Hoturo - A Work in Progress

I really shouldn't have been surprised to see a flock of about eighty snow buntings flying around the infield of the track this afternoon; especially since last year with the snow having been so deep, we feed over two hundred of them for about a month until the weather warmed and some of the snow started to melt.

Having put in the under paint and blocked in the background on this piece earlier this month (see posts on 10 and 12 December 2015) I wanted to get more work done on this painting today.

Starting at the top of the painting on the sky I used ultramarine blue with a small amount of white.

I left some of the cloud areas untouched so the warmth of the cadmium red would show through the white.

I gradually lightened the sky colour as I worked down to the horizon line by adding a little more white and some cerulean blue.

Once the paint had dried I started adding the clouds using titanium white as the base and added various mixes of cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, with a small amount of burnt sienna.

I took clouds down into the tree tops of the closer shoreline so when I painted in the trees they would show through the branches.

Using various mixtures of ultramarine blue, Hansa yellow, cerulean blue and raw sienna I painted in the distant shoreline.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have put in the water and closer shoreline.

ACEO - Foggy Day 3

I pulled this painting out that I had started a couple of months ago (see post on 06 October 2016) and knew it would not take much to finish.

I lightened up the wave ripples as they were too dark for the amount of fog on the lake and lifted a few tendrils of fog by the island with water.














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.

Mailbox 2 - A Work in Progress

Going through a box of small paintings I came across this piece I had started quite some time ago (see post on 20 February 2012).

The mailbox needed to the straightened and the mail flag was put on in an upright position indicating that there was mail waiting in the box.














With this being an evening scene I indicated some distant hills and a few trees.

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

Backgrounds 56 - A Work in Progress

As usual I used the left over paint from yesterday and put it onto a canvas as the background on a canvas.














The colours I used are cadmium red, burnt sienna, titanium white and a small amount of ultramarine blue.

I will post this painting at a later date once I decide what to I wish to paint.

Hoturo - A Work in Progress

Now that the drawing for the sailboat was completed (see post on 10 December 2015) it was time to prepare the canvas.

First I washed a thin layer of raw sienna onto the canvas to give a warm colour to the background.

Using cadmium red I indicated where I would place the clouds in the sky.

Then decided where the distant horizon like would be and the approximate height of the trees.

Lastly I put in the closer shoreline leaving a blank area indicating a large rock.

I will post this painting as more work on it is completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Colour and Composition 6 and 7 - Two Works in Progress

I pulled out these two paintings that I had started quite a while ago (see post on 29 January 2012) and decided it was about time I did something with them.

For the first one I thought that it looked as though a road winding its way through the hills would work.















Colour and Composition 6

I lightly sketched in the road and added a fence line on the one side as though it was part of a pasture and added a few trees to the top of the hill.

On the other side I put in a few trees and I may at a later time when I start painting it add another fence or do something entirely different.















Colour and Composition 7

For the second one it seemed as though it should have a stream running through the fields.

I lightly indicated the stream and added a few of the main trees. I will have to decide if I wish to turn this piece into a pasture or a forest scene.

I will post each of these paintings at a later date once they have been completed.

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

Hoturo - A Work in Progress

All my paintings start with a number of quick sketches of the subject and a selection is made as to which one is to be developed into a painting.

It is the same for this one of a Redline 25 sailboat built by the Canadian Company, C&C Yachts and designed by George Cuthbertson and George Cassian.

The next step is to enlarge the completed sketch to the size needed for the canvas.

Now comes the time consuming part, making sure everything is in its place.

Needless to say, it took just under twelve hours to complete; by the time the multitude of rigging lines and all the parts and pieces of the boat were place in the correct way, and shape.

I will post this outline sketch at a later date once it has been transferred onto the canvas.