Forgotten Barn

After completing yesterday's collage with a barn I decided I may as well  continue the same theme.

I added a silo with the barn to make it a little different.

I used various mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna and French ultramarine blue into the foreground to give the impression of abandoned fields that have become over grown with weeds.

This original framed 4-1/2" x 7" collage is available for $125.00.

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

Overgrown Weeds

Today I wanted to do something different for a change. So I pulled out some of my Oriental papers and decided to work on some collages.

I washed in the top of the paper with French ultramarine blue for a sky and raw sienna into the bottom of the paper just to have some background colour on a couple of pieces of watercolour paper.

Once the paint had dried I applied various pieces of the Oriental papers onto the paintings using matte medium to fix them to the watercolour paper and set it aside to dry.

I started painting on the smaller piece of paper first and put a barn against the sky, being careful to pull back some of the small wisps of the Oriental papers so they would lie over top of the barn.

Then with various mixtures of burnt sienna, raw sienna and French ultramarine blue I painted some weeds into the foreground allowing some of the Oriental papers to show through.

This original 3-1/2" x6-1/4" framed collage is available for $95.00.

Silent Passage I

This is another sketch that I have completed for the show up in Algonquin Park.

The haunting call of the loon is a familiar sound across most of the lakes in Ontario from spring until autumn.

This original 4" x 6-1/2" pen and ink drawing when framed will be available for $125.00.

Tumbling Water

This painting need a few more things added before I felt it was complete (see posts on 29 January 2011 and   21 December 2010).

I took out a little more mist by the top waterfall, and some from behind the lower rock on the right hand side.

Then I added a touch of yellow and pale green to the water at the bottom of the falls and dry brushed in more texture to the left side of the waterfall against the rocks.

This is an original 7" x 11" framed watercolour and is available for $195.00.

Light Show

This is a painting I had started last year (see post on 29 December 2011) and decided to finish.

I added a few more trees to the right side of the painting and a couple more dead trees to the background.

I think it will make a nice addition to the collection of paintings I am taking up for the show in Algonquin Provincial Park in November.

This is an original 5" x 7" watercolour painting and when framed will be available for $165.00.

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

Golden Moments

There are times during the early morning or late evening when everything is calm and peaceful on the lake and light causes everything to turn to gold. This was one of those moments.











This original framed 4-1/4" x 7-1/4" watercolour is available for $125.00.

Enamel Water Pitcher

After doing yesterday's small still life I decided to work on another piece a little larger in size.

I made a few changes; since I already had some reference sketches and photographs of the old enamel water pitchers they have at the church for holding flower arrangements.

Once again I drew in the pitcher and where I wanted the daises I made small circles to keep those areas white.

For the background I put down washes of raw sienna and burnt sienna and before the paint had a chance to dry completely I added washes of French ultramarine blue with a touch of alizarin crimson to warm the shadows.

A pale wash of shadow mixture was applied over the tablecloth and used to give shape to the pitcher.

With French ultramarine blue and a little raw sienna the green of the foliage was applied and the petals of the daisies were painted in the negative.

Using raw sienna the centers of the daisies were painted. While they were still a little wet using pure burnt sienna the shadows were added, as well as the rust spots on the enamel of the pitcher.

The shadows on the daisies were put in with a pale wash of blue, then alizarin crimson was added and a darker shadow was put at the base of the pitcher.

Burnt sienna was added to the shadow mixture to make it darker and the handle and edge at the top of the pitcher were added.

This original 5" x 7" framed watercolour is available for $95.00.