Toys and Gift Wrapping - Three Works in Progress

Today I was in the Still Life class at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio in the morning and sitting the Gallery in the afternoon.

There were a wide variety of things to paint and I decided to do three small sections of the display.














Don't Drink and Drive 1

The first was of a bottle of wine, a small snowman, a teddy bear and a couple of toy cars with a gold ribbon running between them.














Gift Wrap 1

The second was of various gift boxes and bags with a roll of gold ribbon.















Santa's Bag 1

The third on was of Santa's bag filled with toys and wrapped gifts.

As more work is completed on each of the three paintings, I will post them at a later date.

Hung Up to Dry - A Work in Progress

This is a larger version of one of the sketches I did last month in the Still Life class at KAGS.

It was of a teddy bear on a clothes line with its arm tangled in the shoulder strap of a corset.

I thought it would make an interesting painting and will probably get a chuckle out of many people who see it, as it certainly caused a lot of laughter in the class.

I will post this piece at a later date once I have completed the outline drawing.

Teddy Bear Bedtime - A Work in Progress

It is another cold day 8F (-13.3C) but at least there is very little wind and the sun is shining causing more of the snow to melt.

Today Margaret Tough the President of KAGS and I are going to be on CFFF Trent Radio 92.7 FM in the afternoon after the Still Life class. We will be talking about the Gallery and the current Small Treasures Art Show. It should be interesting.

In the morning our theme for the Still Life class was "Sleepwear".

We had many interesting things to work chose from including various types of housecoats, satin robes, pajamas, night gowns, negligées, slippers, a couple of teddy bears and an alarm clock.














I decided on the two teddy bears, the alarm clock and the negligée on a blanket.

I put in the background with a pale mix of cobalt blue and alizarin crimson. While it was drying I added a section of hardwood floor.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have started painting the teddy bears.

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

Ted D. Bear

Every so often I will set up one of my daughter's old stuffed animals and do a small painting of it.

In this case I did one of her many teddy bears. I wanted to keep it fairly simple without a lot of clutter.

This framed 4-1/4" x 4-1/4" original watercolour is available for $95.00.