ACEO - Shapes 4

I thought I would like to work on an abstract painting today.

First, I used a pencil and marked in the various shapes.

Next, I used alizarin crimson and painted in the thin line on the left side.

This was followed by using Antwerp blue in the corner of the right side.

I mixed the two colours together and painted in the bottom space on the right side.

From there I painted the small space at the centre top with cadmium yellow.

Cadmium red was used for the line across the bottom starting from the left side.

Lastly, I mixed the yellow and the blue and painted the remaining shape green.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper.

It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

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

ACEO - Shapes 3

It seems as though we have totally by-passed spring and have jumped straight into summer with the temperature today reaching 82F (27.8C) with the humidity making it feel like 89F (31.7C). We were fortunate to have a strong breeze blowing to make it pleasant to be outside.

I thought that today I would work on another abstract painting.

Using a pencil, I marked out a couple of rectangles.

With alizarin crimson, I painted in the long rectangle on the right side.

I moved diagonally to the bottom and used Antwerp blue to paint in the rectangle.

Using a mixture of both colours, I painted in the horizontal bar at the top left side.

Lastly, I used cadmium yellow on the bottom horizontal bar to complete thee painting.

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 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. 

It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Shapes 2

Today was the final day of the Small Treasures Show at KAGS. It was very well attended and 57 tickets were sold to raise funds for prize money for the students exhibiting in the Best of High School Art Show that is held in May each year.

I arrived early and had everything set up for the ticket draw and while I was waiting I worked on this little painting by blocking in some rectangular shapes with a pencil.

Using Antwerp blue I painted in the lower right shape; this was followed by paint the upper right shape with alizarin crimson.

I added some cadmium yellow to the Antwerp blue to make a green and painted the lower left shape.

Using the same yellow I added alizarin crimson and painted in the shape on the upper left side.

I set this painting aside to dry as people were coming into the Gallery for the draw and within an hour it was quite crowded when it was time to start. Mrs. Vera Penrose of Peterborough, Ontario had the first ticket drawn and I would like to thank her for choosing my painting A Winter Sunset (see posts on 30 January and 27 February 2015).

The people wasted no time choosing their paintings as their number was called. I would like to thank Mrs. Joanne Fernall of Norwood, Ontario who is a long time collector of my work and she selected First Snow (see posts on see posts on 23 December 2014, 19 January and 15 March 2015) with the fifth ticket that was drawn.

When the seventh ticket drawn I was very pleased and would like to thank Mr. John of Toronto, Ontario for selecting the my final painting in the show, Autumn Reflections I (see posts on 30 December 2014, 28 January and 26 February 2015) as his choice.

Everyone had a wonderful time at our closing ceremonies and perhaps we will have another one in about five years.

Before I left the Gallery I wanted to complete this painting and I painted the remain square with cadmium yellow.

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 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Shapes 1

Today my Red-winged Blackbirds arrived from the south and it is nice to know I can expect all the various black birds to arrive shortly. Once the Grackles and Cowbirds show up spring cannot be too far behind them.

Today I came across five pieces of paper that I was going to make into a collection of abstract paintings.

First, I blocked in various rectangular shapes with a pencil.

Now it was time to start putting colour into the various shapes. I started on the left side and painted the long rectangle with pure alizarin crimson.

Next, I made an orange of cadmium red and cadmium yellow and painted the large shape on the top right corner.

While that section was drying I mixed aureolin with Antwerp blue and painted in the small shape on the lower right side.

Using pure cadmium yellow I filled in the shape between the red bar and the orange shape.

Next I mixed French ultramarine blue with alizarin crimson for a dark purple and painted in the last shape at the bottom of the painting.

Once the paint was dry, I washed a layer of cadmium red over the shape on the left side to darken it slightly.

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 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.