Old Oak I

Today I wanted to finish this pen and in drawing that I started a number of years ago (see posts on 22 February 2013 and 25 January 2017).

The first thing I did was to remove the building. I wanted the background to be uncluttered and I felt the house made it look too busy.

I indicated the distant hills in the background and put in various layers of trees adding more details to the closer ones.














Next, I put in some more fence posts into the middle ground.

This was followed by various grasses and growies at the base of the posts and into the field.

Into the foreground I added grasses growing around the base of the oak tree and some clumps of grasses at the base of the front posts.

Lastly, I added the barb wire to the fence posts.

This original, 6-1/2" x 9" pen and ink drawing will be available after it is matted and shrink wrapped for $60.00.

White Water I - A Work in Progress

I like driving along River Road as there are always so many interesting things to see no matter what the season.

I came across this stand of birch trees just south of Lakefield Lock 27.

Today I took the time to pull over and do a small sketch of the birches, rocks and fast flowing water of the Otonabee River.

It is a very pretty place and I will have to make a point of it to return in the fall, winter and spring as I think it would make a nice collection of the four seasons.

I will post this painting later once I finish the rocks and water.

OSWOA - What's New?

This morning I was at Art on Kent which is normally not open on Sunday, but they had the Doors Open Ontario Tour which was sponsored by the Ontario Heritage Trust where tours were conducted through many of the century or older buildings throughout the province.

Since I had a little time at the Gallery and wanted to finish this little piece that was started a while ago (see posts on 27 March 2014 and 07 July 2014) and would be ideal for a child's room.













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.

Oriental Pottery

It is another hot day 77F (25C) but with the humidity feels like 84F (29C).

I wanted to do more work on this drawing (see post on 06 February 2014) that I had started in the still life class at KAGS.

I tightened up the drawing and added the pattern details on the vase and pottery jar.

I made a few changes to the composition by enlarging the clay tea pot and shifting its position slightly.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Mine! 1

Today we had a temperature of 72F (22C) with the humidity making it feel like 84F (29C) but we will have rain for most of the day which means I do not have to water my garden.

I wanted to work on a still life drawing today, so I set up one of my stuffed toys in this case a dragon and added a few blocks to make it interesting.















It didn't take very long to get the drawing of the dragon finished.

From there I started adding in the various blocks to complete the drawing. The last thing I did was to curve the dragon's tail around the blocks making him look possessive.

Saddlebred Head Study

I was watching a program about the different types of gaited horses on television.

I found it interesting about the many different gaited breeds that are found throughout the world. Including a couple that I hadn't realized they were considered gaited.

I did a number of sketches of the different breeds which I will post at a later date.

This original 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" graphite pencil drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $20.00.

Stormy Sky I

It was a beautiful day today with the temperature going up to 77F (25C) and with the humidity it felt more like 88F (31C), this caused us to be treated to three thunderstorms.

I have always enjoyed watching thunderstorms and with living on the top of a hill you can see the lightning all around you during a storm. It was especially nice being able to sit on the front porch with my husband and enjoy the beauty of the storm with its many lightning strikes.












While going through some drawings I came across this one that I had started a few years ago (see post on 27 August 2011).

I thought it fitting that I should finish this drawing of a stormy day.

I lightly penciled in the bottoms of a series of clouds and then gradually inked in the layers of the clouds as they stacked one on top of the other.

This original 4-1/2" x 9" pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $45.00.

Moonlight Reflections 1

Tonight there is a full moon in the sky lighting up the ground with a soft glow.

I thought I would like to do a drawing of a full moon at night.

I started by placing the moon in the top of the sky and indicating the path of the moonlight on the ground, but in this case on water.

Next I put in the horizon line and to the right side of the lake I indicated an island.

To create some interest I put in a sailboat on the water along with some reflections from the sailboat.

At a later date I may develop this drawing into a painting.

Pine Tree at Dawn

Today my Smoke kitty finally came back. I thought something had happened to her, since she was gone for almost two weeks.

This morning I watched the sunrise and painted the dawn colours and added the same pine tree from yesterday to the painting.

This original 6" x 8" framed watercolour is available for $125.00.

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

Summertime

Although today is overcast with the promise of more rain and thunderstorms in the forecast it is a wonderful 72F (22C) with a breeze blowing which helps keep the mosquitoes away.

I received confirmation yesterday that one of my paintings "Through the Storm" (see posting on 19 April 2013) was accepted for the juried show at The Lindsay Gallery which is held 03-26 June 2014.

I wanted to paint today and came across this painting in my portfolio of a Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) that I had started many years ago.  It didn't need a lot of work for it to be finished as there were only that a few wild grape leaves on the fence rail that needed their final layer of colour.

After a couple hours of work on those leaves and a few other spots throughout the painting I was finally happy with the results.

I will continue to post the painting I finish each day during the course of the month. I hope you will return often to see the postings.

This original 15" x 22" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $1,480.00.

Confirmed Shows for 2014 - June

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 Arts Network - Art On Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
08 May 14 - 05 Jun 14 Exhibit Exchange with Gallery in the Attic
Opening Reception 09 May 14 Evening - 7-9pm
03 Jul 14 -02 Aug 14 Member's Show
Opening Reception 05 Jul 14 from 1-3pm.
04-27 Sep 14 Reaping and Gathering
Opening Reception 06 Sep 14 from 1-3pm.
02-25 Oct 14 Water, Water Everywhere
Opening Reception 04 Oct 14 from 1-3pm.
30 Oct 14 - 22 Nov 14 Abstraction and Contraptions
Opening Reception 01 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
27 Nov - 10 Jan 15 Affordableism
Opening Reception 29 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.

