Snow Man 1 - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I have been working on for a while (see posts on 23 February 2013, 12 February and 18 August 2014).

I made a mixture of Antwerp blue and raw sienna and worked back into the scarf.

Adding a little more blue to the mix the shadow colour in the creases and folds of the scarf was applied. Then almost pure Antwerp blue was used for the fringe.

Cadmium red and new gamboge was used to paint in the carrot nose.

I thought the colour of the top hat was a little wishy washy so I mixed a rich black using French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson.

I repainted over the existing colour leaving some highlights on the sunlit edge of the hat.

Using the same colour I added the eyes, mouth and buttons onto the snowman.

Now was the time to add shadows onto the body of the Snowman to give him some shape.

I used various mixes of French ultramarine blue, cobalt blue and burnt sienna to add the shadows and the slightly darker shadows cast by the scarf.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have added the arms and a few growies into the foreground.

Upper Stoney Lake I and II -Two Works in Progress

It was a fairly busy day today with the take in for the Faces and Figures Show at KAGS this morning.

Afterward since it was a nice day with a breeze and we decided to go to Quarry Bay Beach to have a picnic and go swimming.











Upper Stoney Lake I

This is the only public beach on Stoney lake and it is located in Upper Stoney Lake off of Northey's Bay Road.

This is a beautiful small, sandy unsupervised (no lifeguard) beach with a roped off swim area. It has lovely tall pines slightly back from the beach which provide shade and a lovely picnic area.














Upper Stoney Lake II

After lunch I did a couple of sketches of one of the islands out in the lake close to the beach.

I will post each of these sketches once I have completed them with pen and ink.

Last Day of the Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

Today I decided that since it is the last day of the show that I was going to play hooky from my sitting at the show and painting. Instead I would go canoeing on Big Cedar Lake and come back to the show in time for the tear down.

The hours for our show are:
23 Aug 15 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

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












Big Cedar Lake I

Big Cedar Lake is a land locked lake on the north west side of Highway 28 and approximately 2-1/2 miles (4km) from Burleigh Falls and there are a number of ways you can go to get to the lake.

If you want a full day out on a couple of lakes and don't mind portaging, launch in Coon Lake and go to the far end and portage about 1/2 mile (0.8km) into Big Cedar Lake. The trail is fairly well marked.














Big Cedar Lake II

You can do what we did this time and go past the launch at Coon Lake and follow the road until you can see the lake and there is a small launch site, but the parking is very limited.

The other option is to follow Highway 28 and turn onto Julian Road and go to the public boat launch where there is more parking available.















Big Cedar Lake III

There are several canoe routes that use Big Cedar Lake to the reach more northern land locked lakes or to go onto Eels Creek and to Stoney Lake.

The lake has an irregular shoreline with a number of bays which help to provide protected areas for canoeing and kayaking. The local cottagers are also courteous to small craft as well, which I must say is a very pleasant surprise.













Big Cedar Lake IV

The lake is known for its cleanliness and clarity. I said to Ron that it would probably be a wonderful lake for diving with an average depth of 19' (5.8m) and the maximum depth reaching 60' (18.3m).

Rock piles and close to the surface rocks are well marked and in many places the shallow areas are adjacent to deep drop offs and submerged logs can be found in most of the shallower bays.














Big Cedar Lake V

The lake has a large variety of fish including rock bass, small mouth and large mouth bass, black crappie, walleye, muskie, sunfish, bream and bluegill.

Ron was very happy as he caught five large mouth bass and one small muskie, all of which we live released back into the lake










Big Cedar Lake VI

As usual while Ron fished I took photographs and worked on a number of sketches that I will post at a later date once I have completed them using pen and ink.

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

It wasn't long before we had to return to the art show at St. Matthews Church in Buckhorn to take down the show.

Pottery was purchased from JoAnne Connell Northey and small items were sold by Diane Collins.

Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

It is a wonderful change not having the humid weather with a lovely sunny day at 76F (24.4C) and a cooling breeze.

Today they are holding Rock the Locks right across the street from the Church which is attracting a large crowd, with many people coming through to see our art show as well.

Needless to say I didn't have a lot of time to paint on this piece that I started last year (see post on 21 January 2014), but at least I did put the far shore into this painting, which I will post at a later date once it has been completed.














Morning Sky 1

A painting was purchased from Penny Little and small items were sold by Pat Harvey.

The hours for our show are:
22 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
23 Aug 15 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

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

25th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

Yesterday's rain has certainly cooled things down with our high today being 71F (21.7C). It is a pleasant change and brought more people out to view our show.

Today I worked on a couple of small paintings that I had started a couple of years ago.

For the first one (see post on 17 March 2013) using various greens made from Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue, raw sienna, new gamboge and burnt sienna. I gave a little more definition to the background trees.

Next using the same colours I started adding some grasses and growies before I set it aside to dry and decide what animals I will put into the foreground.

Pasture 1

The afternoon brought I drew in where I would place the trees in the second painting that had been called Blue Sky E (see post on 07 July 2012).

I will post each of these paintings again once they have been completed.














Pasture 2

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

Small items were purchased from Pat Harvey.

The hours for our show are:
21 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
22 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
23 Aug 15 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

Please come out and enjoy our art show at some point over the weekend.

ACEO - Massey Ferguson 1

The continuing hot weather 85F (29.4C) seems to keep people away from the show and in the coolness of their homes, but fortunately for us there was a nice breeze blowing which kept things from becoming feeling the humidity 100F (37.8C).

I thought I would work on this painting that I had started a number of years ago (see posts on 02 July 2012 and 09 July 2015).

Using various greys made from mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and burnt sienna I finished painting in the engine.

Then I finished the small areas of red on the tractor with a mixture of cadmium red and alizarin crimson.

Lastly, I put in a rail fence behind the tractor, with some of the grey mixtures I used on the engine.














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 $65.00 and sold framed. SOLD

Small items were sold by Diane Collins.

The hours for our show are:
19 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
20 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
21 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
22 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
23 Aug 15 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at our show.

Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

It is another hot 82F (27.8C) and humid 98F (36.7C) day with a number of thunderstorms in the area and we had times when there were flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder but we did not receive any rain.

Today I decided to work on this painting that I had started last year (see post on 22 August 2014).

First I lifted out the background birch trees that I had indicated in pencil.

I decided that the large birch on the right side needed to be changed from going off the edge of the painting.

Using various mixtures of alizarin crimson, French ultramarine blue, raw sienna, burnt sienna and new gamboge I painted into the entire background to unify it and to fix the birch tree.

Once the paint had dried I could see some rock shapes in the background.I will develop them more by painting in the negative around them.

Next I added the dark markings onto the background birch trees with a mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

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

Not many people came through the show, but small items were sold by Diane Collins, Pat Harvey and Penny Little.

The hours for our show are:
18 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
19 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
20 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
21 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
22 Aug 15 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
23 Aug 15 - 12:30pm - 4:00pm

We hope you can come out and enjoy the artwork.