Sugar Shack 3 - A Work in Progress

Today would have been my father's 83rd birthday. He was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

I thought he would like it if I did one of the sugar shacks found throughout Ontario and Quebec.

Once he entered his teens he worked in the logging camps in Quebec for a number of years as a topper and using horses to skid out logs.

He often said one of his fondest memories was of getting a piece of snow candy. It was made from the boiling maple sap being thrown into a snow bank where it cooled rapidly to an edible temperature.

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

Anemone - A Work in Progress

This is the under painting for a section of the reef with an anemone set among the coral.














I will post this painting at a later date once more of it has been completed.

Through the Storm - A Work in Progress

While looking for something to paint I came across this piece that I had started a while ago (see posting on 10 Dec 2010).

After looking at the clouds I decided that I would rather do a seagull instead of a hawk even though I will have to use some Chinese white to bring out the white markings on the bird.














I transferred the image of a seagull onto the paper and had enough time to paint the foot of the gull.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of the bird has been completed.

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

Glass Reflections - A Work in Progress

Margaret brought in today's still life at KAGS. She certainly set out to create two very challenging displays.

I chose the first one with a lemon and lime together with a couple of bottles, a water pitcher and a half filled tumbler. All of the elements were placed on a mirror, which reflected back their images and the blue back cloth backdrop.

Once I had blocked in my sketch I started painting the lime first followed by the lemon and their reflections.

I noticed that the reflected back drop was a lot darker in colour than it appeared with the light shining on it and painted the section between the lemon and line to see how strong contrast it would be.

Using a wash of raw sienna I put in some of the reflected colour from the table on the left side of the clear bottle, into the glass tumbler where the liquid was and into the area the light touched on the bottle at the far right of the painting.

Using a mixture of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna I painted in the lip on the water pitcher and a little bit of detail on the handle.

With a pale was of Antwerp blue I indicated some of the areas on the first bottle where the back drop showed through the glass.

A lot of work has to be done in order to finish this painting and I will post it again once more of it has been completed.

Rock Beauty - A Work in Progress

We made it up to the 74F (23C) today; this is unheard of for the season, but I am going to enjoy the bonus weather and not complain at all.














This is the under painting for red sponges and a Rock Beauty. I will post this painting at a later date once the images have been transferred onto the canvas.

Queen Angelfish on Prince Albert - A Work in Progress

Today is a warm 72F (22C) bright and sunny day. The grass is turning green and I will be working in my garden later today.














I wanted to get another canvas started and this is the under paint for a portrait of an angelfish I saw on the Prince Albert wreck in Roatan, Honduras.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have transferred the sketch of the angelfish onto the canvas.

Ploughed Field 1 - A Work in Progress

The warm weather continues and as I was coming home today I could see that some of the farmers were out in their fields ploughing the land.

They were taking advantage of the good weather and getting some of the work done ahead of time.














This is one of the farms I could see from the road.

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