Loon Call Lake XI-XIV

After hearing the weather forecast calling for clear skies a temperature of 84F (29C)  with humidity at 90F (32C) it seemed like a good day to go out on the lake.

While Ron got everything together and put into the car then loaded the canoe, I made our lunches and gathered my pencils and sketch books and did the barn chores.















Loon Call Lake XI

It wasn't long before we were heading up Highway 28 and deciding on which lake we were going to spend the day.















Loon Call Lake XII

We decided on Loon Call Lake as the last time we were there was in 2015 and it would nice to see what changes have been made in the last five years.















Loon Call Lake XIII

One of the cottages at the end of the lake that looked like it was abandoned had been given a facelift; and around the point from it the owners of that cottage had added a four foot tall lighthouse, of which I did  a sketch.















Loon Call Lake XIV

By then it was time to break for lunch and enjoy the warmth of the sun and the gentle breeze, before we would slowly make our way back to the boat launch.

Ron had been enjoying his day as well, he caught four largemouth bass and a sunfish, all of which were safely removed from the hook and carefully returned to the lake.

In one inlet there was a small tie up at the water and a "goat track" leading up over the rocks to an outhouse and higher up was a small cottage at the very top of the rock face.

Loon Call Lake XIV

On this sketch I am not sure whether to do it as a vertical to show just how far up the cliff you have to go to the reach outhouse or leave it as a horizonal sketch. Time will tell.

ACEO - Evening Lighthouse 1

I wanted to finish this painting that I had started last year (see posts on 18 April and 24 May 2016 and 10 February and 28 April 2017).

I started with a pale orange of new gamboge and alizarin crimson and washed into the foreground water and then a little burnt sienna was added to the mix and the colour was put in just below the horizon line.

Pure new gamboge was put into the water from below the dark orange to just below the rocky shore.

Using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson the rocks and shoreline below the lighthouse was stippled in to create texture; the crashing surf was created by leaving ragged areas of white paper at the base rocks.

By mixing a pale blue grey with French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna the shadows within the surf against the rocks was indicated.















With a darker mix of the pale grey slightly more to the blue range the darker part of the waves were painted in between the water reflecting the sky colors.

Lastly I painted in the distant land on the horizon line with a darker mix of the wave colour.

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. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

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

Evening Lighthouse 1 - A Work in Progress

I wanted to do a little work on a panting and I chose this one that I started last year (see posts on 18 April and 24 May 2016).

Using a mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I put in the windows on the lighthouse, the edge of the lantern room, the roof on the lighthouse keeper's home and the concrete foundation for the lighthouse.

With a mix of cadmium red and alizarin crimson I added the roof on the top of the lighthouse and the base around the lantern room.














With cadmium yellow I put in the lantern and a thin line of the reflected light from the sunset on the left side of the lighthouse.

I will post this painting at a later date once I paint in the water and the crashing surf at the base of the rocks.

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

Lakes 1-3 - Three Works in Progress

It is another nice sunny day with the temperature reaching 84F (28.9C) and the humidity it feels like 89F (31.7C).

I pulled out these three little pieces that I started last month (see post on 18 April 2016).

For the first painting I put a line of new gamboge with a touch of alizarin crimson along the horizon line.

I added a little more alizarin crimson and put it in above the new gamboge and blended it up into the sky.

It was also added just below the horizon line and then a little more alizarin crimson was added to the mixture and put in below.

Then the phone rang and when I returned the paper was dry, so I rewet the paper and with alizarin crimson I blended it into the sky.

Next I used French ultramarine blue and put into the sky and then I mixed it with the alizarin crimson and painted it into the bottom area of the lake and created a few waves through the orange colour.

I changed the name of this painting from Lake 1 to Rainbow Sky 1 and then decided that I would make all these paintings into sunset scenes.

For my next painting I used new gamboge and put a line across the paper just below the center of the sky.














Next I added some alizarin crimson to the yellow and painted in the lower part of the sky just above the water. To the orange I added water to lighten the colour and painted in the top portion of the sky.

Then I mixed a dark of French ultramarine blue burnt sienna and alizarin crimson for the clouds and before I could apply the paint the phone rang.

After the call I once again had to rewet the sky in order to put in the clouds and finish the sky. I decided to call this painting Evening Lighthouse 1 instead of Lake 2.














For this painting since I had all the colours I needed mixed, I started with the new gamboge and washed it into the top of the sky, followed with the orange mix and then the alizarin crimson into the bottom of the sky. Into the top of the sky I put in the clouds with the burnt sienna mixture and with the mauve mixture I added some more clouds into the area just above the water.

I changed the name of this painting from Lake 3 to Beach Sunset 1 and decided that I would stop painting for the day before the phone rings again.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return to see how these paintings look when they are completed.

Lakes 1-3

I was in the mood to doodle and thought I may as well do some drawings of scenes with water in them.

I thought for the first piece that I would like to have a lot of sky where the colours could be reflected into the water of the lake.

I put in my horizon line first, fairly low on the paper to leave plenty of room for the sky.

