More Work Horses in Winter

Today is the beginning of another 30 day painting challenge and I am off to a good start with four completed pen and ink drawings.

The drawings are all of local work horses.


Skidding Logs 1

They are more in a series of draft horses working in the winter that will eventually be worked up into either acrylic or watercolour paintings (see posting on 23 June 11 for the first four drawings).


Down the Trail 1

I will post the final four of the winter work horses when I have the drawings completed.

In the meantime perhaps you would like to guess which of the drawings are of the Percherons or the Belgians. It is a given which one is the only Clydesdale. Let me know which team you think they should be.


Through the Woods 1

These original pen and ink drawings when framed up will the available. Skidding Logs I and One Horse Sleigh I are $145.00 each and Through the Woods I and Down the Trail I are $125.00 each.

One Horse Sleigh 1

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.

Peaceful Lake - A Work in Progress

This is a drawing of Chemong Lake just before the inlet where my friend Heather lives.

I have to decide whether I would like to have this painting an early morning scene, an evening scene or sometime during the day.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have made my decision and put in the under painting.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Old Birch I

This is a drawing of an old birch tree in one of the lower fields near Snelgrove Brook at the back of the property.


















It did not manage to survive the winter and next month we will take it down and use it for firewood.

This original 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $25.00.

OSWOA - Flowing Colours I

Today I just felt like playing with colour. I used cobalt blue, permanent rose and aureolin for my three primary colours as a base.

Each colour in its pure form was put on the paper starting with the yellow, then the red and finally the blue. The painting was set aside and allowed to dry.

I used burnt sienna as an accent colour to paint in a few lines in order to create a little more movement in the painting. I am pleased with the results and may try this again as a larger painting.

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 Windsor & Newton paint on 140 lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Forest Reflections 2

I have about 60 acres (24.3 hectares) of wetland and mixed hard and softwood forest on my property with the Snelgrove Brook running through the back portion.

Often the edge of the forest close to the wetland has a lot of water in among the trees which reflects their image back.

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 Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Stormy Sky I - A Work in Progress

Around this area there is a lot of wetland along the Miller Creek system, which gives a natural habitat for a wide variety of wildlife.

Many kinds of birds abound on the Snelgrove Brook at the back part of my property.












I am amazed at the number of ducks, geese and swans that return to nest every year; together with herons, kingfishers and ospreys that can often be seen hunting for food and the various song birds nesting among the cattails.

This painting is of a heron that frequents a section of the Brook on my property. I saw him one day with a storm rolling in from the east.

I will post this painting when I have finished adding the storm clouds into the sky.

Spring on the Farm I

This is one of the local horse farms and this morning they had a mare with a new born foal out in the front field.

I stopped to take a couple of photographs and do this quick sketch.










Perhaps at a later date I will do a watercolour painting from my sketch.

Spring on the Farm I is an original 3" x 4-1/4" matted and shrink wrapped pen and ink drawing available for $30.00.