Reflected Beauty - A Work in Progress

I finished transferring the sketch of wild irises reflected into the water along the Snelgrove Brook.

I will post this piece again when I have completed some of the painting.

Today was the rehearsal for my daughter's wedding and the reception was on the Liftlock Boat Cruise. It was a very enjoyable evening and I took many pictures as we went through the locks and along the river.

The art show was a little busier today with Diane Collins selling an original and JoAnne Connell Northey selling pottery. Many small items were purchased from Tom Young, Barbara MacGregor, Bonnie Windover, Lorraine Ryan and Diane Collins.

The hours for our show are:
12 Aug 11 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
13 Aug 11 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 11 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

Looking forward to seeing you if you are able to visit our show.

Floral Demonstration - Two Works in Progress

I am often asked by the members of the Buckhorn Artists' Group to show how I paint various subjects. It can be anything from backgrounds, birds, animals or landscape.

These are two paintings I started as demonstrations to show how I approach floral paintings of irises and roses.

With the irises it was primarily what colours to use when painting yellow flowers. For the base coat on the iris I used new gamboge and added mixtures of raw sienna and burnt sienna for shadows.

Iris Trio

With the roses it was a lesson on how to paint the overlapping petals without them having an "outline" to keep them separated from one another.

A wash is put on the first petal and left to dry while another petal on the same bloom that is not touching the first petal has a wash applied to it. This is repeated though the entire flower.

With each succeeding wash more detail and shadows are added to give shape to each of the petals.

Rose Bouquet

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