Therese's Oven I

Since it is going to rain all day, I thought I would like to work on this piece that I had started a few years ago (see posts on 26 August 2013 and 23 December 2016) when I was on a paint out with the KAGS Outdoor Painters' Group.

I started by working on the rocks on the oven, adding the highlights and the shadows to all of the stonework.

After working on this for a couple of hours the stonework was finally completed. It was time for a break and some lunch.














After lunch I put the wire between the fence posts and in behind the tree on the left side of the oven.

I put the tree branches on the right side of the drawing and the Virginia creeper vines on the page wire fence and growing on and around the oven.

Lastly, I added in the grasses and growies around the base of the oven, fence posts and trees.

This original 6" x 9" pen and ink when it has been matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $75.00.

Therese's Oven I - A Work in Progress

This morning started off as cold as yesterday's high of 25F (-4C) with the wind chill making it feel like 14F (-10C), but the nice thing is it will warm up to 36F (2C) with a wind chill of only 25F (-4C).

Today I wanted to do a little work on a pen and ink drawing so I pulled out this sketch from a few years ago (see post on 26 August 2013) when painting with the KAGS Outdoor Painters at Therese Harmon's home.

I started on the left side of the drawing and inked in the tree, adding the leaves as I put in the various branches.














I started putting in some of the grasses and growies around the base of the trees and at the bottom of the oven.

Next I put in one of the fence posts a put in some of the grasses on the lawn below the post.

From there I started working on some of the field stones that the oven was made of and added shadows to the rocks.

I will post this drawing at a later time once I have completed the oven.

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