Prairie Morning - A Work in Progress

The grain fields of the prairies seem to stretch on forever with only an occasional grain elevator to mar the flat distances.

The sky has been painted in and a little of the grain crop has been placed into the foreground.

I am thinking about adding a grain elevator back in the distance, and still need to add more details to the grain crop.

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

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

Evening Sparkle - A Work in Progress

This is a scene we often see when out on the lake in either the canoe or the boat.

The sun hidden behind a small island casts its golden glow through the tree branches and onto the water.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have painted in the islands.

Chando

This is an original 8" x 10” framed graphite pencil drawing.

Chando is a Half Arab pinto mare that was shown on the circuit in both Pinto and Arabian Shows.

She was a very versatile mare and showed in halter, pleasure driving, English and Western classes in various disciplines and could turn a good amount of speed on in the gaming classes.

Congratulations to Mr. Ross Dunford of Lakefield, Ontario on his selection of this painting for his collection.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

OSWOA - Cold Silence 2

It is another cold day and the lakes and rivers are frozen over.

With the wind we had last night it has uncovered some of the snow off the Snelgrove Brook and you can see the ice in patches. But with the next snowfall it will once again be completely covered.

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

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Winter Trees 1-2

Winter is the ideal time to study trees, there is nothing to hide the trunk and branches. You can examine the similarities and the differences in the structure of the various types of deciduous trees.

Notice how the maple tree silhouettes seem almost oval in shape as the lower branches grow outwards then upwards and as they get closer to the top of the tree seem closer together.

Winter Trees 1

The birch trees have a longer length of trunk before the branches form and grow upwards staying closer to the trunk being are more vertical than spreading wide horizontally.

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

The ACEO shown here are all original watercolour paintings using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on either 140lb. or 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. They are priced at $20.00 each and sold unframed.

Winter Trees 2

Leaf Cascade - A Work in Progress

Many of the trees are completely bare as the last of the autumn leaves are struggling to cling to the branches before the wind forces them to the ground.

The leaves had been masked out and the background was painted with a greyed purple mixture of French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and a touch of burnt sienna.

This colour provides a nice contrast to the yellows and oranges of the Maple leaves.

When the background was dry the masking was removed and a pale wash of raw sienna was put on the bottom four leaves. While the paint was still wet touches of a mixture of burnt sienna and raw sienna were randomly placed into the leaves, a paler mixture in the Oak leaves and a darker one on the Maple leaves.

As the paint gradually dried on the leaves hints of a green of Antwerp blue and raw sienna were added into the Maple leaves.

Once the base layer of paint dried the central Maple leave was given a bright orange mix of burnt sienna and alizarin crimson.

Various shades of brown were made from French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna and some details were started on the one Oak leaf, the tips of the Maple leaves and to the leaf stems.

I will post this painting later when more of the leaves are finished.

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

Crashing Surf - A Work in Progress

In this collage I am using two different kinds of Oriental papers that I applied to the watercolour paper first.

Once the matte medium had dried I looked at the way the papers seemed to indicate movement.

I washed in a sky using French ultramarine blue first.

Using raw sienna, a put a pale wash of colour into some areas of the wave crest which helped me decide on where I wanted to place my rocks.










I then added some of the French ultramarine blue into the areas I was going to paint as water. While the paint was still wet I added mixtures of Antwerp blue and raw sienna to give it the colour of the ocean.

Using the colours I used for the water, plus burnt sienna and alizarin crimson I painted in the rock shapes and set the painting aside to dry.

I will come back to it later and work some more on it and once I feel it is completed I will post it.