Faces and Figures Show at KAGS

This is the poster for the Faces and Figures Show at KAGS which features one of my paintings (see post 12 June 2012).






















The show will feature a collection of paintings and sculptures of the human form.

If you have a chance, please come out and enjoy the show.

Coffee or Tea? - A Work in Progress

We had an interesting collection of tea pots, percolators, coffee mugs, spoons and cups and saucers for our Still life display at KAGS this morning.

I chose to do a small section of the display. I liked the stainless steel percolator which had the orange tea pot being reflected back on its surface. The gold coloured coffee mug picked up some of the colours of the tea pot as well as some of the colours of the patterned tea cup and saucer. Then I added a couple of silver spoons to complete the arrangement.

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

Morning Sky 3 - A Work in Progress

This is the second painting in a set of four paintings (see posting on 20 January 2013 for the first one) showing the same scene at different times of the day.

The top of the sky was a wash of French ultramarine blue and Antwerp blue was gradually added into the lower part of the sky with the water being an even mix of the two blues.













The darker cloud colour was a mix of  both blues and alizarin crimson, and the sun touched areas of the clouds was of alizarin crimson and new gamboge painted over top of the darker paint.

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

OSWOA - Tree Tops 5

With it being so close to Christmas there was no class with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group and I decided to work on some of my smaller pieces here at home.

I decided to start with this piece that I had started a while ago (see post on 22 January 2012).

It needed some deciduous trees in the picture to add a little more interest from just having only coniferous trees.














I lightly sketched in the placement of them so I would have a reference to make it easier to paint.

First I added more detail onto the coniferous needles leaving some white areas for the snow on a few of the branches.

With various mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I painted in the tree trunks and branches.













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 Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Winter Peace 1

I was sorting through some backgrounds that I had painted a while ago and decided to work on one of them while I was at KAGS today.

I chose this piece that was originally called Blue Sky H (see post on 28 October 2012) and after looking at the areas of blue and white, I decided to turn it upside down and made it into a winter scene.

I lightly drew in the trunks of a few trees and indicated where the posts would be placed for a wire fence. Using greys made with various mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I painted in the tree trunks and fence posts first.

With a fine brush and burnt sienna I indicated the wire on the fence and put in a couple of broken areas along the fence line.















The grasses and growies at the base of the fence posts and trees were painted with various mixtures of burnt sienna and raw sienna. Lastly I added a few leaves into the trees which, on some trees seem to hang on until springtime when the new leaves finally push them away.

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

Evening Sky 3 - A Work in Progress

This is the first of four paintings of the same scene at different times of the day.

The sky is done wet on wet and the colours used to create the sky were aureoline, raw sienna, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson and French ultramarine blue.













The base colour of the water was using just raw sienna and burnt sienna. More colours will be painted on top of it to create the wave patterns once the paint is dry.

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

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

Working with Sponges - Two Works in Progress

Today I chose to create cedar trees using a sponge.

For the first one I used various mixtures of burnt sienna and raw sienna to create the cedars; making sure to leave many areas of white showing.

Then I set it aside and worked on the next one using burnt sienna and a touch of alizarin crimson for the background trees.

Cedar Trees 1

For the foreground trees I used a mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna, again leaving lots of areas of the white paper to show through. Then it was set aside to dry.

When the paint was dry on the first painting I washed in the background and the tree shadows using French ultramarine blue with a touch of alizarin crimson.














Cedar Trees 2

I will post both paintings at a later date once they are completed.

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