Farm by the River I - A Work in Progress

Today I couldn't get into painting so I flipped through the many sketches I have created while drawing on location and thought I would apply some ink onto the drawing.

I pulled out this one that I had started a couple of years ago while I was on River Road in Lakefield (see posts on 11 November 2015 and 31 January 2017).















I started with the large foreground tree on the right side of the paper, but before I could get it completed I had to go out and help a friend who needed a ride.

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

People's Choice Award

Today I was informed that my painting "Frozen Barns" was the People's Choice for Best Painting in the "150 Years of Canadian History Featuring Peterborough County" exhibit at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.















I would like to thank everyone who enjoyed viewing my painting and selected it as their favourite.

Background 85 - A Work in Progress

This is the canvas I used yesterday for my leftover acrylic paint from the painting on ehich I had been working.













With the pastel colours I think it may be turned into a morning scene and I will post this background at a later date once I decide what image I put onto the canvas.

Rural Outlook - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group and for a change decided to work in acrylic on canvas.

I used various mixtures of Hansa yellow, burnt sienna and Grumbacher red for the sky.

With cobalt blue and various mixes of the sky colours I painted in the fields starting with the one furthest away and gradually moving until the foreground field was complete.

Using various red, yellow and burnt sienna mixtures I put in the trees against the sky and the larger one behind the barn.














With mixtures of burnt sienna and cobalt blue I put in the roadway to the barn and added the fence rails on the far side of the roadway.

Next I put in the red barns, the one on the hilltop and the other one in the foreground and then I added a little titanium white to the road mixture and put on the barn roofs and the under paint for the closer fence posts.

I will post this painting later once I have completed the fence and decided if I would put people walking to the barn to start their morning chores.

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

Loon Call Lake III - A Work in Progress

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! While I am waiting for the turkey to finish cooking, I thought I would work on a drawing that I started a number of years ago (see posts on 14 September 2014 and 23 February 2017) when we were canoeing on Loon Call Lake

Starting with the boathouse, I finished the tin roof and the boards on the side of the building.

From there I started putting the rocks in along the shoreline on either side of the boathouse.















To ground the rocks I added some ripples into the water beneath them and through the reflections of the boathouse.

Next I added the large pine tree beside the boathouse and then started to put in the larger pine trees into the background, but before I could do more the timer went off and I had to baste the turkey and put the vegetables on for supper.

I will post this drawing on a future date once I have completed the rest of the rocks and the water.

Barn VII and Barn IX - Two Works in Progress

Today I felt like working on barns, so I pulled out this barn first that I started a while ago (see posts on 28 September 2013 and 06 November 2014).

I put in the trees on the background hills behind the barn and then started on some of the tree branches on the front of the barn.

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









Barn VII

The next barn I have worked on a number of times over the years (see posts on 28 September 2013, 15 May 2016, 06 April and 20 August 2017).

I worked on the smaller birches on the right side of the drawing and then worked on the two very large birches.















Barn IX

Next I put in some of the grasses and growies in the front of the drawing. I will post this piece at a later date as more work on it is completed.

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

Birch Tree Trunks I

While at the Knoepfli Inn in Magnetawan earlier this week, a number of us worked on drawings and paintings of the birch trees by Cabin 5.

I had the chance to finish most of this drawing while we were there that I had started a while ago (see posts on 11 June 2015, 01 January and 13 May 2017).

Today I added a few more details to the birch trees to complete the picture.

This original 9" x 12" pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $50.00.