Country Lane - A Work in Progress

This is the kind of dirt lane you will often find on a large farm leading down to the various fields and pastures. Most of the time it is only the pickup trucks, tractors and farm machinery that uses these lanes.

Sometimes a herd of cattle or sheep was being moved from one pasture to another or a rider on a horse just enjoying being out riding on a trail.

There is still a lot of work that needs to be completed on this painting and I will post it again at a later date when it is finished.

Shades of Autumn - A Work in Progress

Today I am sitting at KAGS for the last day of the Christmas Show that will be torn down tonight to make way for the new show coming in tomorrow.

I brought with me a couple of partially finished paintings and decided I would work on this one that I had started last year (see posting on 11 December 10).

I brushed new gamboge and aureolin into the background to brighten some of the autumn colours that had lightened too much when they dried from the first wash of colour.

I used cadmium yellow and cadmium red to indicate areas with maples trees.

Using mixtures of raw sienna, burnt sienna, French ultramarine blue and Antwerp blue I painted in some of the evergreens behind the large rock cliff first then started to add some of the larger closer trees into the middle ground of the painting.

I cleaned up much of the area around the rock cliff with water and removed the dark lines that were originally going to be taller much closer trees.

There is still a lot more to do on this painting and I will post it at a later date.

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

OSWOA - Dawn Silhouette 1

With living on the top of a hill I often see the trees silhouetted against the dawn sky.

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on either 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $30.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Forest Shadows 1

Today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painters.

With all the snow we have on the ground I tried to capture some of the colours the tree shadows cast across the snow.

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.

Nightmares - A Work in Progress

This is another painting where if you look closely you can see faces and various creatures within the painting.

It is much like Trapped Souls (see posting on 07 January 11).

I will have to work out what forms I wish to capitalize on and what needs to be added into the painting.

I will post this painting once it has been completed.

Windblown Leaves - A Work in Progress

The movement in this painting reminds me of the wind blowing leaves around on a blustery autumn afternoon.

I need to add some individual leaves in order to complete this paining which I will do at a later date and post the finished piece.

I started a number of mixed media paintings last year (see Free Flow posted on 29 July 10 and my postings on 06-08 January 11 for Bonfire, Trapped Souls and A Flock of Birds respectively).

A Flock of Birds - A Work in Progress

The way this painting has changed from what looked like a very bad hair day into a flock of different types of birds flying.

I will still have a lot more work to do on the various kinds of birds; the central one being a crow flying. I need to add pink to the flamingo and more definition to the head of the heron and then decide on how to define the bird of paradise and add a lot more details to its tail.

I will post this painting once I have completed all the birds.

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