Bend in the Road 2

It has been an interesting day with the temperatures starting at 18F (-8C) in the morning and warming up to 43F (6C) by late afternoon.















Throughout the day we had snow flurries, with enough snow falling to cover the ground with a thin blanket of snow. While I watched the snow fall, I did this drawing of a rutted, dirt road out in the country.

ACEO - Fence Posts 1

It is a nice hot day at 82F (28C) and with the humidity it feels like 90F (32C); good weather for the letting the second cut hay to dry.

I thought I would like to work on one of the fence post paintings I started last month, (see post on 17 July 2016).

I started by using water and lifting most of the colour off the fence posts.

Next I mixed a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna and put the wood grain onto each of the fence posts.

Using a thin wash of Antwerp blue and aureolin I brushed it on some areas of the fence post to show the moss and staining.

Then using burnt sienna I put in the strands of barbed wire fencing across the fence posts.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

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.

Morning Shadows I - A Works in Progress

It is a nice warm 78F (28.5C) sunny day with a wonderful breeze; great weather to be out working in the gardening, unfortunately I will be at the Executive meeting at the KAGS this afternoon.

I was not going to let that stop me from doing some drawing and in the fields behind the barns with the early morning sun the trees cast long beautiful shadow causing beautiful dancing patterns on the waving grasses.














I took a number of photographs to capture the beautiful colours and the stunning contrasts.

I will post this piece at a later date once I have transferred the sketch to paper and started adding colour.

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

ACEO - Open Field 1

This is a painting I have worked on for a little while (see posts on 28 Oct 2012 and 29 March 2013) and wanted to complete it today.

First I painted in the hay field with a mix of raw sienna and burnt sienna, varying the colours throughout the field.

With green mixtures made of Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue, new gamboge, cadmium yellow and raw sienna I painted in the trees along the far edge of the field.














In the foreground I painted in the tree trunks of the three pines with burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue and then added the needles with darker green mixes of the same colours used on the distant trees.

Lastly, I put in some stubble remaining from the mowed field with mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna, cadmium yellow and French ultramarine blue.

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.

Open Field 1 - A Work in Progress

This is another of the small paintings that I started last year by using the various blues from my palette and painting in skies (see post on 28 October 2012). I pulled this one out which was called Blue Sky G and decided it looked a lot like one of the fields behind the barn.

I started by sketching in by twin pines that are on the fence line of the back field before the sugar bush.















Next I put in the middle field fence line with the various trees at the edge of the field. I indicated some of the grasses that grew along the edge of the field by the rock piles.

I was just getting my paints out to start work on this painting when I had unexpected company arrive, so I will post this piece at a later date once it is completed.