Ploughed Field 1 - A Work in Progress

The warm weather continues and as I was coming home today I could see that some of the farmers were out in their fields ploughing the land.

They were taking advantage of the good weather and getting some of the work done ahead of time.














This is one of the farms I could see from the road.

I will post this painting at a later date once the barn is completed.

Autumn Woodland 1 - A Work in Progress

It will soon be the first day of spring and I am still thinking about my favourite time of the year, which is autumn.

I didn't want to make this painting in full autumn colours so I put the hill in a pale yellow green and then added a few layers of burnt sienna and raw sienna to show that autumn was on its way.

I marked in the trunks of the foreground trees and painted in the needles on one of them.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of it is completed.

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

OSWOA - Rushing Water 4

This is a section of the water just above Burleigh Falls as the rushing water splashes up against the rocks on its way towards the falls.

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 $40.00 each and sold unframed.

ACEO - Wistful 1

Today is another nice, sunny day with temperatures still unseasonably warm at 62F (16C).

Almost all the ice is off the lake and you can see the reflections from the shore in the water.

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

Suppertime? - A Work in Progress

We have had a thunderstorm for most of the night and through the morning, then when it cleared the sun and the warm weather came back.

This is the under painting for a hungry Jackknife fish looking for food among the coral and plants on the edge of a reef.














I will post this painting at a later date once I have transferred the sketch of the fish onto the canvas.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Frosty Morning - A Work in Progress

Even though our winter continues to be unseasonably warm with very little snow, in some ways I do miss seeing that mantle of white on the ground.

The under painting for this painting is in soft pink and mauve, with areas of white paper left for the sun touched snow on the ground and snow covered tree branches.

The open water of the river has been washed in with a mixture of French ultramarine blue and alizarin crimson.

Some of the tree trunks have been indicated on both sides of the river.

A few shadows have been placed on the right side where foreground tree branches are showing.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of it is completed.

Home - A Work in Progress

Today I painted with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group. I worked on Home ( see post on 21 December 2010) which says it all, as it is a painting of my home.

I worked mainly on finishing the house and how the snow piles on the roof top. I added some shadows to the barn and painted a little more detail into the barn roof and the snow.

More work needs to be done to the foreground and I haven't decided if I will put a couple of horses in the infield or just add some growies.

I will post this painting once I have decided.