Evening on the Lake 1 - A Work in Progress

Today I had errands to run in the morning and missed the Still Life class at KAGS.

I did arrive in time to paint with the Outdoor Painters' Group for the afternoon.

I wanted to paint a background for one of the sailboat sketches I did while on the Stoney Lake Boat Cruise (see post on 29 August 2015) earlier this year.













I thought an evening scene would be nice and using raw sienna I put in the top of the sky and as I worked lower I added burnt sienna for a nice orange glow.

I added a touch of French ultramarine blue to the mix and painted in the clouds and the water.

Once the background had dried I moved the various images of the different sailboats around on the painting.













Finally I decided that I would use two sailboats in this piece and transferred Sailboat 5 and Sailboat 6 onto the paper.

I will post this painting again at a later date once I paint in the distant shore and add the waves into the water.