Coral Garden - A Work in Progress

This is a piece I have been working on that was started with Gail Hawkins (see post on 11 December 2012).

I have added some of the coral to the bottom of the painting using various colours of white, red, yellow and orange.

I will go back into it at a later date and add some coloured washes over the coral, add the white sand at the base and add a few reef fish.

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

Hockey Equipment - A Work in Progress

This was a very detailed composition and it took most of the class just to get it drawn in correctly and in proportion.

I did manage to have the time to at least put in the first layer of red on the hockey shirt and on the knee pads. It still has a long way to go before it is finished. But, with the hockey players locked out, there isn't much of a hockey season this year.

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

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Trio - A Work in Progress

This painting I did the basic drawing in a still life class at KAGS (see post on 06 December 2012).

In this painting I took three of the elements I liked and drew them. Today I had a little time and put the under painting on them.

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

Snow Shoes - A Work in Progress

There were many different components in today's still life display at KAGS. It had may long horizontals and verticals due to the set of ski jumping skis and cross country skis with poles. There were also many interesting shapes with  a pair of beaded Woodland moccasins, downhill boots, cross country boots and  two different kinds of snow shoes .

I did a drawing of the entire display as well as one of just the snow shoes and the beaded leather boots. It was the latter one chose to start painting on within the time I had left.

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

Seasonal Delights - A Work in Progress

We had a Christmas theme for one of the earlier still life classes during the month of November.

This was arranged so some of the class members could submit a still life painting for the "Seasonal Delights" show at KAGS which opened on 02 December and runs through to 22 December 12, closes for the Christmas holiday and reopens on 05 January until 10 January 2013.

There were many seasonal items to choose from in the still life display including wrapped gifts, candles, Christmas trees, poinsettia, dolls, candy canes, bells, deer, Santa hats, tinsel and Christmas ornaments.

I decided to focus on the snow woman doll which was sitting on top of one of the wrapped gift boxes. I also wanted to do the stained glass candle which as lit and its light glowed on the base of the little Christmas tree.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of the elements in the painting have been completed.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Coral Garden - A Work in Progress

I had taken V. Gail Hawkins class earlier this month (see post on 01 Dec 12) for a different way of painting backgrounds and putting an image over top to create an interesting painting.

She did two demonstrations for the Buckhorn Artists’ Group one of a street scene in Italy by using a pen and ink drawing in sepia and putting water colour washes over it. The other one was of poinsettias using acrylic puff paint for the outline of the leaves and stems and putting watercolour washes for the colour and the background.

After doing the first demonstration she showed me how to apply colour to a canvas to create movement for an underwater painting close to the surface to capture the sunlight with the yellows and let the colour blend down through the greens to the blue base mixing the colours on the canvas. She also took the time to show me how to create fast and easy coral.

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

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

Hooves - A Work in Progress

Today while waiting for the blacksmith to arrive to trim up my horses' feet I thought I may as well do some sketching of my horses in this case their hooves.










I will post these sketches at a later date once they have been completed.