Finishing the Barn Yard

Ron has been working most of the weekend on the barn yard.















He should have it completed later today.















He just has the area alongside the north section of the barn.















Finally, the barn yard has been cleared and hay has been put out for the horses when they come in from the pasture this evening.

Last Day of the Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

Today is the last day of the Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale and the heat wave continues with the temperature at 79F (26C) and humidity of 86F (30C).

I am as usual at the back of the building working on my art. In this case one of the sketches I started while I was in Cuba a number of years ago called Kite Surfers I (see post on 23 May 2016).















Today two original painting were sold by Ron Dejardine and Penny Little, pottery was sold by JoAnne Connell Northey and small items were sold by Diane Collins, Penny Little and JoAnne Connell Northey.

The hours for our show are:
19 Aug 18 - 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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

28th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

It is going to be another hot 79F (26C) day with the humidity making it feel like 90F (32C).

After helping to get everything for the show set up, I sat at my table and worked on this pen and ink drawing called Moonlit Creek I (see post on 24 June 2015).

I started by putting in the background tree line, indicated some of the rocks on the left side and put in some of the larger trees into the foreground.















Moonlit Creek I

Today four original paintings were sold by Diane Collins, Penny Little and Bonnie Windover, as well as small items from JoAnne Connell Northey and Diane Collins.

The hours for our show are:
18 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
19 Aug 18 - 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Please come out and enjoy our art show at some point over the weekend.

Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

Today we have Meteorological Alerts for heavy rains and flooding with 1-1/2"-2" (35mm-50mm) of rain as well as severe thunderstorm warnings.

As I arrived to open the show you could see that the storm clouds were rolling in, the wind was picking up and you could hear the rumble of thunder.

Yesterday, I did a drawing of a bunny wearing a jacket so I thought I would start on a drawing of a bunny wearing dress.

It was not long before the rain began to pour down and I stopped drawing to go to the window and watch the lightning light up the sky.

When it was over and the sun came out I returned to do a little more work on this drawing.

By the afternoon the temperature rose to 77F (25C) and the humidity made it feel like 95F (35C).

Hug Me! 1

Once more the skies got cloudy and the second thunder storm came rolling in along with heavy rain and high winds.

Pottery were purchased from JoAnne Connell Northey and small items sold by Diane Collins and JoAnne Connell Northey.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

The hours for our show are:
17 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
18 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
19 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

We hope you can come out and enjoy the artwork.

First Day of the Shades of Summer Art Show and Sale

It is going to be another hot 88F (31C) and very humid 102F (39C) day.

Today I opened the show in the morning and for the most part sat at my table at the back of the building near the door drawing.

I worked on this drawing of a stuffed toy bunny wearing a jacket in between talking with the people who came in to view the show.

Three original paintings were sold by Ron Desjardine and Sue Sydney, pottery was sold by JoAnne Connell Northey and small items were purchased from Diane Collins.

I would like to thank new collector Ms. Jade Viane of London, Ontario on her purchase of Boat 1 (see post on 07 April 2011) and Pastel Colours 2 (see post on 19 January 2017).


Peter Rabbit 1

The hours for our show are:
16 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
17 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
18 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
19 Aug 18 - 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

We look forward to seeing some of you at our show during the next four days.

The Buckhorn Artists’ Group is going to set up the 28th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show in the church hall at St. Matthew's Church in Buckhorn, Ontario this evening.

Usually I look forward to setting up this show, but not this time. We have had not had the temperature below 77F (25C) nor the humidity at less than 86F (30C) since the 28th of July; with the average temperature being 82F (28C) with humidity of 93F (34C).

Today is no exception with the temperature at 90F (32C) and the humidity at 102F (39C).

It doesn't help that the church is not air conditioned and only has a few ceiling fans to push the hot air around the building.

Since Heather was not able to be at the show this year I had to be there with the floor plan for setting up the grids and assign this year's space where each artist would set up their paintings.

I did my usual thing by setting up the small grids on a table at the front of the church, which is right beside the front desk, where we greet the public.

This is where all the members of the group can display their smaller paintings and have their business cards and other promotional material available.

Everyone seemed to be moving in slow motion as the heat started taking its toll on everyone

Normally the grids are set up within an hour at most, but it took a lot longer today.

Finally all the grids were up and everyone was able to bring in their art and start to hang them, as well as a few places to put paintings on the walls.

Some of the artists only had a few paintings to hang in their spaces and they had their displays set up and were gone by 9 p.m.

Three of us finally called it quits at 11 p.m. and we agreed that I would be there to open the building at 8 a.m. so we could bring in extra paintings to hang so there would be no empty spaces on the grids or the walls.

We will also bring in flowers and do the finishing touches making sure everything was ready for the public to come into the show.

The hours for our show are:
16 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
17 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
18 Aug 18 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
19 Aug 18 - 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

We hope you will be able to come out and enjoy our art at some point over the next four days.

Sandbanks Provincial Park I-V - Five Works in Progress

Today the family decided to go to Sandbanks Provincial Park located at 3004 County Road 12, in Picton, Ontario.

The Park has three day use beach areas; Dunes Beach, Lakeshore Beach and Outlet Beach which are very popular. All three have sandy unsupervised (no lifeguards) beaches, with six emergency phones located at the base of the white flagpoles.















We were fortunate after we arrived and got our day passes at the Main Gate to find parking spots in parking area 11 which was close to Outlet Beach.

Once we had everything on the beach and set up, with some of the chairs on the beach in the sun and others set up in the shade under the trees, Aaron, Christine, Kyle and Ron went for a walk along the beach while I decided to relax, take some photographs and do a couple of sketches.















Sandbanks Provincial Park I

My fist sketch was of some of the many gulls standing on the beach, flying in to land in the water and those that were either wading or swimming in a small shoal close to shore.















It wasn't long before everyone returned from their walk along the beach and it was time for us to go into Lake Ontario for a swim.

With the water being so shallow and the high temperatures we have been having for the last couple of months it wasn't surprising to find that the water was fairly warm.















Sandbanks Provincial Park II Sand Castles

We spent a lot of time splashing around in the water, and Aaron who is just learning how to swim didn't want to come out of the water. So we took turns, so that there were always two of us that stayed in the water with him until he was ready to have lunch.















Sandbanks Provincial Park II Sand Castles (details)

After lunch, Ron and Aaron decided that they would build a sand castle, complete with a moat that Aaron filled with pails of water from the lake. While they were doing this I did a quick sketch of them building the castle.















While they were busy with the castle, Kyle and Christine took a stroll to the other end of the beach collecting some of the small shells that had been washed up on shore.

I occupied myself by sketching the various beach chairs, towels, coolers and beach bags that were found on the beach.

Sandbanks Provincial Park III

In the meantime a couple of paddle boats pulled up on the beach and the boats were left at the edge of the water, so I decided to add them into the background of my sketch.















From there I started doing a couple more small sketches of the beach umbrellas, chairs and the gulls which hovered around them hoping for a hand out.

I also tried to capture some of the areas of colour that were reflected into the water from the many brightly coloured umbrellas, chairs and towels.
















Sandbanks Provincial Park IV

In one of the sketches I was looking toward East Lake and put in the far shore where Outlet Beach and the Cedars Campground are located.












Sandbanks Provincial Park V

Most of the other sketches are looking out over Lake Ontario with little to no land showing on the horizon line.















Time passed swiftly, which is usual when you are having fun and it was soon time to pack our stuff back to the vehicles and then go to the Currach's Park Store and Restaurant for supper before we headed home.

I am sure that we will return here again.