Blog Up and Running Soon

I have had a number of issues recently with my computer and camera. Both problems should be rectified by next week and I will once again be able to post daily to my blog.

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Lake View

Today I was sitting the Changes art show at KAGS. It is the final day of the show and will come down tonight to make way for the new show opening on Sunday.














While there I was working on a number of black and white sketches.

This original 4-3/4' x 6-3/4" pen and ink sketch when framed will be available for $125.00.

Forest Shadows

This is a painting I started earlier this year (see post on 19 February 2011).

I added more foreground trees and lifted a couple of birch trees out and added some dead tree trunks.

This original 5-3/4" x 6" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $125.00.

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

OSWOA - Impressions 1 and 2

Today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group and decided to do a before and after set of paintings.

Impressions 1

The first was what the country side looks like before man comes along and changes things with no regard for the land.

The second shows how the sky, land and water are turned into a toxic wasteland as man destroys the beauty without care except for his own greed.

Impressions 2

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

The OSWOA shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $30.00 each and sold unframed.

ACEO - Distant Hills 1 and 2

This is a painting which shows how to create the illusion of distance by keeping the sky fairly high key.

Having the far off hills a little darker but still fairly light in colour, soft and without a lot of detail.

The foreground is darker in value with fairly detailed trees.

Distant Hills 1

This is another example of creating distance even though the colours are much brighter.

The sky has more detailed clouds. There are different layers in the background; each showing a little more detail the closer they come to the foreground. The closest trees again are more detailed and have a much darker value.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

The ACEO shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

Distant Hills 2

Blue Thunder

Today I was just in the mood to play with colour so I chose to use French ultramarine blue and Antwerp blue.

I mixed up pools of each colour and then poured them over wet watercolour paper and rolled them around allowing the paint to mix on its own.

As the shine started to leave the paper a sprinkled salt into the paint and set it aside to dry.













Once the background was dry I went in and drew a galloping horse and inked it in to complete the painting.

Thank you to returning collector Mrs. Christine Connelly on her selection of this original 5" x 7” mixed media painting for her home.

Melting

Melting is an original 5-1/4" x 6-1/2” framed watercolour available for $145.00.

This is one of the paintings I worked on while at the Among Friends Art Show and Sale (see posting on 21 May 2011) and at the Shades of Summer Show (09 August 2010).

It needed a few more growies in the foreground and the tree shadow to be darkened down a little more.

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