Winter Moon - A Work in Progress

A small painting that I am experimenting with on using glazes.

It still needs a lot of work, the moon is far too large but when I have more time I will see what I can do to shrink it down using layers of glaze to give it a haloed effect.

Now I have to finish loading the car with my paintings. Today I am going to hang my artwork at St. Matthew's Church in Buckhorn for the Among Friends Art Show which opens tomorrow.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Turnabout - A Work in Progress

I decided to work on this painting which I found in the same box as yesterday's posting.

The final layer of colour was added to the leaves.














With a dark of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and a touch of alizarin crimson another section of markings on the birch have been blocked in and some are completed. A few more of the smaller branches were added. Feather details have been lightly added to the tail and lower part of the wings.

I will leave this painting for now as I have to go up to Buckhorn to help set up the panels for the upcoming Among Friends Art Show and Sale which will be held this weekend.

Homeward Bound - A Work in Progress

This is another painting I came across while going through some boxes that had been packed away.

Rigging lines have been added, and some of the details to the cabin and boat.












The dark wave patterns were started, but I decided to give more thought to their placement before going any further.

I will post this painting once more work on it has been completed.

Aurora - A Work in Progress

I enjoy seeing the Northern Lights even though here in the Kawarthas, they are not very brightly coloured. I still find them fascinating and will watch them for as long as they light up the sky.

For this painting the sky was painted in using a mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna, leaving some areas white.

The paper was left to dry completely, then washes of alizarin crimson and raw sienna were painted into the sky for the colours I see in the skies here and once again the painting was left to dry completely.

With a mixture of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and a touch of alizarin crimson for a dark I started painting in the one of the more detailed treetops.

I will post this painting at a later date when I have more completed on it.

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

Birches at Dawn - A Work in Progress

The birch trees were masked out to keep the paper white.

The sky has been painted in with a base against the horizon line of raw and burnt sienna. The open area of sky with Antwerp blue, the clouds are a mixture of alizarin crimson, Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue and a touch of burnt sienna.

The distant shoreline was painted with a slightly darker mix of the cloud colour. Then the painting was set aside to dry.












Once the paper was completely dry the masking fluid was removed from the birch trees.

They have been washed with the colours from the sky and some of the markings and smaller branches have been added were added using the same mixture that was used in the shoreline.

I will post this painting again at a later date once I have painted in the snow covered lake.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Heather Grant

Today I posted Heather Grant's biography and a piece of her artwork to the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog.

Roses and Rose Cascade - Two Works in Progress

The roses had been masked out first to protect the whites.

Various mixtures of Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue and greens made by using the two blues and raw sienna were set in small containers.

A dark was mixed of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson and set aside.

Rose Cascade

The paper was wet and the blue mixtures and green mixtures were poured over the entire background and rolled around. As the paper started to dry and there is more control over the paint the dark mixture was poured mainly around the flowers and then splattered over some areas.

The paintings were then set aside to allow the background to dry completely before the masking fluid was removed.

Using a wash of alizarin the roses that were going to be either pink or red had the first layers of colour applied.

Raw sienna was used on the orange or yellow roses as a base layer.

On the white rose a pale wash of French ultramarine blue was used to indicate where the darkest shadow would fall across the petals of the rose.

Roses

Up to the first three layers of colour have been applied to some of the rose petals.