The Ones That Got Away - A Work in Progress

How is it that it is always one of your favourite lures that snags on something submerged in the lake and it is lost? Although I hear many "fish" tales about how it was taken by a "big" fish that snapped the line.















This painting is about half way finished. The under painting has been completed and now the texture is gradually being put onto the stump. The lures need a little more light and shadows added to them.

I will post this painting at a later date after I have worked on it again.

Onions and Baskets - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I started back in the early part of the year with another piece that I completed (see post on 17 March 2010).

I have added the onions to the painting which are almost finished.














I still have to paint in the background, the wooden table and do a lot more work on the two baskets.

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

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

Morning Sentinels - A Work in Progress

These are the twin pines that are almost at the top of the hill at the back of my property. I have painted them many times, in every season and at different times of the day and night. Each time it is as though seeing their beauty and majesty for the first time.

The morning sky has been painted in using Antwerp blue and alizarin crimson. The clouds are a mixture of Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue and a touch of burnt sienna.

The trees were lightly drawn in and parts of the treetop have been painted silhouetted against the sky. It should be interesting to see the final result.

I will post this painting later once I have completed the trees.

Trilliums - A Work in Progress

This is the first in a series of the Provincial Flowers of Canada.

The Trillium (Trilliium grandiflorum) was chosen as the provincial flower for Ontario in 1937. It is an official symbol of the Government of Ontario and is often used in heraldry in Canada. It also serves as the official wild flower for the state of Ohio.

These charming native woodland wildflowers are a harbinger of spring.

They start flowering for two to three weeks beginning in late April to mid May depending on local conditions.

The plant is most commonly found growing in rich deciduous or mixed upland temperate forests of eastern North America.

They're from southern Ontario, Canada in the north, east across to Nova Scotia, and south into the USA to the northernmost part of Georgia and west to Minnesota.

The simple elegance of these delightfully unusual single stemmed flowers, have a whorl of three leaves and single, large 2" - 4" (5cm - 10cm) three petal flower with slightly ruffled edges. They are white when they first bloom and often turn pink with age, making them one of the best-known and easily recognized wildflower.

I will post this painting at a later date when it is completed.

OSWOA - Nightshade

This is a painting I did as a demonstration piece for the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group in the early part of the year.

Everyone in the Group was required to bring in pictures of flowers already drawn and masked out on watercolour paper.

The background colours of aureolin, and greens made using mixtures of Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue with aureolin and raw sienna were set in small containers. A dark was mixed using French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson and set aside.

The paper was wet and the pure yellow was poured onto the paper. The green mixtures were poured over the some areas of the background and rolled around being careful to leave areas of the pure aureolin.

As the paper started to dry and there is more control over the paint the dark mixture was poured mainly around the flowers and berries, then splattered over a couple of areas.

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

Once the masking fluid was removed the flowers and berries were painted by carefully building up layers of colour.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. This one is priced at $50.00 and sold unframed.

If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

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

ACEO - After Midnight 1-2

Night skies have a different feel about them and many things are hidden and not as distinct as when sunlit..

Depending on the phase of the moon which changes what you are able to see.

From the bright, shimmering highlights of a full moon which allows you to see much more than when there is the almost inky black darkness of a new moon.

After Midnight 1

While the trees are the same as those seen in daylight they look very different at night.

Darker, more foreboding and if the wind is blowing, the rustling noises can make you feel as though you are not alone and can cause the hairs on the back of your neck to rise.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

After Midnight 2

The ACEO shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on Strathmore, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of July.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.