Evening Grosbeaks - A Work in Progress

This is the first of four sketches of Evening Grosbeaks that I would like to develop into paintings.

I have completed the outline drawing of the seven birds; five males and one female on the ground looking for food and a second female in flight.














Some of the larger growies are indicated.

I will post this drawing at a later date once I have the grasses and growies completed and transferred onto watercolour paper.

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

Horse Sketches XVIII-XX

It was a nice, warm, sunny day and as usual since it was my Mom's birthday I visited my parents at Rosemount Memorial Gardens.

It is relaxing there sitting on a bench under the trees in the peace and quiet. Before leaving I left fresh cut flowers in the vase on their niche.














From there I went to visit a friend at the stable where she boards her horses and decided I would do some quick sketches of the horses grazing in the field.

Eventually I will probably use some of these sketches in a couple of paintings of horses out on pasture.














I would like to thank new collector Mrs. D. A. Lackey on her purchase of Sea Fans (see post on 20 April 2013).















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

Koi 3 and 4 - Two Works in Progress

Today I am working on more sketches for Koi Pond (see post on 21 May 2014) and did another ten koi in different positions.














Koi 3

I also chose two of these sketches and transferred the images onto small pieces of watercolor paper as I did the first time (see post on 06 July 2014) I worked on sketches for this painting.













Koi 4

I will post both of these koi paintings at a later date as more work on them is completed.

Resting on a Hinge - A Work in Progress

I always enjoy watching my swallows as they twist and turn in flight and they are often out with me while I am mowing the lawn and stirring up bugs for them.














So rather than have them in flight, I chose to have a swallow resting on one of the hinges on the large barn doors of the west barn.

I will post this sketch at a later date once I have completed the outline drawing.

Bath Time - A Work in Progress

Today I thought I would do a little more work on this painting that I had started last week (see post on 11 July 2014).












The first thing I had to do was tighten up the drawing and make a few changes to get the proportions correct.












Next was to put in the background using various mixtures of raw sienna and burnt sienna.













Using a wash of pure Cobalt blue I blocked in the towel and set the painting aside to dry.

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

Rubber Ducky 1 - A Work in Progress

It seems as though I am working on rubber ducks this month so I thought I would continue and do a little more work on this piece that I had started earlier this year (see post on 28 March 2016)  of just
the rubber duck and a towel.













Using a wash of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna I brushed in the background.

While the background was drying I made up various mixtures of blues for the towel using Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue, Cobalt blue and burnt sienna.














Using up to five layers of the various blues I painted the towel until I was happy with the depth of colour and set it aside to dry.

I will post this painting at a later date once I start work on the duck.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Four Seasons - Four Works in Progress

I decided that I wanted to do forest scenes each slightly different showing the four seasons.

The first one I pulled out was called Grey Sky H (see post on 18 July 2013) to be my spring painting.














Spring Forest 3

I drew in a large tree for the foreground and indicated the horizon line where the background trees will be painted.

The next painting was called Blue Sky A (see post on 07 July 2012) which would become my summer painting.















Summer Forest 3

I pulled out this paintings that I had started last year (see post on 18 July 2013), at which time it was called it Blue Sky F.














Autumn Forest 3

I drew in a main tree and a couple of slightly smaller trees to create interest and lightly indicated a few of the smaller background trees.

The last painting was called Grey Sky J (see post on 18 July 2013) and would become my winter painting.














Winter Forest 3

I drew in a large tree for the foreground and put in the horizon line where the background trees will be painted. I may also add a few more closer trees once the snow has been painted.

I will post each of these paintings at a later date once more work on them has been completed.