Winter Night 1 - A Work in Progress

Today is another clear, sunny and cold day -6F (-21C), but at least the wind has died down.

I was at KAGS painting with Neil Broadfoot and Lucie Lemieux Wilson. It was an enjoyable day with many paintings that I had started being a while ago being worked on and new things learned. I am looking forward to next week when we will be working on abstracts.














This is one of the paintings I was working on that was listed as Blue Sky 3 (see post on 22 December 2011) I have changed its name to Winter Night 1.

I added some background islands on the snow covered lake and lifted out some areas of light on the snow. On the right side I indicated the closer shoreline and a large pine tree which I will paint in at a later date.

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

Sea Fans - A Work in Progress

Today is my birthday and I was greeted with a bright and sunny day albeit a cold one -8F (-22C). The snow crunched under my boots as I headed down to do the barn chores.














Once I returned and made myself a cup of tea to warm up from being outside I chose this painting on which to work (see postings on 20 Oct 2011, 11 Jul 2012 and 26 Dec 2012). I wanted to get the blue grey tones onto the individual fish hiding among the sea fans.














I started with the pork fish on the upper left side and then moved downward to add the colour to the pair of four eyed butterfly fish.














I finished with the two yellow tail snappers in the middle right of the painting.

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

Humble Home - A Work in Progress

While going through an old box of art notes and sketches I came across this painting that I had started a long time ago in one of my first plein air classes in watercolour.















A lot of it needs to be reworked and I will post this painting at a later date once more of it has been completed.

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.