Succulents - A Work in Progress

Today was a very long day at KAGS; it started at 8:30 in the morning when I opened the gallery for the Still life class. The display was relatively simple with a Christmas cactus, a Jade plant and an Aloe, with two pieces of pottery to add interest.

After lunch it was time to sit the gallery and continue working on various small paintings. Then a couple of us went out for supper before returning to the gallery where we had to set everything up for the Information meeting tonight.















The weatherman was right about the massive snow storm that was going to hit this evening. The trip home was long with the snow covered roads and limited visibility due to the blowing snow. It was interesting to see how many people were not prepared for the road conditions and many of them were fish tailing on the road due to the conditions.

I am thankful that I have a 4 x 4 and good quality winter snow tires on my vehicle. My trip home that normally takes 20 minutes took just under an hour. But I made it home safely.
Now it is time to kick back and relax.

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

OSWOA - Frozen 2

I have friends coming over later today, but before they arrive I wanted to work on one of my smaller pieces and try to have it completed today.

I picked this one that I had started last year (see post on 08 October 2012) and lightly sketched in where I wanted to lift a few more snow covered trees from the background.

Using water I lifted out more snow covered tree shapes from the background, removing more of the paint from the closer ones and less from the more distant ones.














With a dark green mix of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna I added a few more needles to some of the snow covered foreground trees.

The painting needed some deciduous trees into the background so I lightly sketched then in with a pencil.

With a grey made of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I put the darker trees into the foreground and gradually added more water to the paint mixture to lighten the colour as I painted the trees that were further back in the painting.













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.

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

ACEO - Tire Swing 1

While going through some small paintings I had started last year (see post on 28 October 2012) I pulled out this piece that was originally called Blue Sky K and I decided to turn it into a late spring landscape.

I lightly sketched in a distant hill with some trees against the sky on the horizon line and then added the trunks of a few trees in the foreground and indicated where posts would be placed for a wire fence.

With a pale mixture of Antwerp blue and raw sienna I under painted in the land from the horizon line down to the foreground.

While this was drying I made a soft grey colour with French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna for the tree trunks and fence posts, then I painted in the lightest parts of the tree and darkened the grey with a little more blue for the shadowed side.














Using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue, raw sienna and new gamboge I added grasses and growies at the base of the fence posts and tree trunks. Then using a sponge I put the leaves onto the trees.

With pure burnt sienna I ran the wire fence between the fence posts leaving a small opening where the wire had broken.

After looking at the painting for a little while I decided that it needed a tire swing hanging from one of the branches on the larger tree in the foreground, as though it was waiting for children to return.

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.

Sunset 1 - A Work in Progress

Today I am painting at Kawartha Artists’ Gallery KAGS with a small group of fellow artists including Neil Broadfoot and Lucie Lemeiux Wilson.

Neil gave a demonstration on painting in a morning sky. I decided I would like to do a couple of paintings including a winter scene with morning skies.

On this piece, the paper was wet above the area where the snow would be on the ground.

Aureolin was then brushed in just above the snowline and gradually lightened as it went up towards the top of the sky.

A little of the pale wash was then brushed into some areas of the snow.

Burnt sienna was used into the still wet aureolin in some areas to show the changing colours of the sky.

Towards the top of the sky pure alizarin crimson was painted in, followed by Antwerp blue for the clouds into the still wet paint.

This painting was set aside to dry completely before I would be able to paint in the background hills.

I will post this painting at a later date as more work on it is completed

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of February.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.

Misty Forest 1 - A Work in Progress

Today I didn't have very much time to paint so I chose to work with a limited palette of Antwerp blue and burnt sienna.

I wet the paper and indicated some soft tree shapes for the background and with a darker mix of the same colours put in one closer tree.

I tried to keep it fairly soft and without a lot of detail as though it was foggy day.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2013 - February

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Algonquin Provincial Park, Whitney, Ont.
Algonquin
03 Nov 12 - 26 Jun 13 Algonquin Palette

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
27 Jan - 28 Feb 13 Faces and Figures
Opening Reception 27 Jan 13 from 1-4pm.
07 Apr - 02 May 13 Unfolding
Opening Reception 07 Apr 13 from 1-4pm.
23 Jun - 11 Jul 13 Monochrome
Opening Reception 23 Jun 13 from 1-4pm.
15 Sep - 03 Oct 13 Rural Scenes
Opening Reception 15 Sep 13 from 1-4pm.
20-31 Oct 13 Motion in Stillness
Opening Reception 20 Oct 13 from 1-4pm.
03-21 Nov 13 Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 03 Nov 13 from 1-4pm.
08-22 Dec 13 & 05-10 Jan 14 Winter Delights
Opening Reception 08 Dec 13 from 1-4pm.

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
BuckhornArtistsGroup
18-20 May 25th Annual Among Friends Art Show
10-18 Aug 23rd Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Cobourg Waterfront Festival, Cobourg, Ont.
Waterfrontfestival
29 Jun - 01 July The Lions Club Art Show and Sale

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
30-31 Jul - 24 Aug 2013 Above and Below the Reef
Opening Reception 01 Aug from 7-8:30pm.

MacKelvie Gallery, Keene, Ontario
PioneerVillage
11 Jul - 08 Aug Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
31 Aug - 01 Sep Kawartha Arts Festival