Lazy River 1-3 - Three Works in Progress

I was sitting the show at KAGS today and decided to paint a strip of three paintings with a similar theme, in this case a river.

Using French ultramarine blue I washed in the sky on all three pieces and with the same colour ran the river through all of them.

The background hills were painted in using mixtures of raw sienna and burnt sienna.

The shore line on the far side of the river was washed in with raw sienna as was the under painting for foreground dried grasses of the foreground.

Lazy River 1

Against the water I added a little French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna and scattered a few rocks along the far shore.

Once the under paint was dry I mixed a green of French ultramarine blue and raw sienna then working between the  three paintings I added pine trees to the background in various areas.

Next I darkened the green by adding burnt sienna to the green mix. I painted in the foreground trees.

I darkened the water with the tree colour in one of the paintings.

Lazy River 2

With burnt sienna and blue I painted in a few tree trunks through the background hills.

I lightly sketched in some tree trunks where I wanted to have deciduous trees.

With a dark mixture of blue, alizarin crimson and burnt sienna I started to put in a few tree trunks in among the foreground pines.

By the time I started adding in a few leaves with raw sienna onto a couple of the foreground trees it was time to close the Gallery and head home.

Lazy River 3

It will post these paintings as they are completed.

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

Blue Skies - Three Works in Progress

It seems since they changed the show from buying space by the foot and hanging it yourself to a members' show where you are allowed a maximum of three pieces we cannot get enough sitters for the show.













Blue Sky 1

So today I am once again siting the Christmas show at KAGS. I felt I may as well be productive while I was there and decided to paint in different skies.













Blue Sky 2

For the first two paintings I used mixtures of French ultramarine blue and Antwerp blue on the last on I did a graduated was of pure French ultramarine blue.













Blue Sky 3

I will post each of these paintings as more work on them is completed.

OSWOA - Peaceful Place 1

Today I am sitting the Christmas show at KAGS and working on finishing some small paintings.

I thought it fitting since KAGS is known for the red door at its entrance that I put a red door on the cottage in this 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 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $30.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Snow Covered 1

It looks as though we are going to have a white Christmas after all.

With the unusually mild temperatures we have been having there was very little snow left on the ground. So hopefully it will stay, at least until after Christmas.

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 either 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Sunset Silhouette 1

I decided to do something different from what I would normally do for my three paintings to be exhibited in the Miniature Squared Show which will open at KAGS on Saturday 15 January 12 and will run through to 02 February 12.














Lately we have had some spectacular sunsets with the dark tree trunks and branches silhouetted against them. I chose to use horses as the silhouettes instead.

This is the first of three original 4" x 4" acrylic paintings and is available for $65.00.

Quiet Reflection - A Work in Progress

While going through some of my partially completed paintings I came across this one that I had started last year (see post on 19 Aug 2010).

It needed something in the foreground with more colour to give the painting some life and to tie everything in the painting together.

What would be better than a canoe? It lacks an engine to break the peaceful silence of the morning and it doesn't disturb the water very much as it glides across the lake.

I drew in the canoe and started painting it a nice red using alizarin crimson. Unfortunately I had unexpected company drop by and was not able to finish the entire image.

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

Evening Shadows 1 - A Work in Progress

I did this smaller version of Evening Shadows (see post 29 Oct 11) to make all the mistakes on this one rather than make a mess while trying to work out how I wish to finish the larger painting.













Starting with the light source I lightly indicated with pencil where the tree shadows would fall across the snow and started to put in the shadows with a aple mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.














I will post both pieces at a later date once they are completed.