Rusty Stuff 1 - A Work in Progress

After completing the barn chores and as I was leaving the barn I saw the hinge on the window ledge and decided to do some more work on the painting that I had started of it a couple of years ago (see post on 12 February 2015).

The first thing I did was make a wash of pure burnt sienna and painted the base coat on the hinge.

Using a pencil I straightened the top edge of the ledge board, followed by the facing edge.













Next I mixed a very dark grey, using French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and a small amount of alizarin crimson for the shadow in the wood.

I painted the wood texture onto the vertical edge of the window and as I was working on the shelf board I had company drop by for a visit.

I will post this piece at a later date once I have completed the barn board and the concrete wall.

Faith - A Work in Progress

Today is unusually hot 93F (33.9C) with the humidity making it feel like 109F (42.8C). Hopefully it won't be as warm tomorrow.

Earlier this year when I was painting at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church with the Lakefield Creative Artists' Group I took some photographs of the inside of the Church.

I thought that window with the backlit silhouette of the crucifix would make an interesting painting.

I painted the entire canvas with a pale mixture of French ultramarine blue and titanium white.

I added some burnt sienna to the under paint and blocked in the walls around the window.

Next I need to work on tightening the up the drawing and then transferring the image onto the canvas.

I will post this painting again once the image has been transferred onto the canvas.

By the Window

While sorting through some files I came across this painting that I had started a couple of years ago (see post on 25 August 2011).

It didn't need much to have it completed so I decided to work on it and the bonus was that I already had a mat and frame that the painting would fit.

I painted in the background in the lower left side window pane and added a little more colour to the other three window panes to have them with similar colours throughout.

Lastly, I added greenery in among the flowers and painted in the negative to give definition to the daisies.

This original 4-3/4" x 9” watercolour when framed will be available for $125.00.

The Window

Today is the second day of the Art Cunanan workshop. We worked on three different paintings today.

This is a quick watercolour painting of sunlight shining through a window.

I would like to thank returning collector Mme. Cecile Desrochers of Ste-Ramon, Quebec on her purchase of this painting.