Old and New - A Work in Progress

This is the other still life drawing I did earlier this month (see post on 13 December 2012) at KAGS.

It was a difficult composition to work with due to the many horizontals and verticals as well as oval shapes with lots of details.














I will post this picture at a later date once I have some of it painted.

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Snow Shoes - A Work in Progress

There were many different components in today's still life display at KAGS. It had may long horizontals and verticals due to the set of ski jumping skis and cross country skis with poles. There were also many interesting shapes with  a pair of beaded Woodland moccasins, downhill boots, cross country boots and  two different kinds of snow shoes .

I did a drawing of the entire display as well as one of just the snow shoes and the beaded leather boots. It was the latter one chose to start painting on within the time I had left.

I will post this painting at a later date one more of it has been completed.

Downhill

Ron and Christine had gone skiing yesterday at Devil's Elbow in Bethany and I thought it fitting to paint a couple of downhill skiers.

I painted both pieces at the same time.

For the background I used French ultramarine blue for the sky and added a little alizarin crimson to give a warm feel to the snow.

Before I set each piece aside to dry I sprinkled a little salt onto the paper to create "snowflakes".


Downhill Doubles

Once the paint was dry I brushed off any excess salt remaining on the paper.

I lightly drew the slope of the hill and mixed a dark green using French ultramarine blue and raw sienna for the trees.

Using the green mix I added a little burnt sienna and added a few dead tree trunks and the skiers.

Both original paintings are 3-1/4" x 6-1/4" framed watercolours and are available at $95.00 each or the pair for $180.00.

Downhill Duet

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