Grey Sky A-E - Five Works in Progress

Today I just couldn't get into working on a painting so I decided to work on small pieces of paper that I had already cut to 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" for ACEO.














Grey Sky A

On one painting only French ultramarine blue with a hint of burnt sienna just to grey the colour slightly was used leaving areas of white for the clouds.


















Grey Sky B

Using mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I painted in skies and clouds. I added a little raw sienna and put in a few tree shapes into the bottom of one painting.














Grey Sky C

Some of the backgrounds had very little cloud and lighter and darker mixtures of the two colours were used to give different tones to the skies.


















Grey Sky D

A couple of the paintings I did vertically using different washes of the blue colour and painting it in with streaks of a grey mix.


















Grey Sky E

I will posts these backgrounds sky paintings as I complete them at a later date.

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

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

OSWOA - Cedars 1

I wanted to work on this painting that I had started while out in the boat on Chemong Lake (see post 04 July 2012).

It needed the dead cedar trees and various deciduous trees added into the background which I could not do while on the boat.














I lightly sketched in the placement of the larger trees to give a starting point, then using a mix of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I mixed a dark to put in the trunks and main branches of the various deciduous trees.

Next using water, I lifted a few of the lighter tree trunks in front of the cedar trees and then went back in with the dark mix and added a few smaller tree trunks into the foreground.













If you would like more information about OSWOA please go to my post on 12 March 2010.

The OSWOA shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Windsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $40.00 and sold unframed.

ACEO - Winter Peace 2

I pulled out another of the background paintings that I had started last year (see post on 28 October 2012), this one was called Blue Sky L.

Even though spring will officially begin later this month I decided that the painting would make a nice snow scene. I drew in the main trees and fence posts for a wire fence first.

These kinds of paintings lend themselves to being painted with a limited palette of three colours: French ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and raw sienna.

For the grey tones in the fence posts and tree trunks I used mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

With pure burnt sienna I ran the two strands of wire fence between the fence posts.














With various mixtures of the three colours I painted in the grasses and growies at the base of the tree trunks and fence posts.

Lastly I added a few leaves onto some of the branches of the trees with various mixtures of burnt sienna and raw sienna.

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

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on 300lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of March.

If you get a chance come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.

Confirmed Shows for 2013 - March

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Algonquin Provincial Park, Whitney, Ont.
Algonquin
03 Nov 12 - 26 Jun 13 Algonquin Palette

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
07 Apr - 02 May 13 Unfolding
Opening Reception 07 Apr 13 from 1-4pm.
23 Jun - 11 Jul 13 Monochrome
Opening Reception 23 Jun 13 from 1-4pm.
15 Sep - 03 Oct 13 Rural Scenes
Opening Reception 15 Sep 13 from 1-4pm.
20-31 Oct 13 Motion in Stillness
Opening Reception 20 Oct 13 from 1-4pm.
03-21 Nov 13 Outdoor Painters' Group Show
Opening Reception 03 Nov 13 from 1-4pm.
08-22 Dec 13 & 05-10 Jan 14 Winter Delights
Opening Reception 08 Dec 13 from 1-4pm.

The Evinrude Centre, 911 Monaghan Road, Peterborough Ont.
12-14 Apr Peterborough Garden Show

St Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont
BuckhornArtistsGroup
18-20 May 25th Annual Among Friends Art Show
10-18 Aug 23rd Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Cobourg Waterfront Festival, Cobourg, Ont.
Waterfrontfestival
29 Jun - 01 July The Lions Club Art Show and Sale

The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay, Ont.
LindsayGallery
30-31 Jul - 24 Aug 2013 Above and Below the Reef
Opening Reception 01 Aug from 7-8:30pm.

MacKelvie Gallery, Keene, Ontario
PioneerVillage
11 Jul - 08 Aug Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Keene, Ont.

Fenelon Falls Fairgrounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
KawarthaArtsFestival
31 Aug - 01 Sep Kawartha Arts Festival

Through the Storm - A Work in Progress

Today it is bright and sunny with the temperatures climbing into the low 40's F (4.4C), which is making some of the snow melt, but it has a long way to go yet.














I wanted to do more work on the seagull  as this painting is getting very close to being completed (see postings on 10 Dec 2010, 23 Mar 2012 and 31 December 2012).

I added another layer of Chinese white to the leading edge of the wings and on the bottom edges of the primary and secondary feathers.

Using a mixture of cobalt blue and burnt sienna I added some definition to the upper wing coverts and the speculum.

Then with a wash of pure cobalt blue I added a little shape to the gull's back and to the curve of the wings.

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

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

Frozen Birches - A Work in Progress

Due the heavy snowfall and slippery roads it was decided that the Still Life class at KAGS would be cancelled.

After looking out the window and seeing such beauty around me I went out and took many pictures of the snow laden trees before my fingers and toes got too cold for me to continue to stay outside in the wind and the snow taking more photographs.

Once inside while warming up and enjoying a hot cup of tea I decided that I still wanted to do some painting today and went through a number of pieces on which I have been working.

I chose one suitably called "Frozen Birches" (see posts on 12 February 2013, 26 August 2012 and 13 May 2010).

Since this is a monochrome painting using Antwerp blue I started work on the final tree and washed in some of the shading on the trunk and branches before setting it aside for a while to dry.

When I returned to it I penciled in the direction of the curves on the trunk and some of the areas that I wanted to put in the birch "whip" markings.

I began painting one of the smaller branches and started with one of the other sections where the branch joins in onto the main trunk.

I will post this painting again at a later date once I have more work on the main tree completed.

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