Flower Power I - A Work in Progress

I wanted to just play with colour and decided to do another of the quick flower paintings that I did with Doug Mays last week.

I used the same colours, but this time I did the painting in portrait format instead of landscape like the first one (see post on 04 May 2012).

After I add a few more details to the flowers and the vase to complete it I will post this painting.

Monkey Shines - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group at St Matthew's Church. I decided that I would like to work on this one again (see post on 27 March 2012).

I drew the some of the many types of brushes that I have in my brush holder. Then I started painting them; making sure to take note of where the highlights and reflected images were on the brush ferrules and then began to paint them.

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

Craft Show - A Work in Progress

This is another piece I started in the Doug Mays Workshop. While his painting was of an open market in France I decided to do something closer to home and did one of the open markets here in Lakefield.

I have most of the background painted in and now have to decide where I want to have the rest of the people and what to put into each of the stalls.

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

Pottery - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I had started with the Still Life Group in April and had completed the under painting of the pottery.













Today I did a little more work on the small piece of pottery on the right side of the painting.

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

Evening Tranquility - A Work in Progress

On the final day of the Doug Mays Workshop this was another of the paintings we did in an evening setting with snow covered rocks.

The background is pretty much finished and I have started adding some of the dark trees to the middle area and indicated where the rocks are in both the middle and foreground.

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

Flower Power - A Work in Progress

This is one of three paintings I was working on today in the Doug Mays Workshop.

This was a fun piece where we were to just splash water on the paper and drop in paint and let it mix itself on the paper trying to create a suggestion of flower shapes. The only structured shape was of the vase and it was put in with as few strokes as possible.














I will post this painting at a later date once I have finished with the suggestion of a table to ground the image.

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

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of May.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.