OSWOA - Autumn Woodland 1

Today I noticed the tamarack trees at the bottom of the front hill have regained their light green needles and are no longer just tree skeletons.

Thinking about how these trees change with the seasons I decided to work on this autumn painting (see postings on 08 March 2012 and 11 February 2014) that I had started a while ago.













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 $30.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Morning Trees 1-3

Today I had some time to work on a few paintings and I pulled these three pieces out that I had started earlier this year with just painting in the background colours (see postings on 25 January 2014 and 27 February 2014).

I began work on the first one that already had the trees painted in and added more colour and details to the foreground tress.

Morning Trees 1

I decided that I may as well complete them in order so I started on the next one that had been called Yellow Sky 5.

Rather than have them in a forest setting I wanted the trees to be standing on their own, windswept, bent and some broken standing against the elements silhouetted against the sky without any background other than edge of a rock face.

Morning Trees 2

For the last one that had been called Yellow Sky 6, I thought trees on the rocky shore of a lake with the golden light reflected in the water.

The ACEO shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

Morning Trees 3

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

Sunlit Poppies

In my garden the first of my tall irises are blooming, the lavender ones and the beautiful royal purple ones in the main bed, as well as the pale, yellow ones in the rose garden. Many of the other irises have buds which will soon open with their wealth of colours and elegant beauty.

Yesterday the first of my poppies bloomed and today there is a riot of red in the front beds of the house garden. Poppies are one of my favourite flowers and I look forward to them blooming every year.

It is not often that I have apple blossoms, lilacs, tulips, bleeding hearts, irises and poppies in bloom all at the same time.

It seems that with the cold weather and the snow staying for so much longer this year than before, they are trying to make up for lost time.

My peonies are also full of buds and it will not be long before they are in full bloom.

With the poppies now out and blooming I decided that I would work on this painting that I recently found on a shelf in a stack of watercolor paper.

All it needed was me to go through and add the small white "hairs" on the stems and the unopened bud of the poppies.

This original 8-1/2" x 13” watercolour painting once it is framed will be available for $365.00.

Cottage Country 1

Today I went out to Big Cedar Lake along one of the back roads at one point by the lake there was a place to park and a large rock face where I sat for a while and did this sketch of two cottages one across an inlet from the other.















Now that I know about this place where a canoe can be launched, I will come here again with Ron and we can spend some time on this lake.

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 June.

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

Summertime

Although today is overcast with the promise of more rain and thunderstorms in the forecast it is a wonderful 72F (22C) with a breeze blowing which helps keep the mosquitoes away.

I received confirmation yesterday that one of my paintings "Through the Storm" (see posting on 19 April 2013) was accepted for the juried show at The Lindsay Gallery which is held 03-26 June 2014.

I wanted to paint today and came across this painting in my portfolio of a Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) that I had started many years ago.  It didn't need a lot of work for it to be finished as there were only that a few wild grape leaves on the fence rail that needed their final layer of colour.

After a couple hours of work on those leaves and a few other spots throughout the painting I was finally happy with the results.

I will continue to post the painting I finish each day during the course of the month. I hope you will return often to see the postings.

This original 15" x 22" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $1,480.00.

In the Shade

I was a hot 82F (28C) and very humid feeling like 93F (34C) day, thankfully the breeze kept the air moving and prevented it from becoming unbearable.

I worked in the garden this morning before it got too hot and put out a couple of hummingbird feeders. I put one in the lawn garden and another from the maple tree at the front of the house.

It certainly didn't take long for the hummingbirds to find the feeders. It is always nice to have them around, especially when I am working outside.











I pulled this painting out that I had started earlier this year (see posts on 15 January, 24 February and 19 May 2014).

I added more leaves to the maple tree and a little more colour to the grass.

This original 2" x 3-3/4" watercolour painting when it is framed will be available for $65.00.

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