Norwood Skillet, 4247 Highway 7, Norwood Ont.
28 May - 24 Jun 14

MacKelvie Gallery, Keene, Ontario
PioneerVillage
29 May - 26 Jun Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
03-26 Jun 14 Annual Juried Show
18 Nov - 19 Dec 14 Members' Christmas Show and Sale

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
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.

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
BuckhornArtistsGroup
09-17 Aug 24th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Fenelon Falls Fair Grounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
30-31 Aug 14 Kawartha Arts Festival

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at some of these shows.

Long Hair on Cat

Today I taught my last watercolour class at KAGS for this year. My students wanted to do hair texture and chose as the subject a long haired cat and wanted it to be ginger coloured.

It seems appropriate to be painting a ginger cat today since this morning was the first time that I was able to touch the wild ginger tom cat that has been in my barn since November of last year. He is still extremely wild but with time he may stop being afraid.















This is as far as I was able to take the class with this painting in the three hour lesson.

Thank you to Mrs. June Wismer of Peterborough, Ontario wanted the painting for reference material and it is now in her collection.

Winter Snow 1

Today I am sitting the Buckhorn Artists' Group show at KAGS.

While I was there I worked on a drawing of a farm house on a hill. Since it was in the distance I didn't need to put in a lot of detail.

In the foreground I put in a fence line along the crest of the hill to divide the fields.














To balance the drawing I did a couple of large pines to on the right side behind the fence.

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

I hope you will return often to see the postings.

Self and Others Show

Today I took my three paintings What? (see posts on 25 February and 04 April 2014),  Winter Trail I (see posts on 07 and 10 March 2014) and Winter Creek I (see posts on 17 and 24 March 2014) for the Canvas Confidential Fund Raiser to The Lindsay Gallery.

Afterward I stopped at Art on Kent to see the new show Self and Others where I have three of my paintings with figures on display.

From there I returned home in time to start the evening barn chores.

OSWOA - Night Sky 3

I came across this small painting I started last year (see post on 29 January 2013) and it looks very similar to one I had started in a class at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio with Emil Varga last month (see post on 11 March 2014) so I will experiment with this one so see where I would like to place the foreground islands for the larger one.

Using a mix of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson I painted in an island to the right side of the painting and using the same colour put the land reflections below it in the water.














With a lighter mixture of the same colour I painted in the distant shore line.

For the foreground water I added some ripples into the water with a mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

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.

Flying By I

Today was a warm and wonderful spring day with the temperature making it up to 65F (18C).

It was so nice to be able to go out and work in my garden again today. The spring flowers are starting to come up and the grass has turned green. Soon I will have to start mowing the lawn.














It made me think of some of my vacations in Cuba so I pulled out this drawing of the beach in Veradero that I started earlier this year (see post on 11 January 2014).

I added a herring gull and clouds into the sky; next I added a high point of land in the distance and lastly added a woman into the ocean watching the sailboat on the horizon.

This original 9" x 12" pen and ink drawing when framed will be available for $165.00.

Thawing

Considering the day started off with the windows on my car being coated in frost due to the 22F (-5.5C) temperature, but the bright and sunny day ended up having a high of 49F (9C). Perhaps spring is finally going to arrive.

This painting had been started a few years ago and set aside until I decided what it needed to be considered a finished piece.

Using a mixture of burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue I added a number of larger deciduous tree trunks along the shoreline.















This was followed by adding the reflections of the tree trunks into the open water.

Once this original 11" x 15" watercolour painting is framed it will be available for $185.00. SOLD

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

Setting Sun 2

Well, the temperatures have dropped yet again, to 26F (-3C) and it is snowing, so much for my plans of working in my garden.

I thought I would do a drawing of the sun setting behind a stand of trees that grow along my fence line.















I added in some of the hills on the far side of the road to complete the drawing.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Barn V

I sat on the porch and enjoyed last night's thunderstorms. The first one went on for over an hour and was often overhead and then the rain continued for a couple more hours before the second thunderstorm arrived. It was even more spectacular than the first one.

We are off to a good start this morning with the temperature at 56F (13C) and rising. I will take the welcome warmth even if rain is falling. However, I can already forecast that the summer is going to be unseasonably hot. There is no sense to complain, we will just have to take it as it comes.

Today I went to paint with the Lakefield Creative Art Guild at St. John the Baptiste Anglican Church.











I brought along a number of sketches of barns that I had started last year (see post on 25 September 2013). I decided on this one and began by fixing the barn roof, adding some windows on the long side of the building, adding doors onto the front of the building.

Next I added a fence line from the barn and along the roadway and another at the back of the pasture in front of the tree line. I added more details to the tree in the foreground.

This original 4-1/4" x 9” graphite pencil drawing will be available when matted and shrink wrapped for $40.00.

OSWOA - Bird's Nest 1

This was another of the items found in the display for the Still Life class at KAGS earlier this week. The bird's nest was an interesting piece which I omitted from the larger painting.













I worked on this little painting as well as one with a dressed up Easter bunny  while waiting for the background and foreground washes to dry so I could continue to paint on the larger piece.

I wanted to get the smaller pieces from that class completed and succeeded with this one and also did a little more work on the other one which I will also post as it is 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 paintings using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $30.00 and sold unframed.