OSWOA - Magnetawan River 1

Today is the opening day of the Kawartha Arts Festival which is held at the Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, in Fenelon Falls, Ontario. It is also the first day of September and the start of another 30 day challenge.















I spent most of the day working on a variety of paintings and speaking with many people about painting in watercolour. This is the painting I completed while at the show today.

The biggest surprise is that I was recorded by the CTV News camera while I was talking with a couple who were interested in my artwork.













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.

I will continue to post the painting I finish each day during the course of the month. I hope you will return often to see the postings. Needs something here

ACEO - Evening Forest 8

Today I set up the Kawartha Arts Festival which will be held 01-02 September at the Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, in Fenelon Falls, Ontario.














While on my way to Fenelon Falls I noticed that some of the maples were already changing colour. I won't be long before the tree limbs are bare once again and winter will arrive.

After returning home I decided to work on this little painting of the forest in the evening.

The ACEO 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 $20.00 and sold unframed.

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

Barrrels - A Work in Progress

Today I went to Lang PioneerVillage and Museum in Keene, Ontario to hang the Outdoor Painters' Group show in the MacKelvie Gallery.

While there I took a number of photographs of the people wearing period costumes as they did various chores around the village. It included everything from weeding the vegetable garden, bringing fresh baked bread to the hotel, feeding the chickens or the blacksmith making horseshoes.

A number of us decided to do a painting of the General Store. I didn't want to do the whole building so I chose the barrels they had on one corner of the porch. I liked the contrast between the white of the main support beam against the darkened windows of the storefront and the wooden barrels.

Since I was painting outside and the light gradually shifts as the sun makes its way across the sky I blocked in the shadows on the barrels and on the rock work of the porch corner.

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

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Northern Lights - A Work in Progress

Today I was at KAGS waiting for an artist to come in and sign her contract and pay to rent the gallery for an upcoming show.

I decided to do something productive and work on this piece (seeing postings on 09 Dec 2010, 21 February 2012, 29 May 2012 and 10 July 2012).

I finished painting in the background trees and started to paint a lot of the rocks. Then I indicated where I wanted to put the foreground dead tree trunks.

After getting the contract signed, the person realized that they had forgotten to bring a cheque and had to go out and return with the funds before the rental agreement could be completed.

While I waited some more and finished painting in the rocks and still had time to draw in one of the large foreground pine trees.

Next I will have to decide where I will place the rest of the closer trees.

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

Pink Beauty - A Work in Progress

I wanted to work on a floral painting today and I have always enjoyed seeing water lilies on the lakes.

This pink water lily is usually found in the Caribbean on the resorts as a decorative plant in their water gardens.

I will post this painting once I have more of it completed.

Dawn Silhouette 2 - A Work in Progress

With having the Executive meeting at KAGS today I do not have a lot of time to paint.

So I brushed in a sky with French ultramarine blue and used bright red in the lower part of the sky and left the bottom of the paper white for snow.














I will have to decide what type of tree or trees I will silhouette against the sky and post this painting at a later date.

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

Frozen Birches - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I started a while ago (see posting on 13 May 2010) and decided to finish one of the three remaining trees that have not had the birch markings added.

I completed the birch tree on the left side of the painting along with tidying up the other two remaining trees.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have completed one or both of the other trees.