Fire

After the last week with temperatures ranging from 50F-67F (10C-19C) we are greeted today with a temperature of 28F (-2C).

The snow was whipped across the fields by the 25mph (40kmh) winds which made the temperature outside feel like 12F (-11C).















After finishing up the evening barn chores and coming into the house to warm up, it was nice to have the first fire of the season burning in the fireplace after supper.

When it was time to head off to bed the fire had almost burnt itself out and in the morning there would be nothing left but some grey ash.

Feast for the Eyes

Today I was sitting at Art on Kent in Lindsay, Ontario for the last day of the "Feast for the Eyes" show.














I was surprised that there wasn't a larger number of paintings in the exhibit and only two photographs.










But with the wide variety of styles and media it created a very interesting display.














As usual the paintings were beautifully presented to the public by the show hanging committee.














It was also a very busy day at the Gallery with many people coming in to see the show as well as a couple of artists bringing in their art work for the next show called "Affordableism".















The new show starts on 24 Nov and runs through to 17 Dec 16 when the Gallery closed for the Christmas season and reopens in the New Year on 05 January and runs through until 14 Jan 17.














If you would like to meet some of the artists, the opening reception is on 26 Nov 16 from 1-3p.m. and I hope to see some of you there.

OSWOA - Lazy River 3

Most of our autumn colours have gone and some of the trees are left with just a few leaves grimly hanging on before they too will fall to the ground.

I wanted some bright colour, so I pulled out this painting that I worked on earlier this year (see posts on 23 December 2011, 07 May 2013 and 05 March 2016).

With a pencil, I lightly added branches to the two remaining tree trunks.

Using a dark mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna I put in the needles on the branches.

Next I added cadmium yellow to the dark green mix and put the highlights on the branches of all the pine trees.

Next I mixed burnt sienna and a little bit of French ultramarine blue and painted in the rocks at the edge of the river.

Lastly using various mixes of raw sienna, cadmium yellow, burnt sienna and new gamboge I put in the grasses and growies on the shore.

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 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Industry 2

This is the second of three pieces I started earlier this year (see post on 22 August 2016) and wanted to finish. I started by using a muddy brown colour below some of the factories and the different buildings.

I finished the top area of the sky above the toxic emissions with Antwerp blue.

Lastly I put in the warning lights on the smoke stacks and some of the buildings.















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.

Big Cedar Lake IV

Today I was painting with the St. John's Art Group in Lakefield and decided to work on this sketch that I did last year while canoeing on Big Cedar Lake (see post on 23 August 2015).

The sketch was originally of a cedar tree that had fallen over and was laying in the water and I decided that I would rather have it upright before it fell over into the lake.

I started with the dead tree trunk and then added the branches.

Lastly I put a few growies and grasses on top of the rock at the base of the tree.

This original 4" x 9” pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $25.00.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Waiting I - A Work in Progress

This is one of a number of sketches I started when I was in Aruba, relaxing on Eagle Beach.

There was a vendor who had a couple of Sea-Doos, a few paddle boats, and some small sailboats for rent. All of them were brightly coloured and stood out against the white sand, azure sky and turquoise water.









I tightened up the details on the paddle boats in the foreground and straightened up the masts on the sailboats.

Lastly I fixed up the little sailboat near the horizon.

Sand and Surf III

This is a sketch I started in Aruba while spending some time enjoying the sun on Eagle Beach.

I added a few more details to the people that were on the beach and in the ocean.














I hope to return to Aruba next year.

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