Oil Lamp Trio - A Work in Progress

Today was the first session in the New Year with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group.

Last year we spoke about having a small still life display set up on the first session of each month for those that were interested in working from life.

To start the year off with a challenge I brought in glass objects which are always interesting as well as challenging.















Three of the group decided to take up the challenge. Next month another person will bring in the still life treasures.

I managed to complete the outline drawing for two of the glass oil lamps and made some progress on the third one.

I will post this piece at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

Feast for the Eyes

Today I was sitting at Art on Kent in Lindsay, Ontario for the last day of the "Feast for the Eyes" show.














I was surprised that there wasn't a larger number of paintings in the exhibit and only two photographs.










But with the wide variety of styles and media it created a very interesting display.














As usual the paintings were beautifully presented to the public by the show hanging committee.














It was also a very busy day at the Gallery with many people coming in to see the show as well as a couple of artists bringing in their art work for the next show called "Affordableism".















The new show starts on 24 Nov and runs through to 17 Dec 16 when the Gallery closed for the Christmas season and reopens in the New Year on 05 January and runs through until 14 Jan 17.














If you would like to meet some of the artists, the opening reception is on 26 Nov 16 from 1-3p.m. and I hope to see some of you there.

Glass on Mirrors - Two Works in Progress

Today in the Still Life class at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio our theme was Glass on Mirrors.

There were two distinct groupings and both were challenging subjects, especially when some of the glass was cut crystal and etched glass; and the others were transparent and reflected the colours from their surroundings.














Crystal Reflections I

The first one had a plain goblet, a blued glass with tiny bubbles inside the glass sides, a tall patterned green vase, a large cut crystal candy dish and a small etched glass bowl containing pieces of candy all of which was reflected on the mirror.














Half Full or Half Empty?

The second one had two wine glasses, a bevelled water pitcher which reflected the surrounding colours and a couple of bottles of wine, one was half full and both had some interesting colours showing through the liquid.

I will post each of these paintings at a later date one more work on them has been completed.

Wine Glass - A Work in Progress

My high school friend Henry came out to visit with me yesterday at KAGS and enjoyed seeing the Small Treasures show. He left me a list of the paintings he would like to have if still available when his numbers are drawn on the tickets he purchased since he will be back in Prince George, B.C. at the time of the draw on the 29th.

It was nice seeing him again after four years but I bet he wishes he would have chosen another time to come to Ontario, yesterday was cold but today is even colder with the temperature at 2F (-16.7C) and even though the sun is shining the wind chill makes it feel like -11F (-23.9C).

Our next Still Life class is going to be glass on mirrors.

I decided to get some practice in and do a drawing of one of the wine glasses and its reflection on the table.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have added some colour to the painting.

Copper Kettle - A Work in Progress

Today it is warmer 0F (-18C) with the wind chill at -17F (-27C) than yesterday and today is also the first day of the Still Life class at KAGS for this year.

We did not have a theme for the class and used some of the vases, pieces of pottery and various containers that are in the Gallery for two interesting displays to paint.

The first one was of a clay jug, pot, bowl and spoon with a glass goblet and a few Chinese lanterns.

The second one consisted of two copper kettles, a brown glass bottle, an orange and a couple of pears.














I chose to use one of the kettles, the orange and the glass bottle. I had to move the bottle over from where it was to make a more pleasing picture.

Once the rough drawing was complete I started working on the orange. First I put a wash of new gamboge over the whole orange and gradually added a couple more layers to give the orange shape.

Next I added a touch of cadmium red to the new gamboge and added a few layers of this colour into the shadowed areas.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have completed the orange.

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

Autumn Harvest - A Work in Progress

This is another painting I started in the Still Life class at KAGS last month where the theme for that class was fruits and vegetables.

A vine of wild grape ran down the side of a panel and I did a small section of the display that had a glass bowl filled with wild grape, red, yellow and orange peppers; at the base of the bowl were another pepper and a small turnip.














Before the break I started painting the orange pepper at the base of the glass bowl and forgot to take a photograph of the painting at that stage.

After the break I finished the pepper and worked on the turnip and completed it, but I feel the pepper needs a little more work before it is finished.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have completed the glass bowl.

Wine Bottles and Fruit - A Work in Progress

It looks like winter is just not going to leave with having received another 4" (10cm) throughout yesterday with the temperature plunging to -8F (-22C) overnight and the wind chill bringing it to a bitter -20F (-29C).

I decided not going to go into the still life class today at KAGS, instead Idid a lot of the work around the house as well as finding a little time to do a bit of work on the piece I had started last week (see posting on 06 March 2014).

I put in the two green grapes that were in front of the pear and darkened the shadows under the fruit a little more. Then I sketched in the striped cloth on which the still life was placed.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work has been completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Glass Bottles 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

Last month I worked on a painting of bottles (see posting on 09 December 2012) from the Still Life class at KAGS.

I had also started a couple of sketches of some of the various bottles and these are two of those sketches that I have recently finished and are ready for me to start painting.


Glass Bottles 1

The first is of pale coloured glass bottles, one a pale pink, one a pale blue and the last is of clear glass with a very slight yellow tint.

The second sketch is of clear glass, an old milk bottle, and antique canning jar and a cut class decanter. It will be interesting to see how the background cloths transfer through the glass containers.

I will post each of these paintings again at a later date once I have completed some of the bottles.


Glass Bottles 2