Countryside Art Group Blog - Show Updates

On the first of each month I will update the Countryside Art Group's blog with a listing of shows where the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.

Street Scene III - A Work in Progress

Today I thought I would work on this sketch that I started a number of years ago (see post on 19 June 2013).

I started on the building on the left side of the road and gave some definition to the outside walls and the roof.

From there I went to the building at the far end of the road and worked on the roof and added a window and a set of double doors.















On the right side of the street I straightened the hitching post in front of the building.

Christine came in to visit me and make sure I had everything I needed before she would have to leave for work.

I will post this drawing at a later date once more work is completed on the buildings.

Thank you for looking at may artwork.

Birch Trio 3 and 4 - Two Works in Progress

While waiting for Christine to take me to see the Surgeon I pulled out these two pieces that I did a while ago (see post on 18 April 2014) while at the Peterborough Riverview Park and Zoo.

I wet the paper around the birch trees and using cobalt blue I carefully floated the colour into the wet areas which made it easier to keep the birch trees white.

I set this painting aside so it could dry and where there is a little bit of the colour bleeding into the trees it can either be lifted at a later date or covered up with the dark areas on the birch bark.

Birch Trio 3

I repeated the same process of wetting the paper first before adding the paint into the sky.

As I set this piece aside to dry Christine arrived.

I am hoping that the Surgeon will open the splint up completely to I will have the full range of motion, although I doubt at this point that he will let me put any weight on the leg but, I can always hope.

Birch Trio 4

On the Lawn I

This morning I saw my little kestrels going in and out of the nesting box that I have for them. It is just under the eaves of the house and beside my bedroom window.

Today I thought I would work on this drawing that I did on location when I was in Magnetawan last year at the Knoepfli Inn.















This original 6" x 9” pen and ink drawing when framed will be available for $150.00.

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

Stone House - A Work in Progress

I wanted to do something today so I thought I would work on this piece that I had started a number of years ago (see post on 21 June 2013).

I wanted to get the large oak tree in the front of the drawing completed.

After working on the drawing and finally finishing the tree I decided I need to take a break before starting work on the house.

That was a big mistake. When I reached for my cup, I accidentally knocked it over.

I ended up spilling tea over the right side of the paper.

I have cropped off the ruined sections ans when I decide what I am going to do with it, I will post this drawing at a later date.

Long Shadows 4 and 5 - Two Works in Progress

I wanted to do a little more work on each of these two paintings that I had started a few years ago (see post on 28 November 2014).

Using a mixture of Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue I brushed in the sky on each painting.

While the sky was drying I added a little more Antwerp blue to the sky colour and put in some the tops of the background trees.

Into the other painting I put in the frozen lake and added the shadows across the snow.

Long Shadows 4

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















Long Shadows 5

Coon Lake I and II - Two Works in Progress

Today I pulled out these two sketches of Coon Lake that I did a few years ago (see post on 29 July 2014).

I started with the first sketch and working from the background forward I put in the horizon line and added a few details to the cottage at the far side of the lake.

Next, I put the bark on the tree trunks and added the needles onto the branches of the one living tree.













Coon Lake I

From there I added more details onto the rocks and gave more shape to the reeds in the foreground.

Once again starting from the back and working forward I put in the horizon line first and indicated the heights of the trees on the distant shore.













Coon Lake II

Next, I added more details to the rocks and trees in the middle area, followed by doing the same to the foreground trees, rocks and growies.

I will post each of these drawings at a later date as more work on them is completed.