ACEO - Winter Morning 1

A lot of the time when the sun is rising it causes the sky in the west to be coloured with a beautiful rosy glow against the soft blues of the sky.

I brushed alizarin crimson into the wet paper, followed by a mixture of cobalt blue and Antwerp blue into the sky.















Next I put in both colours into the bottom of the painting with horizontal strokes.

Using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, raw sienna and new gamboge I painted in the trees on the horizon first and then darkened the mixtures with a touch of burnt sienna.

With the darker colour I put in the trees onto the snow covering the islands and added a few grasses and growies into the snow below the trees with raw sienna.














Lastly, I put in some shadows on the snow covered lake in the foreground with French ultramarine blue and a touch of burnt sienna.

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 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Winter Reflections - A Work in Progress

This is another painting based on a sketch I came across earlier this year (see post on 20 April 2013) and is from the same location on Buckhorn Lake as First Thaw (see yesterday's post).

It is just more to the right of the island and the windswept snow shows a larger clearing of the ice which reflects the trees on the island.















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 enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.

First Thaw - A Work in Progress

I recently pulled a wooden box out of what will eventually be my art room in the upstairs beside the master bedroom. After blowing the dust off the lid, I opened it and found that it was filled with acrylic paintings on wooden panels that I had started a number of years ago.

When I looked at it I realized that it was based on a sketch I came across earlier this year (see post on 20 April 2013).















This one is of Buckhorn Lake in the early spring when the snow is starting to melt and the ice is starting to thin.

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

Lilac Reflections - A Work in Progress

I washed in the background using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp Blue and alizarin crimson then set it aside to dry.

Once it was dry I used a mixture of alizarin crimson and Antwerp blue as the under paint for the lilac flowers. While that was drying I added some French ultramarine blue to the lilac mixture and painted the vase.














Next I washed in raw sienna and Antwerp blue into the leaves. I left this colour for the high lit areas of the leaves.Then added French ultramarine blue and painted the mid tone of the leaves, then with a little burnt sienna added to the mixture and the dark shadows were painted.

I started adding in the shadows on the lilacs, which were a mixture of French ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson.

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

Plein Air - Two Works in Progress

Today I went and painted with the Outdoor Painters' Group even though the skies were overcast.

I set myself up near the water where there were some lovely reflections. I quickly brushed the reflections in the water and set the painting aside to dry before I added one or two of the ducks that were swimming in the area.













Reflections 7

There was a little bit of a break in the clouds and I quickly painted in the sky and set it aside to be worked on later.

Unfortunately before I could get back to my first painting it started raining and I had to pack up and get under cover.














Quiet 2

I waited for a while to see if the rain would stop, so I could continue with the paintings, but that wasn't going to happen today.

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

Sewing Machine - A Work in Progress

I was going through some still life paintings and I came across this one that I had started early last year (see post on 19 January 2012).

I wanted to do a little more work on it and get a couple more parts on it completed.

After looking over it I decided that the bolt of material behind the sewing machine was a little too plain and drab being in shades of grey.

To give it a little more life I washed over the material with pure Antwerp blue.

Next I worked on the shirt on the sewing machine using various mixes of Cadmium red, Cadmium yellow and alizarin crimson.

I started working on the sewing machine and started with the face place and worked from the front to the back of the machine adding details as I went across.

Moving on to the table I drew in the legs and started on the edge before running out of time.

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

Summer Evening 1 - A Work in Progress

The sun was setting and I wanted to capture the warm muted yellow and orange colours in the sky.

I used a limited palette of raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue.

After wetting the paper pure raw sienna was washed into the sky and foreground.

Next burnt sienna was brushed into various areas of the sky and it mixed with the raw sienna already on the paper to give a warm orange colour.

A mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna wash brushed into the sky as clouds.

Once the paint was totally dry a few tree shapes were lightly sketched onto the paper.

I will post this painting at a later date once the trees have been painted.

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