Monkey Shines - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting with the Creative Arts Guild in Lakefield (see postings on 27 March 2012 and 08 May 2012).

I finished the few brushes in the jar I had missed painting last week when I was with the Buckhorn Group and started on the brushes that were lying on the block of watercolour paper.

Much of the time today at class was for discussion about the upcoming "Artists in Bloom Show" which will be held at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church in Lakefield, Ontario on 02 June 2012.

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

OSWOA - European Evening I

This is another piece I started in the Doug Mays Workshop earlier this month.

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 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Pond 1

This is a worm's eye view of a pond filled with koi on a farm not very far away from me.

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 Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Horse Sketches VIII - A Work in Progress

I took a sketch book down to the barn with me today and did a couple of sketches of the horses.

Unfortunately the cats were very interested in what I was doing and insisted on trying to help me draw.















I will try again another day and will post this sketch when I feel it is finished.

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

Guitar - A Work in Progress

Today was the last of the Still Life classes at KAGS until we start back up on 13 September 2012 and our theme will be musical instruments again.

We had a guitar, a mandolin and a tambourine as our musical instruments today along with sheet music, and the mandolin case.

I tried sketching the still life composition a number of times and wasn't successful with getting the angles correct; so I chose to work on one section of the guitar, at least that way I would have something to show for my time.

I liked the strong contrast of the dark opening with the light strings picking up the light and the white highlights cutting across the polished wood of the guitar.

It is a little part of the entire still life composition but once finished I think it will be an interesting little painting.

Flower Power I - A Work in Progress

I wanted to just play with colour and decided to do another of the quick flower paintings that I did with Doug Mays last week.

I used the same colours, but this time I did the painting in portrait format instead of landscape like the first one (see post on 04 May 2012).

After I add a few more details to the flowers and the vase to complete it I will post this painting.

Monkey Shines - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group at St Matthew's Church. I decided that I would like to work on this one again (see post on 27 March 2012).

I drew the some of the many types of brushes that I have in my brush holder. Then I started painting them; making sure to take note of where the highlights and reflected images were on the brush ferrules and then began to paint them.

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