Lone Pine 2 - A Work in Progress

I wanted to work on smaller painting today as I didn't know how much time I would have before my friends came over to the house.

This piece I had started a couple of years ago seemed ideal (see post on 10 April 2016).

Using French ultramarine blue mixed with Antwerp blue I brushed in the sky leaving some white areas for clouds and then darkened the blue with a little more ultramarine to put in the water.

While the paint was drying I mixed various greens using the sky colour plus either raw sienna or new gamboge.

First I put in the trees on the shoreline.

I darkened the greens slightly and did the under painting for the needles on the pine tree.

I mixed a dark for the tree trunk by adding burnt sienna to the green.

Next I added some alizarin crimson to the trunk colour and put in the rocks at the base of the pine tree. While the paint was still wet I dropped in a small amount of Antwerp blue to add some mottling to the rock.

I will post this piece at a later date once it has been completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Changing the Painting at St. Matthew Church

Today the temperatures are starting to get milder at 34F (1C) with the wind chill making it feel like 28F (-2C), but we are also going to get some more snow in the afternoon.

I decided that I would go out and paint with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group and while I was there I would also change my painting at the church.

City Lights 1 - A Work in Progress

Today while watching television I did this little sketch of a city at night and added a little sepia paint to the bottom of the paper.














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

Phantom

Today my patience was rewarded with one of the many wild cats that often winter in the barn finally, came down into the barn to eat from the food dish with me still in the barn.

It is the third year this large male cat has been coming here when food is hard to find.

He has grown a lot from the first year, when all I would see is a glimpse of this small ball of fluff in the mow as he quickly disappeared from sight.

Or at a distance, in the barn paddock before he went under the fence and slipped away like a phantom.

The second year he was a lot bigger and not quite as afraid of me, often taking his time to look at me before disappearing in the mow, but I would often find him watching me through the opening in the loft door for my cats to get into the main barn.















This year he stayed at the opening in the loft door and I started putting food on one of the steps to entice him to come down while I was still in the barn.

Perhaps next year, I will have gained his trust to the point where he will allow me to touch him. Time will tell.

Moonlight 7 - A Work in Progress

I pulled this drawing out that I started a couple of years ago (see post on 17 September 2016) and thought I would like to do a little more work on it and decided that this would be a snow scene.

I wanted to try a different coloured night sky, so I started with a mix of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue and a small amount of alizarin crimson to warm the colour.

Working with the darkest colour of the sky at the edges of the painting and I gradually lightened the colour toward the full moon creating a halo.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have added the river and the snow.

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

Small Treasures Fundraiser Exhibit

Today is the first day of the Small Treasures Fundraising Show at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio (with all proceeds going for prize money for the Best of High School Art Show held at the Gallery each May).

The opening reception is on Sunday, 01 March 2018 from 1-4 p.m.















If you are interested in purchasing a $30.00 ticket for your chance at an original 8" x 10" painting, be sure to get them soon because the number of tickets are limited to 82, which is the number of paintings that are available.

All ticket holders are guaranteed an original painting, with the draw for the order of selection of the paintings to be held on the final day of the exhibit which is on Sunday, 25 March 2018 beginning at 2:00 p.m. with the first name drawn having the first choice of one of the paintings on display. This will continue until all the purchased tickets have been drawn.















If you have a chance, please come out and help support our future artists and at the same time you have the opportunity to select a new painting for your home, or to have a wonderful gift to give for a birthday, a wedding or any other occasion where you want something that is a one of a kind gift.

I look forward to seeing you at the show.

Creation II

Today I wanted to try a different style with the poured acrylic paint. This one is known as a "flip pour" acrylic painting.

I used titanium white, Mars black, gold, silver, raw sienna, medium blue and turquoise green.















This pour gives an interesting effect which I like and I will probably try a few more with different colours.

This original 8" x 10" acrylic painting is available for $125.00 unframed.