Haunting Reflections - A Work in Progress

I was in the mood to paint skies and this is the background for a painting I would like to do of Alster Tower which was used as a play house and games room; there is even a bowling alley inside the building. This is one of the buildings belonging to Boldt Castle.

Over the years I have taken many photographs of Boldt Castle and the various buildings on Heart (Hart) Island.














It is one of my favourite places to visit and I try to go at least every other year and see what new improvements (which has been under renovation since 1977) have been made by the Thousand Islands Bridge Authority.

I will post this painting once I have the drawing of the building transferred to the paper. Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

Barns in Autumn - Work in Progress

With having completed a barn with Emil VARGA last week (for Barns in Summer see my posting on 25 January 11).

Heather and I decided that we would continue with paintings of barns at her place today.

I enjoyed doing last week's barn so much that I have transferred my sketch down onto another piece of watercolour paper and and masked out the barn.

While I was waiting for the masking fluid to dry I repeated the transfer on two more pieces of watercolour paper will do this barn in all four seasons.

I washed in the sky with French ultramarine blue, leaving some white areas for clouds and then added a little burnt sienna to the blue and painted in a little bit of shadow into the base of the clouds.

Using a sponge and mixtures of raw sienna, aureolin, alizarin crimson and cadmium red I decided to make this the autumn version and put in the Maple tree leaves.

Using pure raw sienna I brushed the under paint of the foreground grasses making sure to leave some areas of white.

Once the paint was dry I removed the masking fluid from the barns.

I will post this painting at a later date.

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 February.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2011 - February

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.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
27 Feb – 10 Mar Miniaturia
Opening Reception 27 Feb 11 from 1-4pm.
13-31 Mar Figuratively Speaking
Opening Reception 13 Mar 11 from 1-4pm.
05-23 Jun Temperatures Rising
Opening Reception 05 Jun 11 from 1-4pm.
11-29 Sep Changes
Opening Reception 11 Sep 11 from 1-4pm.
30 Oct – 16 Nov Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 30 Oct 11 from 1-4pm.
04-23 Dec 11 & 03-05 Jan 12 Christmas Show
Opening Reception 04 Dec 11 from 1-4pm.

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
Buckhorn Artists' Group
21-23 May 23rd Annual Among Friends Art Show
06-14 Aug 21st Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Fenelon Falls Fair Grounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
02-03 Sep 22nd Annual Kawartha Arts Festival

Below the Falls - A Work in Progress

The areas of rocks, the waterfall and some of the sparkle on the water was masked out first.

Once the masking fluid was dry the paper was wet with water. A wash of Antwerp blue and raw sienna was painted in vertically above the rocks and horizontally below them.

As the paper started to dry using a sponge and a mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna the background trees were painted above the rocks. The painting was left to dry completely.

The masking was removed from the rock area. Leaving the sparkle on the water and the areas of white on the waterfall were masked out again and allowed to dry.

The rocks were washed over with mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, leaving areas of white paper where the sunlight would touch the tops of the rocks.

A little of the greyed blue was washed into the waterfall and into the foreground water.

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

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Rock Shadows - A Work in Progress

The birch trees and the top of the rocks were masked out.

The background was layers of washes using French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and raw sienna.

Once the background had dried the masking was removed.

A wash of French ultramarine blue was placed just under the topmost edge of the rocks leaving them white for the sunlit highlights. More water was added to the blue wash and was brushed into a few places on the white birches.

While the blue was still wet a mixture of burnt sienna and alizarin crimson was placed just under the blue and in some places overlapping it. More water was added the "pink" mixture and it was added to the birch trunks randomly.

Burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue were mixed together and a little shadow was put into the base of the rocks. Salt was then sprinkled into the rocks.

While the salt was working trees were put into the background behind the birches to create a forest.

I will post this painting at a later date once more has been finished.

Tumbling Water – A Work in Progress

Today I worked on this painting that I had started last year (see my posting on 21 December 2010).

In the higher falls I put in a few more movement lines into the water and added more definition to the rocks closest to the water.

To the rock cliffs I darkened a few areas of the rocks close to the water, added a little more definition to some of the rocks and added cracks and crevices to other parts of the rock face.
While sitting a show at KAGS

I also added a few darker dead tree trunks into the tree line at the top of the rock cliff.

In the waterfall I placed a couple of rocks that had water rushing over them and added some movement lines to the falls.

Once the painting was totally dry I scraped out a few highlights with a razor blade.

I will post this painting when it is completed.