Lastly I put an island in the foreground on the right hand side with a couple of tall pines.

Lake 1

For the next sketch I wanted to have the water with a lot more movement.

First I put in the horizon line and then put in the large rock, followed by the lighthouse.













Lake 2

At the bottom put in the large waves crashing against the base of the rock and a few white caps in the distance.

For the third sketch I put in the horizon line first and then set down the leading wave on the shoreline.














Lake 3

Lastly, I put in some debris on the shore and indicated some waves on the surface of the lake.

OSWOA - Beachcomber I

This morning I was watching The Weather Network on television and they were showing a video of the surf crashing on shore and it made me think if this painting, that I had started last year (see post on 15 September 2013).

I started at the horizon line and gradually made the wave lines larger until I had a breaker starting to crest, then I put in the trough and the receding waves on the shore.

I scattered some seaweed across the beach that had been washed in by the waves.














After looking at the drawing, while taking a break and having a cup of tea I decided that it needed a lighthouse on a spit of land.

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original pen and ink drawing using STAEDTLER Mars 308 Fineliner on 109lb. Pentalic Paper for Pens archival quality, acid free paper. It is priced at $30.00 and sold matted and shrink wrapped.

Lighthouse 3 and 4

Today I was in the mood to work on something different and since last night I was watching a program on television of the east coast, I thought I would do a couple of lighthouses from memory.

They probably won't look like any of the ones I saw last night but the basics of most lighthouses are similar.

For my first one I did it in a portrait format and placing the lighthouse on the left side of the paper.

Below the lighthouse I placed the rocks with the breakers crashing against them and waves racing toward the shore.

Lighthouse 3

Lastly, I put a moon or a setting sun in the sky. If I was to do it as a painting that is a decision I would have to make or perhaps do one of each.















Lighthouse 4

For my second one, I used the landscape format and instead of doing a cylinder shape for the lighthouse I used more of a pyramid shape.

Again, I put in the rock base, the breakers and in this case I think it should be a sunset should I do it as a painting. 

Rocky Coast

Today brought us sunshine and cooler weather as well  which made it ideal for people to come out to see the art show.

In between speaking with many of the people who attended the show I spent most of the day working on working on this painting of a lighthouse and the rocky coastline.

Originally it was designed to go into an oval mat, but not always being one to stay within the lines I extended the edges and it could also go into a rectangular mat as well.

Just another choice I will have to make when I go to frame it.

This original 3-1/2" x 5" watercolour when framed will be available for $135.00.

Six originals were sold from Heather Grant, Bonnie Windover, Lorraine Ryan and Bonnie Windover along with pottery from JoAnne Connell Northey. Small items were also sold by Diane Collins and Lorraine Ryan.

The hours for our show are:
13 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
18 Aug 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
19 Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm

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

Rocky Coast - A Work in Progress

I spent most of the day painting on a number of small pieces including this one. I will continue to work on it during the course of the art show and will post it once more work on it has been completed.

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

Today was the first day of our art show and originals were sold by Bonnie Windover and Lorraine Ryan and pottery by JoAnne Connell Northey. Small items were purchased from Diane Collins and Penny Little.

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

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

Warning Tower 1

This is an original 5" x 9" framed pen and ink painting and is available for $145.00.

I often do sketches of different locations while watching television. It takes me to places I have never seen and sparks my imagination.











This was from an old black and white movie I was watching late one night. I saw the lighthouse for less than a minute and this is the end result.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

East Coast Lighthouse - A Work in Progress

While watching the weather station I kept seeing footage of one of the east coast lighthouses.

I did a quick sketch of the lighthouse and worked on a drawing that could be anywhere on the east coast.

I transferred my drawing to a piece of watercolour paper and now I have to decide what time of day to make this painting.

I will post it once I have decided and painted in at least the sky.

Lighthouse - A Work in Progress

The lighthouse and the rock face were drawn onto the paper first.

These areas were left dry and the rest of the paper was wet with water. A pencil mark was put on the stone face and on the left side to indicate the horizon line.

Alizarin crimson was brushed into the sky and the water first.

Then the cloud colours of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna were brushed into the sky and into the water.

A little new gamboge was put into the sky to indicate the sun behind the clouds and a bit in the water as its reflection.

A little raw sienna was brushed into the shadowed side of the lighthouse tower.

The rock face was painted with a mixture of alizarin crimson, burnt sienna and a little bit of French ultramarine blue. A palette knife was used to scrape out some of the rock shapes.

I will post this painting at a later date when I have worked on it again.

Inlet

This is an original 11" x 12-3/4” framed watercolour available for $225.00.















Two children stop at the edge of a high cliff to have their lunch. Looking down from their vantage point, everything below seems so small and unreal, that they are more like toys left scattered about the landscape by a giant's hand.

ACEO - Lighthouse 1 and 2

Lighthouses are always an interesting sight on a beach. I was experimenting with the difference between how a lighthouse would look during the day and night.














Lighthouse 2

The ACEO shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on either 140lb. or 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.














Lighthouse 1

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.