Among Friends Art Show and Sale

Today is the half day at the Among Friends Art Show and Sale and with there being enough other members of the Group in attendance I chose to stay home today and work in my garden and plant the lilies I purchased yesterday.

Even with the temperatures climbing there was a fairly large attendance an original painting and a number of smaller from Diane Collins sold.

















Water's Edge I is an original 4" x 4" matted and shrink wrapped pen and ink available for $30.00.

The hours for our show are:
20 May 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
21 May 12- 10:00am - 5:00pm

I hope you are able to come out and visit the show.

24th Annual Among Friends Art Show and Sale

Today was the opening of our show and it was a hot, sunny day and turned very humid in the afternoon.

With is being the first long holiday weekend of the season, most people were busy buying plants at the plant sale as well as many of the delicious home baked goods to take back to the cottage. Because of this we didn't have a large turnout but it was an enjoyable day.















Today I worked on some pen and ink sketches including this one: Horse Sketches V is an original, matted and shrink wrapped pen and ink drawing and is available for $95.00.

I will probably work on more of these again on Monday and will post them when they are completed.

Simon, one of the photographers from the Lakefield Herald came in to cover our show and took photographs of the art exhibited and some of the members of the Group.

So far three original paintings have sold from Bonny Windover, Heather Grant and Tom Young, as well as a number of smaller items from Diane Collins.

The hours for our show are:
19 May 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
20 May 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
21 May 12- 10:00am - 5:00pm

Looking forward to tomorrow.

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

Among Friends Art Show and Sale

Last night we set up the tables and some of the racks in preparation to setting up the large panels today and hanging our artwork today for the 24th Annual Among Friends Art Show and Sale to be held at St. Matthew's Anglican Church in Buckhorn, Ontario.

We are not the only ones getting ready; the Church is again holding a plant sale and Community Care will be holding their annual bake sale tomorrow as well, which will be wonderful additions to our show.

It is always enjoyable to add a new plant to my garden and to purchase some home baked goods.

The hours for our show are:

19 May 12 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
20 May 12 - 12:30pm - 5:00pm
21 May 12 - 10:00am - 5:00pm


Evening I is an original 2-1/2" x 3-3/4" pen and ink painting and when framed will be available for $65.00.

If you have a chance please come out and visit us at the show.

Golfing - A Work in Progress

This is another still life painting I started at KAGS last month.

I may make a number of changes to the drawing before I do any more painting on this piece. I do not care for the golf clubs leaning up against the block and I think I will change that to a rail fence and make this into an outdoor still life with grass and perhaps the suggestion of a tree.

I will post this painting again once I have made my changes.

Grazing 1 - A Work in Progress

We are starting to turn the horses out for a short while each day into the pasture to get them used to the new grass.

Today I was experimenting with making grasses using the side of my round brush on dry paper.

The effect is interesting and I will post this painting at a later date once I have more of it completed.

Roses 1 - A Work in Progress

This is a painting of one of the red orange hybrid tea roses that I started last year while I was at the Garden Routes Tour.

The first layer of paint was put on the two smaller petals and on the underside of the centre bloom and into the base of the centre of the bloom.

The first wash of green was put on the calyx and stem of the rose bud. Then the second layer of colour was put into the base of the centre of the bloom and on the underside of the centre bloom.

A second layer of paint was put on the stem and the shadows on the calyx. I put the first layer of under painting on the two large petals.

Then the third layer was put on the underside of the centre bloom and the dark shadows were added onto the large petal beneath it.

The next layer of colour was put on the underside of the bloom's far large petal and once dry the third layer of paint was put on the petal.

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

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Monkey Shines - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting with the Creative Arts Guild in Lakefield (see postings on 27 March 2012 and 08 May 2012).

I finished the few brushes in the jar I had missed painting last week when I was with the Buckhorn Group and started on the brushes that were lying on the block of watercolour paper.

Much of the time today at class was for discussion about the upcoming "Artists in Bloom Show" which will be held at St. John the Baptist Anglican Church in Lakefield, Ontario on 02 June 2012.

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