Wine and Beer - Two Works in Progress

These are the remaining two sketches that I started in the Still Life class at KAGS earlier this month (see post on 24 January 2019).

This one was of the display featuring the wine bottles and various wine glasses.

We had five different types of wine glasses, a couple of smaller cut crystal glasses, two long stemmed tulip glasses, one of which was tinted blue and a tall Champagne flute.

Ginger ale was put into a couple of the glasses to imitate sparkling wine.

Wine

There were two bottles of Vidal Icewine one from Jackson-Triggs and the other from Reif Estate Winery to complete the wine display.

The last grouping features beer.

The beer mug was filled part way with a cola to imitate beer, but of course it was not the right colour.

There was an O'Keefe's beer chalice and an Old Vienna stange glass.















Beer

There was a bottle of Budweiser and another of Barking Squirrel set in behind one of the glasses and at the base of the beer bottles there was a lemon and a lime to add colour to the display.

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

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

ACEO - Snow Storm 1

I wanted to complete at least one painting today and I wanted work on this piece that I started a number of years ago (see posts on 23 Oct 2016 and 20 March 2017).

First I wet the paper slightly across the foreground and while it was drying I used French ultramarine blue and raw sienna for the foreground trees.















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.

Baileys and Spirits - Two Works in Progress

Today I was at KAGS for the Still Life class in the morning and sitting the Gallery in the afternoon.

The theme for the class was "Things Found in a Bar".

We had four different displays, with the first one featuring a bottle of Baileys Original Irish Cream and two glasses for Irish Coffee.

The second display featured various spirits and had a bottle of Disaronno with a matching glass, which we partially filled with Pepsi to imitate having liquor in the glass. But the colour didn't match the colour of the alcohol.

Baileys

There was a bottle of Speyside 12 year old single malt Scotch Whisky together with a couple of shot glasses, a tumblers and a pair of Highball glasses.

There were lemons and limes scattered around the bottles and glasses.















Spirits

I will post these two drawings at a later date as more work on them is completed.

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

Monochrome and Black and White Show

Today is the first day of the Monochrome and Black and White exhibit at KAGS.

Some monochromes were drawings using only burnt sienna, burnt umber, or Payne's grey.

Mine was using only French ultramarine blue with the darkest being the colour straight from the tube with no water added to a very pale mix with just a tiny amount of colour added to water to just tint the paper.

There were a number of monochrome paintings in the show where the base colour of burnt umber, red oxide, viridian, cobalt blue or turquoise was changed with the addition of black and white paint.












Two paintings that I found interesting were poured acrylic abstracts, the first was of black and white only and the second one was of black, white and cobalt blue.

For the black and white only, there were a number of pen and ink drawings; some were very detailed and others that were quick sketches.










There were a couple of lino prints that were quite interesting and showed another way to use black and white.

The majority of the black and white pieces were created using graphite pencil. Some of which were so realistic that they could almost pass as photographs.















Needless to say there were also a number of black and white photographs in the show featuring a wide range of subject matter.

On the whole it is a wonderful exhibit and beautifully presented.













The show runs from today through to 24 February with the opening reception being held on Sunday, 27 January from 1-4 p.m.

If you have the chance, please come out and see this exhibit.

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.

Asian Still Life - Two Works in Progress

Today I am at KAGS for my first Still Life class of the New Year.

Our theme for today's class was "All Things Asian" and we had an interesting selection of fans, tea cups, tea pots, bowls, chop sticks, platters and a Chinese checker board.















Asian Tea Set

For my first sketch I decided to do the first tea set with a carved fan set behind it and a large brass platter on the left side.

I may add another tea cup to the right of the tea pot, but I will wait until I have finished the drawing.















Waiting for Lunch

For my second sketch I used the tea pot and one of the tea cups again and put in a bowl and a pair of chop sticks.

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

Gathering Storm 1 - A Work in Progress

Today Norma and I were painting with the Lakefield Creative Arts Group at Saint John the Baptist Anglican Church in Lakefield.

As usual I brought my box of partially completed paintings that I take with me and chose this one to try and finish that I had started a number of years ago when I taught a class on how to paint different types of skies (see posts on 12 January, 19 February and 15 May 2015 and 24 January 2017).

I washed in some alizarin crimson across the rocks in the foreground and while the paint was still wet, I dropped in a small amount of burnt sienna in spots to create texture.

With various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, raw sienna, Antwerp blue and aureolin I put in the under paint for the pine needles onto the trees.



















With a mixture of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson I painted in the tree trunks and branches.

I thinned the dark mixture down with water and added a few ripples below the far shore in the background.

Next, I put some below the rocks and then added a wash of alizarin crimson for the rock reflections.

Lastly, I dotted in a small amount of alizarin crimson throughout the background trees to add a little warmth and interest.

I will post this painting at a later date once more work on the trees and rocks has been completed.

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