I arrived early and had everything set up for the ticket draw and while I was waiting I worked on this little painting by blocking in some rectangular shapes with a pencil.
Using Antwerp blue I painted in the lower right shape; this was followed by paint the upper right shape with alizarin crimson.I added some cadmium yellow to the Antwerp blue to make a green and painted the lower left shape.
Using the same yellow I added alizarin crimson and painted in the shape on the upper left side.
I set this painting aside to dry as people were coming into the Gallery for the draw and within an hour it was quite crowded when it was time to start. Mrs. Vera Penrose of Peterborough, Ontario had the first ticket drawn and I would like to thank her for choosing my painting A Winter Sunset (see posts on 30 January and 27 February 2015).
The people wasted no time choosing their paintings as their number was called. I would like to thank Mrs. Joanne Fernall of Norwood, Ontario who is a long time collector of my work and she selected First Snow (see posts on see posts on 23 December 2014, 19 January and 15 March 2015) with the fifth ticket that was drawn.
When the seventh ticket drawn I was very pleased and would like to thank Mr. John of Toronto, Ontario for selecting the my final painting in the show, Autumn Reflections I (see posts on 30 December 2014, 28 January and 26 February 2015) as his choice.Everyone had a wonderful time at our closing ceremonies and perhaps we will have another one in about five years.
Before I left the Gallery I wanted to complete this painting and I painted the remain square with cadmium yellow.
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.
