ACEO - Winter 1

With it being December I thought I would be nice to do a snow scene. I started with the sky using French ultramarine blue in the top and gradually adding Antwerp blue into the sky toward the bottom half to the horizon line.

I added a little burnt sienna into the blue mixture and indicated the some of the shadows on the snow beneath where I would place the trees.

I darkened the shadow colour with a little more burnt sienna and put in the trees on the horizon line.















Once the paint was completely dry I indicated where the pine trees would be on the edge of the field.

Using mixes of French ultramarine blue, raw sienna and new gamboge I put in the pine needles on the trees.

With a dark of burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue I put in the tree trunk and branches and then added a few dead tree trunks among the live ones.















I put in some grasses and growies at the edge of the field and at the base of the trees with mixtures of burnt sienna and raw sienna.

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

The ACEO 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 $20.00 and sold unframed.

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 December

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

Musical Instruments - Two Works in Progress

The theme for the Still Life class at KAGS was Musical Instruments. We had a nice selection of instruments to choose from including a guitar, a violin, a ukulele, a clarinet, a keyboard, sheet music and maracas.

Seeing the violin among the instruments brought back memories of when I used to play in grade school, so I decided to draw the sketch of the violin first and will decide on the background later.

We tied both the violin and the guitar to the chairs they were resting on so they wouldn't be damaged if they shifted or accidentally fell.

Violin

For my next sketch I chose the ukulele and the maracas. I liked the contrast between the warm wood and the bright orange maracas.

To make it more in keeping with most musicians that work in the bars I added a bottle of wine, a half filled glass of liquor (in this case ice tea) and I still need to add a tip bowl to go with the coins.














Ukulele and Maracas

I will post each of these paintings when more work on them has been completed.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2014 -2015 - December

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Kawartha Arts Network - Art on Kent, Lindsay, Ont.
KAN
27 Nov 14 - 10 Jan 15 Affordableism
Opening Reception 29 Nov 14 from 1-3pm.
09 Apr - 02 May 15 Local Floral
Opening Reception 11 Apr 15 from 1-3pm.
02 Jul - 01 Aug 15 Annual All Members' Show
Opening Reception 04 Jul 15 from 1-3pm.
03-31 Dec 15 and 07 Jan-16 Jan 16 Affordableism
Opening Reception 05 Dec 15 from 1-3pm.

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
30 Nov - 21 Dec 14 and 07-18 Jan 15 Free Expressions
Opening Reception 30 Nov 14 from 1-4pm.
18 Feb - 15 Mar 15 Motion in Stillness
Opening Reception 21 Feb 15 from 1-4pm.
18-29 Mar 15 Small Treasures
Opening Reception 21 Mar 15 from 1-4pm.
Closing Reception 28 Mar 15 from 1-4pm.
08-30 Apr 15 Emerging
Opening Reception 11 Apr 15 from 1-4pm.
10 Jun - 05 Jul 15 Warm and Cool
Opening Reception 13 Jun 15 from 1-4pm.
26 Aug - 27 Sep 15 Faces and Figures
Opening Reception 29 Aug 15 from 1-4pm.
11-29 Nov 15 Outdoor Painters' Show - Elements of Nature
Opening Reception 14 Nov 15 from 1-4pm.
02-20 Dec 15 and 06-17 Jan 16 Winter Show
Opening Reception 05 Dec 15 from 1-4pm..

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
03 Dec 14 - 31 Jan 15 Then and Now All Members' Christmas Show and Sale

Peterborough Theatre Guild, 364 Rogers St., Peterborough, Ont.
Theatre
11 Feb 15 - 07 Mar 15

Township of Douro-Dummer Library Art Gallery, Warsaw, Ont.
17 Feb - 31 Mar 15
Opening Reception 20 Feb 15 from 7-8pm.
08 Sep - 24 Oct 15 Three Good Friends
Opening Reception 11 Sep 15 from 7-8pm.

Norwood Skillet, 4247 Highway 7, Norwood Ont.
25 Mar - 27 May 15

Fenelon Falls Fair Grounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
05-06 Sep 15 Kawartha Arts Festival

Millennium Park, Peterborough, Ont.
Purple Onion Festival
20 Sep15 from 11am-4:00pm.

Dancing Blueberries, 360 George St. N., Peterborough, Ont.
02-28 Oct 15

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at these shows.

Free Expressions Show

A big change from yesterday's mild temperature to the 4F (-15.5C) with the wind chill making it feel like -4F (-20C) and add into the mix snow flurries on and off all day.










The new exhibition at KAGS is called Free Expressions and there are many different types of art forms in the show in addition to the regular artwork.

There are carved leather pieces, wood burned paintings, painting made from material, stained glass, art pieces made from computer parts and a wide range of other pieces.

Autumn Beauty 2 - A Work in Progress

This is the painting I had started in the second Lucy Manley workshop last month at KAGS.















I did this second version of the same painting as I was told the first on was finished and not to do anything to it other than to sign the painting (see post on 05 November 2014).














For this one I used raw sienna as the under painting; next I put in three maple tree trunks and only one birch tree.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have completed the under painting.

Lake Reflections I

Today I pulled out this sketch that I did earlier this year (see post on 12 June 2014) and decided it needed some work.

I started with the two large trees in the foreground, which seems to frame the maple tree across the inlet.

Next I put in the distant trees, the maples and the rocks on the far shoreline and the ones in the water.















I put in the foreground shoreline and added some grasses and growies at the base of the trees and at the edge of the lake.

Lastly I added some cattails and bull rushes against the edge of the shoreline.

This original 7" x 9-1/2” pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $50.00.