for when I work on this painting at a later date.












We had to leave the Knoepfli Inn after breakfast this morning and head back home.










Once I return home I have to go to KAGS and pick up my paintings from the Rural Scenes show which closes at 4:00pm today.








Thank you for looking at my artwork.

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 October.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2013 and 2014 - October

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.

The Arts Department - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
TAD
12 Sep - 12 Oct 13 Member's Room
Opening Reception 13 Sep 13 from 6-7:30pm.
17 Oct - 16 Nov 13 Still Life and Objects
Opening Reception 18 Oct 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 20 Jan 14 from 1-4pm.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
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
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 Envinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Rd.,Peterborough, Ont.
The Art of the Turtle
25 Oct 13 from 7-10pm

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
19 Nov - 20 Dec Annual Christmas Show
Opening Reception 21 Nov from 7-8:30 pm