Dawn Silhouette 2 - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I started last year (see post on 27 August 2012 and 03 January 2013).

I have painted in the first layer of background trees and started to add some of the darks to the larger pines.

I still need to add some of the reflected colour onto the snow from the rising sun and paint in the figures.














I will post this painting at a later date once I have added the rest of the trees, shadows, people and completed the painting.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Romance - A Work in Progress

There were many items set out for our theme of 'Romance" in today's Still life at KAGS.

I chose a small section of what was there and decided to go with the Valentine's Day card, the strawberries and the wine bottle and crystal glasses.














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

Almost Spring I

I was heading down to a craft shop just off Highway 28 and as I passed an old, abandoned horse farm I pulled over onto the side of the road because there was a dead tree in the middle of what used to be a horse pasture.















I liked the twisted bent shape of the tree, and sketched it while there and when I returned home I drew in a couple of horses and then using pen and ink finished the drawing.

This original 4-1/2" x 6-1/2” pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $30.00.

Frozen Birches - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group and I took with me a number of paintings that were very close to being finished.

After looking through the pieces I had with me, I decided that I should do a little more work on this painting; especially since there is a show being held at KAGS running from 22 June - 11 July 13 called Monochrome and this would be a good piece to submit.

I had started this painting a while ago (see posts on 13 May 2010 and 26 August 2012) and since only Antwerp blue was used in this painting it would be ideal for the show.

I did a little more work on it and completed the birch tree on the right side of the painting.

I will post this piece once more on it has been completed.

Snow Scenes - Two Works in Progress

I still had a number of precut 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" pieces of watercolour paper for ACEO and decided that I would work on them today.

With the first one I mixed a dark using French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and alizarin crimson and painted the bottom branches of some trees against a snow bank.

Once it was dry I gently scraped out some areas for grasses and growies using a razor blade.

Winter Trees 6

For the second one I put down a light was of alizarin crimson and French ultramarine blue leaving some areas of white paper showing.

Using various darker mixtures of the same two colours I painted in the shadows on the snow covered tree.














Frozen 1

Using the same dark mixture for the trees from the first painting I painted in some of the pine needles on the tree.

I will post these paintings at a later date once I have them completed.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

Waterfall 1 - A Work in Progress

Today while going through I box of small paintings I came across this piece that I had started last year (see posting on 09 October 2012).

I added a little more colour to the water and another rock on the edge of the falls.

Put a little more under paint on the background rocks and then added the darker foreground rock face.

I then set this painting aside to dry before I over paint the rocks and scrape out the rock shapes with a palette knife.

As I complete more of this painting I will post it to the blog.

Dockside 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

Today we are shoveling out from yesterday's snow storm.

It was hard to push the porch door open enough so I could get out through the 12" (30.5cm) of new snow that I had to clear away from the front of the door and off the walkway.

The one nice thing about today is that it is bright and sunny even if the temperature remains very cold 0F (-18C).

Dockside 1

The birds are out in full force around the feeder today and I had the chickadees buzzing around my head as they flitted around and onto the feeders as I was refilling them.

This had me thinking about the Caribbean and the warm breezes in the evening as the sun sets.

I pulled out two small paintings (see postings on 16 October 2012) that I had started last year.

I have changed the names of the paintings from Yellow Sky A and B to Dockside 1 and 2.

I drew a couple of the dock posts in the first painting and added a horizon line.

Next I added a little more definition to the larger seagulls.

Dockside 2

On the second painting I drew in the horizon line and a single dock post. Next I drew a larger seagull as well as a number of smaller ones.

I will post both paintings at a later date as they are completed.