Shade Trees

With all the snow on the ground I got to thinking about warm summer days and relaxing in the shade of some of the big maple trees.

This is a painting of one of the houses in Lakefield that had a couple of huge shade trees on the front lawn and you could barely see the house through the leaves.

Shade Trees is an original 6" x 9” watercolour available matted and shrink wrapped for $55.00.

Waiting - A Work in Progress

The autumn leaves have changed their colours from green to orange and gold.

The clouds rolling in have a hint of cold rain in the forecast and the waiting boat tied up at the edge of the lake will soon be taken out of the water and put away for the season.

I will post this painting at a later date when more work has been completed.

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

Afternoon Stroll - A Work in Progress

Today we are having a major snow storm so I thought I would like to paint a place where it is nice and warm all year. This is another painting of a street scene (see Evening Stroll in my posting on 04 September 10) in the Caribbean.

The sky was painted with a wash of Antwerp blue and a few of the many pigeons were added.

I lightly drew in the people walking on the street so I wouldn't paint over them. Then the shadowed sides of the street were washed with Antwerp blue and the sunny side washed with raw sienna.

The building at the end of the street was painted with mixtures of burnt sienna and alizarin crimson.

The shadowed building on the left side of the street was painted with mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna.

The sunny side of the building was painted with a darker mixture of raw sienna in some areas and a mixture of burnt sienna, raw sienna with a touch of French ultramarine blue to grey it.

The roof lines on all the buildings are pure burnt sienna and the shadow from the roof is a mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

The doorways, windows and the edge of the roof were a dark mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

For the sunlit side of the street the window frames and door were painted with a mixture of Antwerp blue and raw sienna.

The flowers are alizarin crimson and the foliage are a mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna.

I will post this painting when more of it has been completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

Babbling Brook - A Work in Progress

There are many lakes and rivers to be found in the Kawarthas.

It doesn't matter what season of the year it is, you can always find a beautiful place to picnic, hike along or just sit and enjoy.

This is a place on Northey's River in the spring; it is one of the many small waterfalls that can be found on the river.

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Shades of Autumn - A Work in Progress

Autumn is always a breathtakingly beautiful time of year; the vivid colours and strong contrasts between the deciduous trees and the evergreens are a delight to the eye.

This is the under painting to what I see from my hill top.

I will post this painting when I have more of it completed.

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

Through the Storm - A Work in Progress

This was a different way to create clouds in a sky.

Water was splashed over different areas of a piece of watercolour paper.

A mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna to grey the blue was then dropped into the wet areas and rolled around.

As the paper dried in a few places a little more of the paint was applied to give slightly darker foreground clouds.

The paper was then set aside to dry completely.

I am going to put a hawk flying through the clouds at a later date.

Northern Lights - A Work in Progress

I was shown another way of doing Northern Lights and thought I would like to try it.

The colour is painted into the background for the Northern Lights and allowed to dry. For this I used new gamboge, alizarin crimson, Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue.

Once the paint is dry then the trees and background are drawn into it. This is so you know where you want the darks to be left and where you want to lift out the lights.

I will do the next step at a later date and post the results.

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