Communion - A Work in Progress

Today I thought I would do a little more work on this painting that I started earlier this year (see posts on 06 May, 18 July, 02, 09, and 19 August 2016).

I started with the wine decanter and put in the edge of the tray that would show through the clear glass. For this I used mixtures of raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue.

With burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue I started to add areas where the background panelling was showing through the glass.

Using various mixtures of raw sienna, new gamboge and burnt sienna were used for the reflections on the glass of the brass plate.













At the bottom of the decanter the white cloth showing through the glass was put on with French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

Using a pale wash of alizarin crimson I indicated the darkest areas of the wine in the decanter and then put in the reflected colour of the wine onto the cloth.

Next I mixed a large batch of a warm dark colour using French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and burnt sienna which can also be paled down to a warm grey by adding water.

First I put in the areas of the darkest colour starting at the top of the stopper, working down through the handle and finally, gradually completing the empty glass to where the edge of the tray showed through the decanter.













Adding more water to the dark mixture I started at the stopper once again and worked my way down the decanter the same way as I did for the darkest colour being careful to leave the small areas of white paper showing through for the reflected light.

Below the edge of the tray I put in the white cloth that shows through the glass just above the wine.

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

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

Industry 1-3 Three Works in Progress

Today is the first day since 19 July that we have had a day without a humidity of 86F+ (30C+). Temperatures and humidity this high and for this long is very unusual for this part of Canada, in fact it has never happened in my lifetime.

It was a good day to go out and mow the lawn, a chore I enjoy doing. So I started my mower and carefully went through the doorway (which only allows a 1" (2.5cm) clearance on the deck).

It didn't seem to handle the way it normally does so I took it to the shop where Ron was working on the tractor and left it with him to see what was wrong with my lawn mower.

When I returned a little later he had it in pieces and this is what I saw. Needless to say I wasn't impressed and told him he shouldn't use my lawn mower if this is the end result.















So until the new parts come in and he fixes it and puts it all back together I will have to use my old one with the smaller deck.

After doing mowing the lawn, I thought I would do a couple of pieces showing industrial areas.















Industry 1

With a pencil, I lightly blocked in the factories and buildings complete with smoke stacks.

Working across all three pieces I started by going around the building with a dark mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna in some areas, then adding cobalt blue with a small amount of alizarin crimson in some areas.















Industry 2

Next I lightened the colour and added a little more alizarin crimson to the mixture and put into the areas above the blue. I added more red to the mix for the next layer and then set it aside to dry.

For the middle I used a mix of lemon yellow and new gamboge and brushed it through the paintings.















Industry 3

While the paint was still wet at the bottom area of the yellow mix raw sienna with a little cobalt blue was put in to join the bottom part to the centre.

Using cobalt blue and aureolin some distant hills were put in above the bright yellow area.

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

Training Bridle I - A Work in Progress

At 81F (27C) with the humidity at 88F (31C) it is a little cooler today than it has been for the last couple of days.

Shortly after I turned the horses were out on pasture, we had a heavy rain storm in the morning for about an hour, which means they received an enjoyable bath.

I came across this drawing of a western training bridle, after going through some old sketch books. It is the sketch I started a long time ago (see post on 24 October 2012) as the basis for a conte drawing of a training bridle that was a prop in a portrait class at KAGS.

Next, I added details to the brow band and the snaffle bit.

I will have to decide whether to turn this piece into a graphite pencil or a pen and ink drawing.

I will post this sketch at a later date as more work on it is completed.

Dark Water I - A Work in Progress

It is going to be another hot 90F (32F) and very humid 106F (41C) day.

Ron and I continued to work on replacing a section of the barn floor that had rotted (see post on 09 July 2016) from many years of the rain coming in through the opening in the loft where we put hay out for the horses.















By late afternoon we had it completed and Ron tossed some hay down onto the floor from the mow.

I wanted to do a little work on one of my sketches and I picked this one that I had worked on last month (see post on 02 July 2016).















I started by adding more branches and details to the dead twisted cedar tree.

Next I added in some rocks along the shoreline and a few dead pine tree trunks behind the live pines.















Lastly I drew in the distant treeline into the background.

I started with the trunk of the large cedar tree in the foreground, but before I could get too much further on the drawing I realized it was time to start supper.















I will post this drawing again once more work on it has been completed.

Communion - A Work in Progress

With it being hot 86F (30C) and humid 98F (36.7C) today I wanted to do a little the more work on this painting to at least get the decanters finished (see posts on 09 May, 18 July, 02 and 09 August 2016).

First I wanted to complete the wood grain on the panels and I mixed various dark colours using alizarin crimson, French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.














Next I removed the rest of the masking from the plate, decanters and the handles on the tray.

With French ultramarine blue I painted in the shadowed areas in the cloth in the tray leaving some areas lighter to indicate the light going through the glass decanters.

To complete the tray I used various mixtures of raw sienna, burnt sienna, new gamboge and French ultramarine blue to paint the brass handles being sure to leave the small highlights the white of the paper and paint the cast shadows from the decanters and goblet onto the sides of the tray.














Using mixes of new gamboge and aureolin I put in the bright areas on the plate and the reflected colour on the decanters and on the wafer box.

To give me an idea of the how light or dark I wanted my colours on the remaining pieces I put in my darkest dark which allows me to see which areas need to have the highest contrast.

I will post this painting again once I have completed the plate.

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

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

If you go to the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog you can see the daily results of about what happened during the 26th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale as well as some of the paintings that were exhibited in the show.

Scenes of Magnetawan

Today Sheila and I took a trip up to the Knoepfli Inn, which is located at 5484 Highway 124, in Magnetawan, Ontario.

Earlier this year (see post on 22 June 2016) the KAGS Outdoor Painters' Group, who spend a week every year at the Inn to paint, were invited to have an exhibition of paintings called "Scenes of Magnetawan" which featured the Inn and paintings of the area.

Since five paintings had been sold from the show we went up to fill the empty spaces with new paintings of the area.

A few of the paintings were rearranged to accommodate the new pieces and after speaking with Bea Kolman arrangements will be made to have a "Meet the Artists Afternoon Tea" in October when the Group returns to the Inn.














Once the date and more details are confirmed about this event I will post it in the future.