Tumbling Water

This painting need a few more things added before I felt it was complete (see posts on 29 January 2011 and   21 December 2010).

I took out a little more mist by the top waterfall, and some from behind the lower rock on the right hand side.

Then I added a touch of yellow and pale green to the water at the bottom of the falls and dry brushed in more texture to the left side of the waterfall against the rocks.

This is an original 7" x 11" framed watercolour and is available for $195.00.

Light Show

This is a painting I had started last year (see post on 29 December 2011) and decided to finish.

I added a few more trees to the right side of the painting and a couple more dead trees to the background.

I think it will make a nice addition to the collection of paintings I am taking up for the show in Algonquin Provincial Park in November.

This is an original 5" x 7" watercolour painting and when framed will be available for $165.00.

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

Golden Moments

There are times during the early morning or late evening when everything is calm and peaceful on the lake and light causes everything to turn to gold. This was one of those moments.











This original framed 4-1/4" x 7-1/4" watercolour is available for $125.00.

Enamel Water Pitcher

After doing yesterday's small still life I decided to work on another piece a little larger in size.

I made a few changes; since I already had some reference sketches and photographs of the old enamel water pitchers they have at the church for holding flower arrangements.

Once again I drew in the pitcher and where I wanted the daises I made small circles to keep those areas white.

For the background I put down washes of raw sienna and burnt sienna and before the paint had a chance to dry completely I added washes of French ultramarine blue with a touch of alizarin crimson to warm the shadows.

A pale wash of shadow mixture was applied over the tablecloth and used to give shape to the pitcher.

With French ultramarine blue and a little raw sienna the green of the foliage was applied and the petals of the daisies were painted in the negative.

Using raw sienna the centers of the daisies were painted. While they were still a little wet using pure burnt sienna the shadows were added, as well as the rust spots on the enamel of the pitcher.

The shadows on the daisies were put in with a pale wash of blue, then alizarin crimson was added and a darker shadow was put at the base of the pitcher.

Burnt sienna was added to the shadow mixture to make it darker and the handle and edge at the top of the pitcher were added.

This original 5" x 7" framed watercolour is available for $95.00.

Water Jug II

This is a small still life of a copper pitcher with red silk flowers that I worked up from photographs and sketches I did last year of various containers with flowers (see posts on 13 and 14 March 2011).

I lightly drew in only the pitcher.

Using French ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson I washed in the background with vertical strokes, keeping it fairly pale.

The copper pitcher was painted in with layers of raw sienna, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson.

Once the pitcher had dried the red flowers were painted with alizarin crimson and the shadows washed with a hint of blue.

The leaves and stems were a mix of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna. The shadow was brushed in using the blue. Lastly cadmium yellow was used for the center of the flowers.

This original 3" x 5" watercolour is available matted and shrink wrapped for $20.00. SOLD

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

OSWOA - Autumn Birches 2

This is a painting I started while at the Bobcaygeon Festival of Fine Arts in July.

To cover many of the "texture" lines that were put on the main birch tree, I ended up adding another wash of French ultramarine blue down the centre of the tree and covered some of the marks with the dark patterning on the tree.

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.

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

ACEO - Calm Lake 1

Lately there hasn't been a lot of colour in the sky at sunset; unlike during the summer when the skies lit up with brilliant yellows, oranges and reds. Now there are mostly the soft pastel shades of greys, muted blues and pale peach.

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 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.