Clear Lake IX - A Work in Progress

I wanted to do more work on this drawing and at least finish the reeds.

I started with the ones on the left side adding in more reeds in among the ones that were already there until I was happy with the arrangement.

From there I moved to the rocks on the right side and added in some reeds in behind those rocks.














Next I added the reed reflections into the water and added a few more water ripples into the water.

I was not ready to put in the shoreline behind the foreground rocks so instead I put in the tops of the two large pine trees into the background.

I will post this drawing at a later date once the background trees have been completed.

The Morning After - A Work in Progress

I did a couple of sketches last month (15 June 2017) of the bridge on Peterborough County Road 10 that crosses the Cavan Creek.

I thought I would do a larger sketch of the bridge and the things beneath the bridge and with a number of changes.

The water bottle became two beer bottles and a wine bottle, all empty.














The towel was changed into a blanket and the stool into a folding chair.

I started with one of the tree branches in the foreground before I ran out of time.

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

ACEO - Morning Sky 9

I wanted to finish this piece I started earlier this year (see post on 28 February 2017).

Working with transparent watercolour on top of the opaque paint I put in the far shoreline with a little bit of cadmium yellow (which is fairly opaque for transparent watercolour).

Next I indicated the distant tree trunks with a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

With various green mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue, cobalt blue, raw sienna, new gamboge and aureolin, I painted the foliage onto the trees.

While the background was drying I used a pencil to give the foreground granite rocks a little definition before dry brushing in mixtures of alizarin crimson, raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue to give texture to the rocks.

With the tree trunk mixture, I painted in the trunk and main branches of the foreground bushes and the branch of a larger tree on the right side of the painting.














Using darker mixtures of the background tree foliage I added the leaves onto the foreground bushes and just before the paint dried dropped in a little cadmium yellow. to added some brightness.

With a green mix more into the blue tones I put the leaves onto the  branch at the right side of the painting.

Lastly, I painted in the foreground grasses and growies in front of the rocks

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

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.

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.

Dusk 3 and 4 - Two Works in Progress

I pulled out a couple of watercolour backgrounds that I started earlier this year (see post on 08 March 2017) and thought that I would sketch in the land areas and the lakes.

For the first one, I wanted it to seem as though overlooking a series of islands on a large lake.

On the second one I needed to turn the piece upside down.

Dusk 3

From there I indicated the horizon line and added in the trees on the distant shoreline.

I added in another layer for trees into the middle area of the lake.

From there I added a closer line of trees against the water.

Next I added in a couple of large pine trees into the foreground.

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


Dusk 4

Sunset Island 6 and 7 - Two Works in Progress

This time of the year most nights weather permitting; there are some very beautiful sunsets with the colours reflected in the waters of the lakes.

Working back and forth on each of the two paintings and using similar a colours, I started by wetting both pieces of paper and put in the top of the sky with Antwerp blue and the reflection of the colour into the water at the bottom of the paper.

Next I used alizarin crimson and streaked it in below the blue of the sky and above the blue of the water.

Sunset Island 6

This was followed by a mixture of raw sienna and new gamboge into the unpainted area between the sky and the water.

Using dark of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson I started working on the first painting and put in the far shore on the horizon line.

Next I indicated the rocks of an island in the foreground.

This was followed by indicating the pine tree trunks on the island and some of the needles.

Sunset Island 7

I will post each of these paintings at a later date as more work on them has been completed.

Winter Creek 2 - A Work in Progress

It is going to be another hot 81F (27C) and humid 91F (33C) day and I would like to I thought I would like to work on a winter scene. I chose this one that I had started last year (see posts on 15 September 2016 and 17 January 2017).

I started in the background using greens made of French ultramarine blue, new gamboge and raw sienna to create the pine trees in the back ground, leaving space for the rocks in front of the trees.

With a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I put in the trunks of the deciduous trees in the background and then painted in the trunk of the maple tree in the foreground.















Next I darkened the trunk colour with a touch of alizarin crimson and painted the bark onto the birch tree. This was followed by using burnt sienna on the areas where the bark had peeled away from the trunk.

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

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