Another 30 Day Painting Challenge

A new month begins with 30 days in it and it is time again for the 30 Day Painting Challenge, which means finishing a painting a day for the next 30 days.

Here is the first of my daily paintings.

Peaceful Time is an original 5" x 7” framed watercolour available for $85.00.

I will continue to post the painting I finish each day during the course of the month. I hope you will return often to see the postings.

Winter Fantasy - A Work in Progress

The sky is complete; and the snow shadows have been indicated.

More layers of colour have been added to the mane and tail.

The first layer of wash has been applied to the body of the horse. More details were added to the eyes and the ears.














I will post this painting at a later date as more work is completed on the horse.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Towering Pine - A Work in Progress

The sky and foreground were washed in with a mixture of Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue.

Raw sienna was added to the blue mixture and used to paint in the background trees while the paper was still damp to keep the edges fairly soft.

Growies were painted around the base of the pine tree trunk with burnt sienna, raw sienna, and a mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna. Then the trunk was under painted with a mixture of burnt sienna and a touch of French ultramarine blue.

A darker mixture of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna was used to paint in some of the pine needles.

As I complete more of this painting I will post it to the blog.

Using Salt - Three Works in Progress

I often enjoy just playing with paint and salt to see what interesting effects I can get.

Here are three paintings that I started using a limited palette of pure French ultramarine blue, pure raw sienna and a mixture of both colours each mixed in a separate container.

The paper was first wet and the French ultramarine blue was poured into different areas of the paper. Then the green mix was added, followed with small amounts of the raw sienna; always remembering to leave some areas of white paper.

Quicksilver

Salt was sprinkled into the paint while it was still wet and then set aside to dry.

While waiting, various kinds of  reef fish were drawn on pieces of tracing paper.

Hiding

This allows me to place the fish where they will look the best before transferring them down onto the painting. Rather than painting them in and wishing later that I had put them elsewhere.

Hide and Seek

Once the paper had dried any excess salt was brushed off of the paper.

I transferred and painted an angelfish into one area of the painting and will have to plan out what other types of fish need to go into each one and where to place them.

I will post each painting as it is completed.

Peaceful Evening - A Work in Progress

The soft evening colours of the sky are reflected in the calm lake. It is the end to another fun filled, bright and sunny day in cottage country of the Kawarthas. In the stillness you can almost hear the call of a loon.

The background island shows another cottage with the lights glowing softly to ward off the coming darkness as night approaches.

More work needs to be done to the foreground cottage and perhaps a wisp of smoke from the chimney. The foreground land and reeds also need to be finished.

I will post this painting later when it has been completed.

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

OSWOA - Landscape

Spring and autumn are seasons of wide ranges of temperatures and drastic changes to the landscape.

Spring is a time of rebirth and new beginnings like the dawn of each day. The gradually warming weather melts the snow and brings forth new leaves and flowers.


Elegant

Autumn is a time of gathering as animals prepare for the coming of winter and the long sleep for those that hibernate.

The frost causes the leaves to change from lush green to the brilliant golds, reds and oranges in a final show of defiance before they fall to the ground in their final resting place.


A Touch of Colour

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

The OSWOA shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $40.00 each and sold unframed.

ACEO - Flower Pots 1-2

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

The ACEO shown here are both original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $40.00 each and sold unframed.

Flower Pot 1

These are two paintings that I have been working on as demonstration pieces at a number of shows since the end of June and have just finished.

I hope that you enjoy them.





Flower Pot 2