Norma's Peppers

Today is another wet and rainy day and I am painting with the the Lakefield Creative Arts Guild at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church in Lakefield, Ontario.

Many in the Group are getting mats cut and paintings framed for the up coming Artists in Bloom II Art Show and Sale later this month in conjunction with the spring Strawberry and Tea Social held on 27 June.

This is a painting I started last month (see post on 27 May 2015) and it just needs the yellow pepper painted to be completed.

To create the shadow on the pepper I used burnt sienna with a touch of cadmium red.

More layers of raw sienna, new gamboge and aureolin were layered over the body of the pepper to give it the illusion of roundness.

I finished the pepper with some areas of burnt sienna for the reflected colour.

This original 8" x 10" watercolour painting when framed will be available for $185.00.

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

Harness Horse Head Study

Today I was at the Brooklin Spring Fair and enjoyed watching the Light Horse show with classes for Carriage Horses, Hackney Ponies, Harness Ponies, and Haflingers.

As usual I took along my camera and sketchbook and took photographs of the classes and did a number of sketches.

During the course of the day I probably did about 20 sketches which could be worked into paintings.

I also took well over 500 photographs of the various classes at the show.

Needless to say, I am very happy that I have switched to digital as I would have hated to pay the cost to develop the film.

This quick sketch is of one of the Harness Ponies.

Fortunately, I took a series of photographs of the stages of this head study sketch.

A lady who had been watching me sketch on and off during the course of the day came over an asked if she could purchase one of my sketches.

I would like to thank new collector Mrs. Marcia Darrin of Toronto, Ontario on her purchase of this sketch.

As I develop more of these sketches I will post them at a later date.

Twin Pines 1

Today, I wanted to do something simple and fairly easy.

I decided to do the pair of pines in one of the fields behind the barn and just before the sugar bush at the eastern edge of the property.

After putting in the main pines trees I added some of the trees on the far side of the Snelgrove Brook which runs through the back of the farm.

Over the years I have taken many photographs of these pine trees.

They are one of my favourite subjects and I will probably do a lot more paintings of them in the not too distant future.

OSWOA - Gardening 2

Today I wanted to work on another still life painting so I could have a number of them ready for the upcoming Still Life Show at The Lindsay Gallery later this month.

I pulled out this painting that I had started last year (see posts on 05 March, 14 August and 26 December 2014) and wanted to complete.













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 $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Pine 2

I had a little bit of time to work on a painting today and decided to complete this one that I had started earlier this year (see post on 03 February 2015).

I brushed the sky into the background using cobalt blue and added a touch of French ultramarine blue and painted i n the water.

Next I mixed French ultramarine blue, raw sienna and added a touch of burnt sienna to darken the green and painted the needles into the main tree.

While the paint was still wet I dropped in some pure burnt sienna to give a little more colour to the needles.

I lightly drew in the trunks of the other trees.

Still using the same colour for the needles I painted in the trunks first and then added the needles to the other trees and again added touches of burnt sienna.

I put the reflections from the trees into the water.

To complete the painting I painted in the rocks with French ultramarine, 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 300lb. 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 June.

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

Autumn River 1

Today I was in Peterborough by the Otonabee River and I stopped to feed the ducks, geese and seagulls.

It was so peaceful in the small park on Water Street, that while I sat at the picnic table surrounded by the water fowl, I did a little sketch of the river.

I thought I would like to have this scene of the trees as it would be in autumn rather than the summer.

I may turn this drawing into a painting at a later date.

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