Lake Reflections I

Today I just didn't feel like going to a paint out with the group, so instead I went to the Selwyn Beach Conservation Area. I wandered along the hiking trail and about 1 mile (1.6km) along the trail I stopped to sketch this view of Chemong Lake.














What I liked about this scene was the two trees that flanked the trail that led to the lake. It made it look so inviting to go and stand at the edge of the water and look out across the inlet.

Pine Tree at Dawn

Today my Smoke kitty finally came back. I thought something had happened to her, since she was gone for almost two weeks.

This morning I watched the sunrise and painted the dawn colours and added the same pine tree from yesterday to the painting.

This original 6" x 8" framed watercolour is available for $125.00.

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

Sunset Pine

With living on the top of a hill I am fortunate to see both the sun rise and the sun set each day, weather permitting.

I have a number of stately pine trees on the property and they are often silhouetted against the sky.

Last night I sat at the kitchen table looking out the window and watched the sunset and painted in the background sky for this painting.

Today I added the silhouette of a solitary pine tree.

This original framed 6" x 8" watercolour is available for $125.00.

Foggy Morning 1

Today is a very hot 79F (26C) and humid 93F (34C) day. Fortunately, we do have a bit of a breeze that is helping to keep it from being unbearable outside.

I am saddened that Smoky has not returned from her wandering. I hope she has just found another farm rather than the alternative.

Often in the morning as the sun starts to rise over the distant hills, I look out over the woodland and Snelgrove Brook at the bottom of the hill, I watch the tendrils of fog as they drift above the water and weave in and out between the trees.

I drew in the parts of the trees that could be seen and left the bottom areas blank with the fog hiding them from sight.

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

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.