Rock Shadows - A Work in Progress

I was painting with the Buckhorn Artists' Group at St. Matthew's Church today. I took with me a number of paintings I had started a while ago and decided to work on this one (see posting on 30 January 2011).

I did more work on the background trying to keep areas of light showing behind the birch trees and giving an illusion of depth. There is still a lot more work to do on this painting and I will post it once more of it completed.

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

Snowy Morning - A Work in Progress

Today I was painting at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery with Neil Broadfoot.

I decided I would start this painting. It is from a photograph I took after finishing the barn chores this morning and walking back to the house.

The early morning sun gave a warm orange glow to the back of the house which contrasted strongly against the blue sky and the dark blue cast shadows from the trees creating patterns across the white snow.

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

Galloping Pair - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I had started earlier this year (see post on 15 January 2013). I washed in a stormy sky behind the horses with French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

Next using French ultramarine blue and mixtures of raw sienna and new gamboge for the background trees and pasture.

Using a darker mixture of the greens the foreground grasses were painted.











Once the back ground had dried I started the under paint on the lead horse.

The first layer was raw sienna; and the next two layers were with burnt sienna.

I will post this painting at a later date as each horse is completed.

Hat II - A Work in Progress

This is another of the cowboy hats I started from the still life display at KAGS on Thursday.

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

Hat I - A Work in Progress

Yesterday at KAGS the theme for the still life class was hats, gloves and scarves.

This is a small painting I started of one of the three cowboy hats that was in yesterday's display.

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

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

Hats, Gloves and Scarves - A Work in Progress

The theme for today's still life class at KAGS was hats, gloves and scarves.

There was a wonderful assortment of many different hats and colourful scarves. It was very hard to choose which section to do, so I did a sketch of the entire display.

After the break I did a couple of quick sketches of the cowboy hats and started with a little paint on one of them.

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

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.