Spring Stream 2 - A Work in Progress

I decided I wanted to do a little more work on this painting that was started a couple of years ago in a class on Colour and Composition class (see posts on 29 January 2012 and 11 December 2015).

It was originally called Colour and Composition 7 and I have renamed it Spring Stream 2.













I added more aureolin into the top of the sky and while the sky area was still wet I added a mix of cadmium red and cadmium yellow throughout the sky.

Using aureolin and the mix of cadmium yellow and cadmium red I put in the under paint on the stream.

It still needs a lot more work before it is finished and I will post the completed piece at a later date.

The Abstract Art Show at KAGS

Today I was sitting at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio for The Abstract Show which started yesterday and will continue through to 24 March 2016.

There are a wide variety of media, styles, techniques, sizes and colours offered in this exhibition.

Due to the large number of paintings entered in this show the large wall on the lower level of the Gallery was brought into use as well.

As usual I was planning on working on a couple of small paintings.

That however, did not happen due to the large number of visitors coming into the Gallery to view the art display.












If you have a chance please, come out and meet the artists at the opening for the show on 28 February 2016 from 1-4p.m.

Cross Roads - Summer

We had a power outage last night shortly after 10:00p.m. due to the freezing rain on the lines. Hydro One was great in their service as the original estimate for return of power was to be by 4:00p.m. today but they had it restored by 3:15a.m. this morning.

A couple of weeks ago (see post on 13 February 2016) I did the first, Spring of a set of the four seasons at a crossroad.











I worked on this sketch of a pair of draft horses pulling a hay wagon which I felt is exactly right for Summer.

I will post this drawing at a later date once I have added more details to the horses and the background.

Clear Lake I - A Work in Progress

This morning I was greeted with the Meteorological Alert of a Winter Storm Warning calling for snow, changing to ice pellets, freezing rain and finally changing to rain; and they weren't wrong.

It started off at 24F (-4.4C) with a wind chill of 16F (-8.9C) and then the snow started and the rest of the weather followed. I get to look forward to more of the same for tomorrow.

I pulled out this sketch that I started a few years ago (see post on 09 June 2013).

I started with the foreground trees, deciding which ones would be birches or maples.

Next I worked on the rocks on the far side of the lake and once they were finished I indicated the trunks of distant trees.

In the foreground I put in the grasses and growies at the edge of the lake first, then added some more at the base of the birches.

I will post this drawing again, once it has been completed.

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

Country Road 1 - A Work in Progress

The first flock of Red-winged Blackbirds have arrived to join the four others that have been here all winter.

I had a little bit of time and wanted to work on one of the paintings that have been around for a while and need to be completed like this one (see posts on 29 January 2012 and 11 December 2015).

It was originally called Colour and Composition 6 and I have renamed it Country Road 1.













I added more aureolin into the top of the sky and while the sky area was still wet I added a mix of cadmium red, cadmium yellow and alizarin crimson into the bottom of the sky.

With cobalt blue and alizarin crimson I added a few clouds into the sky.

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

Bunny and Basket 1 - A Work in Progress

Today I painted with the Creative Arts Guild at the St. John the Baptist Anglican Church in Lakefield.

I pulled this little painting out that I had starting working on again earlier this year (see posts on 27 May 2014 and 06 January 2016).

I began by drawing in a few more pussy willow stalks and did a little more work on them.

With a pale wash of raw sienna I indicated the shadows on the head covering.

Using a mix of cadmium red and cadmium yellow I painted in the middle tone on some of the ribbons.

The vest was indicated with alizarin crimson.

I will post this painting again at a later date once more work on the bunny is completed.

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

Morning Lake 2 - A Work in Progress

Today is another mild day like yesterday with the temperature reaching 43F (6.1C) and most of the snow has once again melted.

I pulled out this painting that I have been working on for quite a while (see posts on 08 December 2013, 27 January and 22 February 2014 and 22 January 2015) and would like to complete it today if time permits.













First I mixed a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna and painted the shadowed areas into the pine needles. Then I added a few dead branches to the ends of the pine tree.

With burnt sienna I put the under paint down for the land area below the pine.














Using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and burnt sienna I painted in the land below the pine tree and added grasses and growies around the trunk.

It was at this point that I realized that the single pine needed company and lightly drew in a few more trunks.

It still needs a little more work before it is complete. I will post the finished piece at a later date.