Winter Bridge 1

It didn't take very much to complete this little painting that I had started in the workshop with Margaret Roseman (see post on 01 May 2010).

I added more growies into the foreground and a suggestion of rock shapes into the bridge.

It is an original 4" x 6" framed watercolour available for $145.00.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Peaceful Evening 1

This is the other landscape painting I had started in the workshop with Margaret Roseman (see post 01 May 2010.)












The island and trees on the right side of the painting were painted and the water below the island was darkened.Next I added a touch of the brighter green into the tops of the left side trees to complete the painting.

It is an original 4" x 6" framed watercolour available for $145.00.

Workshop with Margaret Roseman - Landscape

Today was the final day of the workshop with Margaret Roseman.

For the first part of the morning we worked on thumbnail sketches and tried different values on the same sketch to see which one would be more effective.

We worked on the contrast in our sketches, until we had a couple of workable sketches for the basis of our landscape paintings.

Winter Bridge 1

The first was a winter scene of a bridge, and the second of a sunset on a lake. I will post both of them when they are finished.

I worked on two different paintings.













Peaceful Evening 1

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

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

Workshop with Margaret Roseman - Negative Painting and Still Life

Today is the second day of the workshop with Margaret Roseman.

For the first hour we were allowed to continue to work on the lilies from yesterday or if we hadn't liked our background we had the option to do it again.














Clematis

This painting is an exercise in picking out flower shapes and painting in the negative. It was turned until we could establish whether to paint it in a horizontal or vertical format.

Various shades of greens and blues were used to give definition to the clematis flowers. Once their placement had been set, the centre stamen and pistol were painted to give the petals a place from which to radiate outward.

It created some interesting effects and I will post this painting as I continue to do more work on it and once it is completed.














Pears in Blue Bowl

In the afternoon we progressed to working on a still life composition.

I chose to work on a fairly simple composition of pears in a bowl. I will post this piece at a later date.

Tomorrow we will be working on landscape paintings.

Workshop with Margaret Roseman - Florals

Today I started a three day workshop with Margaret Roseman.

I have taken two previous workshops with Margaret that I thoroughly enjoyed even though I had to work hard at painting in a much looser style than I usually work; but I certainly learned a lot from her, which is why I have been looking forward to this class.














Our first painting was to be a floral, and the reference was a bouquet of Stargazer lilies.

Mixtures of blues and soft greens were painted into some areas of the background and sections were left white where the flowers would be placed. Darker greens for leaves were added to give shape and definition to the main lily.

Once the main flower had been established, additional flower and bud shapes were blocked in with pencil to give direction to the painting. This also made it easier to paint them in the negative.
















Stargazer Lilies

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

Before we left for the night Margaret had us use each of the three primary colours (a red, a blue, and a yellow) on a piece of watercolour paper which we threw water on in various areas. Each colour was poured onto the paper and rolled around and we were allowed to spray more water onto the paper to help it move until we were satisfied with the result.

We then left for the evening to wait and see what the results of this would be in the morning. (And if we liked it any better than when we left it.)

This is one of two backgrounds I created.

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