ACEO - Granite Cliffs 1

Today I wanted to complete a painting and I pulled out this piece that I had started a couple of years ago (see posts on 05 November 2016, 05 February, 07 March and 05 July 2017).

I started by adding in the trees on the distant rocks and put in the snow covered land at the end of the lake.

Next with a little Antwerp blue and burnt sienna I brushed in the areas of the lake where the winter winds uncovered the ice beneath the snow.















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. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

ACEO - The Lookout

This is a painting I started a while ago (see posts on 06 November 2016 and 05 February 2017) and decided that I would like to get it completed today.

The first thing I did was put in the figure looking out over the waterfall.

The pants and hair were a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, and the jacket was a bright combination of cadmium red and cadmium yellow.

I started on the rock faces of the cliffs using various mixtures of burnt sienna, alizarin crimson and French ultramarine blue, being careful to leave the section with the waterfall untouched.

Next I painted in the pine trees that made their homes in among the rocks, using French ultramarine blue, raw sienna and new gamboge.

Lastly, I put a little colour into the water with a pale mix of Antwerp blue and raw sienna.

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 90lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Twin Falls

This is the painting I did for tonight's class at The Point.

I have decided that I will donate this original 8" x 10" acrylic painting as the first of two that I will be donate for the Small Treasures show held at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio  in March to raise prize money for the Best of High School Art Show held each May.

Now I have to complete the other canvas that I started last year.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Granite Cliffs 1 - A Work in Progress

I wanted to do a little more work on this painting that I had started last year (see posts on 05 November 2016, 05 February and 07 March 2017).

Using various mixes of alizarin crimson, burnt sienna, French ultramarine blue and raw sienna, I painted the shadows onto the rock cliffs, the boulders and the rocks in the water.














With a green of raw sienna and French ultramarine blue I put in the pine trees scattered throughout the rocks.

The dead trees and branches were put in with a mix of burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue.

I will post this painting again once the water has been completed.

Long Lake V - A Work in Progress

Today, I thought I would like to work in pen and ink, as I looked through my sketches of the lakes in the area, I decided on this piece that I had started a number of years ago (see post on 15 June 2013) while we were canoeing on Long Lake.

I started by putting in the water at the base of the rock face, and from there I put in the larger tree on the right side of the rocks.














Next, I started adding the shadows on the large stones that made up most of the cliff, but before I could get much further along on this drawing I had company come over.

I will post this drawing at a later date as more work on it is completed.

Granite Cliffs 1 - A Work in Progress

I wanted to work on something with rocks and I brought out this piece that I worked on earlier this year (see posts on 05 November 2016 and 05 February 2017).

Using various mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna, alizarin crimson and French ultramarine blue I painted the granite cliffs and the various rocks and boulders in the water.















I will post this painting at a later date once I have painted the in the lake and rock reflections.

Along the Shore 1-3

I was going through some photographs of the Caribbean that I had taken over a number of years on various islands.















Along the Shore 1

I came across these pictures from Aruba and thought that I would do a few drawings of the sandy beaches and the rocky shores.















Along the Shore 2

Any drawing of the sand and surf in the Caribbean wouldn't be complete unless it had a number of seagulls in the sky.














Along the Shore 3

I may at a later date do paintings from each of these drawings.