Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

If you go to the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog you can see the daily results of the about what happened during the Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale.

Snow Man 1 and Snow Lady and Child 1 - Two Works in Progress

Once the drawings were transferred onto the watercolour paper it was time to paint the background.

To keep the backgrounds of these paintings similar I worked on both pieces at the same time.

I started with the sky using a mixture of French ultramarine blue and cobalt blue, being careful not to get any paint on the snow people.

Next the snow was the put in using the sky colour and a small amount of alizarin crimson was added so the white snow people would stand out from the background.

Snow Lady and Child 1

Raw sienna was added to the snow colour to get a greyed green which was used to add trees onto the top of the hill.

Now it was time to start work on the snow people.

Using the tree colour I added more blue and burnt sienna for a nice, rich black and painted the top hat, leaving the hatband and lining to be painted with pure cadmium red.

A mix of Antwerp blue and raw sienna was used for the scarf.

Snow Man 1

I ran out of time before I could finish the scarf, but I will post each of these paintings at a later date once more work is completed on each of them.

I would like to thank returning collector Mr. Derrick Ryan of Hastings, Ontario on his purchase of Ruffled Grouse (see post on 29 June 2014).

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

Last day of the 24th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

Today started off bright and sunny with the temperatures at 58F (14C) first thing in the morning and by late afternoon reaching a high of 64F (18C) but with the humidity feeling more like 75F (24C).

It was the second half day of the show and we had a fairly steady stream of people going through the show.

I didn't have much time to work on this piece but I did manage to start adding the growies into the base of the on the trees.

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













Five originals were sold from Rebecca Bilcox. Catherine Selinger, Susan Sydney and Tom Young as well as small items purchased from JoAnne Connell Northey and Penny Little.

I would like to thank new collectors Mrs. Margaret Tough of Peterborough, Ontario on her purchase of Setting Sun (see post on 06 May 2010) and Mrs. Mary Lou Harrison of Toronto, Ontario on her purchase of Whatever (see post on 13 May 2014).

The hours for our show are:
17 Aug 14 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

Today we opened early to accommodate the people who also came out for the annual yard sale held by Buckhorn Community Care in the front parking lot of St. Matthews Church.

Although it remained cool throughout the day it started off warmer 54F (12.2C) than yesterday in the morning but the temperature did not rise as much remaining a constant 56F (13.3C) throughout the afternoon with a steady rainfall until closing time.













Sailboat Sketch 3

The one nice thing about the rain and cooler temperatures was that the attendance was up considerably and we had a steady stream of people coming through the show all day.

Because of this I didn't even try to paint, instead I worked on a couple more sketches of sailboats which could easily be left when I had to talk with our many visitors.












Sailboat Sketch 3A

Nine paintings were sold by Diane Collins, Heather Grant, Penny Little and Susan Sydney. Pottery was sold by JoAnne Connell Northey and small items were purchased from Diane Collins, JoAnne Connell Northey, Pat Harvey, Barbara McGregor and Bonny Windover.

I would like to thank new collectors Ms. Jessica MacKenzie of Selwyn, Ontario on her selection of Sunset Silhouette 2 (see post on 27 December 2011), Mr. John Van Laars of Cobourg, Ontario on his purchase of Simplicity (see post on 08 June 2011) and Ms. Bonnie Baker of London, Ontario on her purchase of Rapids 1 (see post on 17 July 2011).

We hope you will be able to come out and visit the show either today or before it closes tomorrow.

The hours for our show are:
16 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 14 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

Shades of Summer Art Show

Once again the morning temperature was 46F (8C) but it did manage to make it up to 62F (17C) by the time we closed the show today.

With the continuing cold and the overcast skies not many people came out to the show today, which gave me plenty of time to work on this painting that I had worked on here a couple of days ago (see posts on 21 February, 25 March and 13 August 2014).

Using a darker mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I put in the closest line of trees.

While the paint was still wet I dropped into some areas of the trees pure burnt sienna, and raw sienna to add a little life to the painting.













With a paler mix of the tree colour I added some very distant trees into the background.

Please come out and enjoy our art show at some point over the weekend if you are in the Buckhorn area.

The hours for our show are:
15 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 14 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

24th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

I don't mind waking up to rain in the morning, but I do object to temperatures of 46F (8C) although it is supposed to get up to 59F (15C) when it is the middle of August.

Although the morning was fairly quiet I did manage to get some work done on this painting that I had started earlier this year (see post on 25 May 2014) which I will post at a later date once more work on it has been completed.

The afternoon was another story and we had a fair crowd of people come through the show, with three originals sold from Barbara MacGregor, Rebecca Bilcox and JoAnne Connell Northey as well as small items from Bonny Windover and Diane Collins.














We hope some of you will be able to come out and visit our show.

The hours for our show are:
14 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 14 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

Shades of Summer Art Show

It is another cool and rainy day, but our attendance has increased as people are coming out instead of staying inside and at home for another day.

Today I decided to work on this painting that I had started earlier this year (see posts on 21 February and 25 March 2014).

It is the kind of painting that I can stop working on at any time when I need to speak with some of the people who are out to view the exhibition.

Using a slightly darker mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I gradually added the next line of trees into the painting.













I will probably continue to work on this painting during the course of the show.

Today five originals sold from Rebecca Bilcox, Diane Collins, Barbara McGregor and Catherine Selinger, as well as small items from Diane Collins and Pat Harvey.

We hope you will be able to come out and enjoy our art at some point over the remaining four days.

The hours for our show are:
13 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
14 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
15 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
16 Aug 14 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
17 Aug 14 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm