Just Bobbing - A Work in Progress

Today at KAGS the theme for the Still Life class was wood.

We had two different displays set up. The first one was of various carved decoys, some painted and some plain. The second one was of various wooden carvings, bowls and buckets.

I chose to do the one with the carved decoys. I liked the two that were unpainted of a goose and a duck. I added the small painted mallard to the drawing a little later.

When the drawing was completed I used liquid friskit to mask out the decoys.














Once that was dry I used various mixes of cadmium yellow, raw sienna, Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue to put in the background behind the decoys.

With a pale wash of both blues I indicated the water at the base of the birds.

Using raw sienna I started painting the goose first, gradually building up layers of colour to give the decoy shape.

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

Forest King I

Hunting season has rolled around again this year and with all the different types of hunting, from bow, black powder and regular rifles the season runs from September through to December.

I did a pen and ink drawing of a does earlier this month (see posting 12 September 2012).













This is a buck that used to feed in the courtyard with the horses over the winter last year; but so far I haven't seen him on the property although there are scrap marks on some of the trees which may be his doing.

This original 5" x 7-1/2" pen and ink drawing when framed will be available for $145.00.