Gardening I - A Work in Progress

Today I was at KAGS for the Still Life class this morning.

The gardening display was brought in by Gail and Carol.

I chose to do one half of it, with the pink gardening hat, green gardening boots, gloves, a begonia and an old watering can with forsythia.

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

I am looking forward to next week when we will have a silver tea set with china cups.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Horse Sketches VII

This is another of my many horse sketches that I have started and I am gradually finishing.

It is an original 9" x 12" pen and ink drawing and is available matted and shrink wrapped for $95.00.

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

Monkey Shines - A Work in Progress

Today I painted with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painters Group and had taken in a bag of my daughter's stuffed animals for the members of the Group to paint.

I chose the monkey and set him on top of one of the boxes I use to hold my paintings in progress. Then I placed my ceramic container of brushes near him along with a bottle of masking fluid on the box beside him.

I decided it need a few more things to complete the picture and placed a block of watercolour paper in front of him with a couple of my flat brushes resting against one edge and a couple of tubes of paint on the paper.

The final thing added was a paint brush in his hand.

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

Silent Wings - A Work in Progress

Well the temperature has gone back down to the seasonal norm of 18F (-8C) this morning with a brisk wind.

Earlier this morning there was a little bit of freezing fog which gave everything a misty look and I wanted to capture that in a painting.

Using Antwerp Blue and burnt sienna I washed in a greyed background sky. While the background was still wet I brushed in my trees using a slightly darker mixture of the same colours which gave a very soft effect to the trees.

I am going to add an owl to the painting and will post it again at a later date.

Sugar Shack 3 - A Work in Progress

Today would have been my father's 83rd birthday. He was born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

I thought he would like it if I did one of the sugar shacks found throughout Ontario and Quebec.

Once he entered his teens he worked in the logging camps in Quebec for a number of years as a topper and using horses to skid out logs.

He often said one of his fondest memories was of getting a piece of snow candy. It was made from the boiling maple sap being thrown into a snow bank where it cooled rapidly to an edible temperature.

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

Anemone - A Work in Progress

This is the under painting for a section of the reef with an anemone set among the coral.














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

Through the Storm - A Work in Progress

While looking for something to paint I came across this piece that I had started a while ago (see posting on 10 Dec 2010).

After looking at the clouds I decided that I would rather do a seagull instead of a hawk even though I will have to use some Chinese white to bring out the white markings on the bird.














I transferred the image of a seagull onto the paper and had enough time to paint the foot of the gull.

I will post this painting at a later date once more of the bird has been completed.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and look at the artwork.