Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Penny Little

Today I posted Penny Little's biography and two pieces of her artwork to the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog.

If you have been following the postings to the blog you will have already seen the painting she is submitting to the Art of the Turtle show to be held on 14 May 10.

Confirmed Shows for 2010 - May

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Showplace Performance Centre, Peterborough, Ont.
30 Mar - 04 May Solo Show

Peterborough Public Library, Peterborough, Ont.
Turtles
14 May The Art of the Turtle

St. Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
Buckhorn Artists' Group
22-24 May 22nd Annual Among Friends Art Show
07-15 Aug 20th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Sasquatch Art Center, 12 First St., Keene, Ont.
30 May - 26 Jun On the Small Side Miniature Art Show and Sale
Opening Reception 30 May 10 from 1-6pm.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery and Studio, Peterborough, Ont.
06-24 Jun Spring into Summer
Opening Reception 06 Jun 10 from 1-4pm.
11 Jul - 05 Aug People, Places and Things
Opening Reception 11 Jul 10 from 1-4pm.
05-23 Sep Driven to Abstraction
Opening Reception 05 Sep 10 from 1-4pm.
24 Oct – 11 Nov Outdoor Painters Show
Opening Reception 24 Oct 10 from 1-4pm.
05-22 Dec & 04-13 Jan 11 Christmas Show
Opening Reception 05 Dec 10 from 1-4pm.

Art in the Garden, Peterborough, Ont.
Garden Route
25-26 Jun Griffin's Greenhouses, 3026 Lakefield Rd., Peterborough, Ont.

Settlers' Village, Bobcaygeon, Ont.
09-11 Jul Bobcaygeon Fine Arts Festival

Kingston Kennel Club Show, Kingston, Ont.
24-25 Jul

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
23 Nov - 18 Dec Christmas Show
Opening Reception 25 Nov from 7-8:30pm.

I look forward to seeing you at some of these shows.

Workshop with Margaret Roseman - Landscape

Today was the final day of the workshop with Margaret Roseman.

For the first part of the morning we worked on thumbnail sketches and tried different values on the same sketch to see which one would be more effective.

We worked on the contrast in our sketches, until we had a couple of workable sketches for the basis of our landscape paintings.

Winter Bridge 1

The first was a winter scene of a bridge, and the second of a sunset on a lake. I will post both of them when they are finished.

I worked on two different paintings.













Peaceful Evening 1

I will post each of these paintings at a later date once they are completed.

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

Workshop with Margaret Roseman - Negative Painting and Still Life

Today is the second day of the workshop with Margaret Roseman.

For the first hour we were allowed to continue to work on the lilies from yesterday or if we hadn't liked our background we had the option to do it again.














Clematis

This painting is an exercise in picking out flower shapes and painting in the negative. It was turned until we could establish whether to paint it in a horizontal or vertical format.

Various shades of greens and blues were used to give definition to the clematis flowers. Once their placement had been set, the centre stamen and pistol were painted to give the petals a place from which to radiate outward.

It created some interesting effects and I will post this painting as I continue to do more work on it and once it is completed.














Pears in Blue Bowl

In the afternoon we progressed to working on a still life composition.

I chose to work on a fairly simple composition of pears in a bowl. I will post this piece at a later date.

Tomorrow we will be working on landscape paintings.

Workshop with Margaret Roseman - Florals

Today I started a three day workshop with Margaret Roseman.

I have taken two previous workshops with Margaret that I thoroughly enjoyed even though I had to work hard at painting in a much looser style than I usually work; but I certainly learned a lot from her, which is why I have been looking forward to this class.














Our first painting was to be a floral, and the reference was a bouquet of Stargazer lilies.

Mixtures of blues and soft greens were painted into some areas of the background and sections were left white where the flowers would be placed. Darker greens for leaves were added to give shape and definition to the main lily.

Once the main flower had been established, additional flower and bud shapes were blocked in with pencil to give direction to the painting. This also made it easier to paint them in the negative.
















Stargazer Lilies

I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it is completed.

Before we left for the night Margaret had us use each of the three primary colours (a red, a blue, and a yellow) on a piece of watercolour paper which we threw water on in various areas. Each colour was poured onto the paper and rolled around and we were allowed to spray more water onto the paper to help it move until we were satisfied with the result.

We then left for the evening to wait and see what the results of this would be in the morning. (And if we liked it any better than when we left it.)

This is one of two backgrounds I created.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of May.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.

Winter Barn - A Work in Progress

I had an enjoyable day painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painters. Our instructor for the class was George Elliott, who is well known for his pen and ink drawings of the local churches, buildings and historical sites in the area.

We spent the first hour in the morning doing three minute sketches of various barns, farm houses, and broken down buildings. It was from these sketches that we were to develop the drawing for our painting. I had about fourteen sketches to choose from and worked on a number of them; many are now ready to be transferred down onto watercolour paper and made into paintings.

I chose to work on a painting with a barn that I had started on a while ago and would like to have completed for the May show with the Buckhorn Artists' Group.

The sky was washed in with Antwerp blue and a hint of French ultramarine blue was added to the top left side of the sky. The white of the paper was left for clouds.















Using a mixture of the sky colours and a touch of burnt sienna, the snow was painted in giving the base for various snow drifts. The background trees were painted in with a mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna.

A wash of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna was applied to the roof, leaving the white paper for accumulated snow on the roof. With the paper fairly dry I used various mixtures of alizarin crimson, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue, letting the paper help to create the texture of the old barn boards. The barn is almost complete.

A mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna was added use to put the shadow under the eaves of the roof, and to indicate where some of the boards end on the barn. One of the fence posts has had some of the dark lines added to it as well as having started on one of the trees. The first layer of wash has been added to the horse using burnt sienna.

I will work on this painting again and post it at a later date.