Coconut Tree 1

It is getting closer to the time I can head south and go diving.

As you can see I have the warm beaches and the salt water on my mind.

While the cold winds blow here I will just keep on thinking about the warm breezes and the coconut trees.

I can see I am going to have to remember to erase my reference notes on my sketches before I take photographs of them and I have removed them.

This original 6" x 6-1/2” pen and ink picture when framed will be available for $145.00.

Duet

We still haven't had much snow and the grass is still green which is very unusual for this time of the year, although we have had a green Christmas on occasion.

Today I decided that a winter scene would be nice.

I washed in Antwerp blue for the sky and added a touch of alizarin crimson to the blue and added a little colour to the snowy hill.

I was just playing with alizarin crimson, raw sienna, burnt sienna and Antwerp blue for the background trees.

Lastly I painted in a ski trail and a couple of skiers.

This is an original 9" x 12” framed watercolour painting for $180.00 and can be seen at KAGS during their Winter Celebration Show from 04 December 11 - 12 January 12.

Peaceful Morning

This painting was worked from a number of sketches I made of a small inlet on Lower Buckhorn Lake in the early morning.

I liked the trail of water lilies that were close to the shore and the lovely white blooms which were touched with the pink from the morning light.

Thank you to Mr. Peter St. John of Brampton, Ontario on his purchase of this original 11" x 15" framed watercolour painting as well as two smaller original 3" x 5" framed watercolour paintings Evening Calm and Evening Idyll.

Horse Sketches XV and XVI

While I was out today I stopped on the shoulder of the road by one of the farms with horses.

There were eight mares with foals and I made quick sketches of a number of them as they grazed in the field.

















Horse Sketches XV

Some of the sketches I will tighten up and may use in a couple of paintings of mares and foals at a later date.

These are two that I had the time to ink up. I will post some of the others when they are ready.



















Horse Sketches XVI

The pictures shown here are original pen and ink drawings and are available matted and shrink wrapped for $25.00 each.

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

OSWOA - Cold Silence I

While going through a box of sketches I came across this one and decided to turn it into a painting.

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 Windsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - More Skies

With living on top of a hill I have an unobstructed view of the sky.

I am fascinated by the variety in colour changes throughout the day as the sun rises with the soft pinks, mauves and golds. Then transforming through the wide ranges of blue during the day.













Quiet Morning 1

Then at the end of the day the brilliant glowing colours of the sunset, no two of them are ever alike.

Some of the colours are so unbelievable that if I ever painted them with the fluorescent colours I have seen on occasion, people would start to wonder what kind of non-prescription drugs I was taking.














Quiet 1

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 either 140lb. or 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

Forest Reflections 1

This is another scene I came across while hiking in the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area and Campground in Douro-Dummer Township last winter.












I am always pleased when I come across such a lovely view which is totally unexpected; like this brook which hadn't frozen over and the trees where reflected in the calm water.

This original 5-1/2" x 7-1/2” pen and ink picture when framed will be available for $145.00.