Autumn Birches 1

It looks like today is going to be another hot and humid day at the Bobcaygeon Art Show, with the temperature climbing up to 92F (33C) for this afternoon.

Hopefully we will get a breeze to keep things a little cooler in the school house.

Using a pencil I lightly drew in the boundaries of my birch tree trunks, to give me a guideline when bringing the background colour over to the white area.

First I lifted some birch trunks out of the background using water and added the birch markings on them with a light wash of colour.

Then I started adding a few maple tree trunks into the background with a grey brown mixture.

Using mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna and alizarin crimson the background colour was brought over to the trunks of the main birch trees to give them shape and definition.

Gradually building up layers of background tree trunks, branches and leaves to give depth the background.

Growies were painted into the foreground and slightly more defined leaves were added to the small branches.

Finer markings were put onto the birch tree trunks using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and raw sienna.

A couple of branches were added to the two smaller birch trees.

After looking at the painting for a little while, I added a wash of new gamboge ad alizarin crimson to give the painting a little more of an autumn glow.

This original 4" x 6" watercolour painting is available for $40.00 unframed.

Autumn Birches 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

Today I was the half day at the Bobcaygeon Art show.

It was hot and humid as was expected but we were fortunate in the school house that with all the doors and windows open we did get a little bit of a breeze going through the building.

With it being Friday and most people are coming up to the cottage today there wasn't a huge number of people in attendance, but many did come out to enjoy the concert.


Autumn Birches 2

These are the two of the pieces I started today and will be working on while at the show.

I forgot to take a photograph of  this one before I started adding the markings on the birches, but it is pretty much the same as the one where I did remember.

I will post my progress as I work on them over the weekend.


Autumn Birches 1

Setting up the Bobcaygeon Art Show

Today I worked on getting together all the paintings I am going to take to Settler's Village for the Bobcaygeon Art Show.

This is my third year in the schoolhouse with Tom Young another member of the Buckhorn Artists' Group.

Our paintings go well together. I usually bring smaller pieces which can be set on the desk tops and the seats, while he brings larger pieces for on the walls and easels.

It is a wonderful venue for us to able to display our artwork in the many over a century old buildings.

The rules we have to follow are very simple; use the existing nails for hanging paintings and do not damage any of the artifacts.













Even though they are calling for high temperatures of 86-93F 30-34C) and humid weather this weekend I am looking forward to the show as there are always many interesting things going on in the Village.

Sea Fans - A Work in Progress

I have just received confirmation from The Lindsay Gallery that Carol Rutherford and I have been accepted to exhibit our work next year from 30 July - 24 August.













So I decided that I had better start working on some of the underwater paintings for the show and pulled this one out that I had started a while ago (see post on 20 October 2011). I have sketched in a number of different coral reef fish that would be found among the sea fans.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have finished painting the fish.

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

Northern Lights - A Work in Progress

Since we are having the June KAGS Executive meeting this afternoon, I decided to go and take the life drawing class in the morning and while I waited for the rest of the Executive committee to arrive I thought I may as well work on one of my many unfinished pieces.

Since I didn't have a lot of time, I added a few more rocks and trees to this painting (see postings on 09 December 2010, 21 February 2012 and 29 May 2012).

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

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Reeds 2 - A Work in Progress

I was just playing with various mixtures of green and made some of the reed leaves that are often found on the edge of lakes and marshes.

I indicated the water with a bit of blue paint and using dry brush put in a little of the background with burnt sienna.

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

Winter Barn - A Work in Progress

As I looked at some of the paintings I have not finished I decided that I would work on this one that I had started quite a while ago (see posting on 27 April 2010).

After looking at it for a little while I started working on the tree trunks.














I completed the three main trees and will have to draw in where the fence line goes and add a few middle ground trees.

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