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Today we had a temperature of 72F (22C) with the humidity making it feel like 84F (29C) but we will have rain for most of the day which means I do not have to water my garden.

I wanted to work on a still life drawing today, so I set up one of my stuffed toys in this case a dragon and added a few blocks to make it interesting.















It didn't take very long to get the drawing of the dragon finished.

From there I started adding in the various blocks to complete the drawing. The last thing I did was to curve the dragon's tail around the blocks making him look possessive.

Pine Forest

Today started off with a foggy morning but it is supposed to get hot and humid again today, with the temperature reaching 78F (25.5C) and the humidity making it feel like 91F (32C).

I thought I would like to paint outside this morning but didn't want to go too far from the house so I decided to paint the forest at the edge of the front field.

Using mixtures of titanium white, ultramarine blue and cobalt blue I brushed in the sky.

Next I mixed a wide variety of greens using raw sienna, yellow ochre, pthalo blue, burnt sienna cobalt blue and ultramarine blue.

Using the various greens I worked my way from the background trees through to the closest ones to me, gradually darkening the colors.

Now I have to go to the Norwood Skillet and take down my show.

Saddlebred Head Study

I was watching a program about the different types of gaited horses on television.

I found it interesting about the many different gaited breeds that are found throughout the world. Including a couple that I hadn't realized they were considered gaited.

I did a number of sketches of the different breeds which I will post at a later date.

This original 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" graphite pencil drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $20.00.

Poppies 2

Today as I sat on the front lawn enjoying a cup of tea, I decided to do a pencil drawing of my poppies which are out in full bloom.

The sad part about poppies is that they last for such a short time.














I may at a later date do a painting of them, with their bright red colouring.

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

OSWOA - Pears in Blue Bowl

This is a painting I started a while ago (see post on 30 April 2010) in a class with Margaret Roseman.

The pears and bowl were pretty much complete and only required a small amount of detail to be added.

The paper around the pears and bowl down to the tablecloth was wet with clear water and the background was painted in with a mixture of Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and a touch of burnt sienna creating a soft, warm grey.

 











Once the background was dry the tablecloth was painted using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna.

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 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $50.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Dockside 1 and 2

Today I was bound and determined to finish the two little paintings that I had started last year (see postings on 16 October 2012, 09 February 2013, 20 May 2013, 15 August 2013, 10 December 2013 and 09 January 2014).

It seemed as though every time I started working on them something came up so that I wasn't able to get very much work done on them.

Dockside 1

On the first painting I only needed to finish the tie rope on the one post and add a little more shadow on the posts to complete the painting.

The second painting just need a little more work on the larger gull by adding a few more details.

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

Dockside 2

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.

Watering Cans I

Today I was at a paint out at the home of one of the members of the Outdoor Painters' Group.

She has beautiful gardens surrounding her home and I took many photographs of them, but what attracted me to sit down and sketch were the two watering cans on her back porch.














I liked the way they were sitting at the edge of the deck, in front of the exterior door with the screen panel.

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