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.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Clear Lake IX - A Work in Progress
Today I wanted to do a little more work on this drawing that I started a while ago (see posts on 09 June 2013, 27 May and 18 July 2017) while canoeing on Clear Lake.
I started by putting in the birch trees on the right side island
Next I put in the leaves on the first maple tree to the left and behind the birch trees.
I added the trunk and a few branches to the first maple tree before starting on the leaves of the next maple.
It was at this point that my friends arrived and I had to set it aside.
I will post this drawing at a later date once I have completed the background trees.
I started by putting in the birch trees on the right side island
Next I put in the leaves on the first maple tree to the left and behind the birch trees.
I added the trunk and a few branches to the first maple tree before starting on the leaves of the next maple.
It was at this point that my friends arrived and I had to set it aside.
I will post this drawing at a later date once I have completed the background trees.
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Barn XI - A Work in Progress
I picked this drawing that I had started a number of years ago (see post on 28 September 2013).
Starting with the drive shed in front of the main barn, I did the tin roof first keeping the bends and twists in the roof. I lightly indicated the grooves in the tin.
Next, I ran the support beams down at the front of the shed, followed by adding the boards along the side of the shed.
I then started working on getting the correct angles for the front of the hip roof on the barn.
Next I put the facing boards on the front of the barn.
I will post this piece at later date as once I complete the roof line on the barn and more work on it is completed.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.
Starting with the drive shed in front of the main barn, I did the tin roof first keeping the bends and twists in the roof. I lightly indicated the grooves in the tin.
Next, I ran the support beams down at the front of the shed, followed by adding the boards along the side of the shed.
I then started working on getting the correct angles for the front of the hip roof on the barn.
Next I put the facing boards on the front of the barn.
I will post this piece at later date as once I complete the roof line on the barn and more work on it is completed.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork. I hope you will return often.
Friday, August 25, 2017
ACEO - Peach Sky 8
I started this painting last year (see post in 07 December 2016) when a friend of mine gave me a set of opaque watercolour paints to try.
First I lightly drew in the tree trunks being careful to leave space for some of the yellow sky colour to show through the trees at the bottom of the painting.
Using a variety of greens made from Antwerp blue, raw sienna, new gamboge, aureolin and French ultramarine blue I put in the tree trunks, branches and needles.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the 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.
First I lightly drew in the tree trunks being careful to leave space for some of the yellow sky colour to show through the trees at the bottom of the painting.
Using a variety of greens made from Antwerp blue, raw sienna, new gamboge, aureolin and French ultramarine blue I put in the tree trunks, branches and needles.
Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the 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.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Background 84 - A Work in Progress
This is a background I made using the remaining paint left on my palette from yesterday's art class.
I will post this painting at a later date once I have decided what I will put into the background.
I will post this painting at a later date once I have decided what I will put into the background.
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
I'm Cute - A Work in Progress
Today I taught an art class on painting a Holstein cow at The Point in in Young's Point, Ontario.
I had the outline drawing of the image already drawn out on a template for the class and all they had to do was transfer it onto their stretched canvas.
Once that was done I had them paint in the sky using a mix of ultramarine blue and titanium white.
Next I had them do the muzzle and nostrils of the cow using various mixes of ultramarine blue, titanium white and Grumbacher (naphthol) red before we took a break for supper.
When we returned they started with the black areas on the cow using Mars black as the base and the highlights were various mixtures of the black with titanium white added.
Titanium white was painted into the white parts of the cow as the base and the shadow colour in the white areas was the same colour mixtures that were used in the black areas for the highlights.
I needed to help most of my students with painting the eyes.
For the most part they could get the brown part of the eye painted in with burnt sienna, but then had problems with the placement of the black pupil and the white highlight.
I will post this painting at a later date once more of the cow has been completed.
I had the outline drawing of the image already drawn out on a template for the class and all they had to do was transfer it onto their stretched canvas.
Once that was done I had them paint in the sky using a mix of ultramarine blue and titanium white.
Next I had them do the muzzle and nostrils of the cow using various mixes of ultramarine blue, titanium white and Grumbacher (naphthol) red before we took a break for supper.
When we returned they started with the black areas on the cow using Mars black as the base and the highlights were various mixtures of the black with titanium white added.
Titanium white was painted into the white parts of the cow as the base and the shadow colour in the white areas was the same colour mixtures that were used in the black areas for the highlights.
I needed to help most of my students with painting the eyes.
For the most part they could get the brown part of the eye painted in with burnt sienna, but then had problems with the placement of the black pupil and the white highlight.
I will post this painting at a later date once more of the cow has been completed.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Rusty Stuff 1 - A Work in Progress
After completing the barn chores and as I was leaving the barn I saw the hinge on the window ledge and decided to do some more work on the painting that I had started of it a couple of years ago (see post on 12 February 2015).
The first thing I did was make a wash of pure burnt sienna and painted the base coat on the hinge.
Using a pencil I straightened the top edge of the ledge board, followed by the facing edge.
Next I mixed a very dark grey, using French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and a small amount of alizarin crimson for the shadow in the wood.
I painted the wood texture onto the vertical edge of the window and as I was working on the shelf board I had company drop by for a visit.
I will post this piece at a later date once I have completed the barn board and the concrete wall.
The first thing I did was make a wash of pure burnt sienna and painted the base coat on the hinge.
Using a pencil I straightened the top edge of the ledge board, followed by the facing edge.
Next I mixed a very dark grey, using French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and a small amount of alizarin crimson for the shadow in the wood.
I painted the wood texture onto the vertical edge of the window and as I was working on the shelf board I had company drop by for a visit.
I will post this piece at a later date once I have completed the barn board and the concrete wall.
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