ACEO - April Showers 1

Today I had to take in my paintings for the Still Life and Objects Show at Art On Kent and sit at the gallery. The opening Reception for the new show is on 18 October from 6-7:30pm.

While I was at the show I worked this painting that I started earlier this year (see post on 18 July 2013) which was originally called Grey Sky G.

I started by drawing in the river so that I would have a guide for placing the trees on each bank.

Then I indicated the distant trees on the horizon line.

Once I put in the tree trunks it was time to start painting them with various mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna to put on the bark and branches on the trees.

A raw sienna and Antwerp blue wash was used as a base colour for the grass on both sides of the river bank and a darker mix was applied with a sponge as some of the leaves.

French ultramarine blue was added to darken the green mix and the closer grasses were brushed in on both sides of the bank and then some of this colour was sponged in for the tree leaves.

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.

Burleigh Bay I and II - Two Works in Progress

With today being another beautiful, sunny and unseasonably warm day Ron and I took the canoe out to Burleigh Falls.

We launched the canoe just below Burleigh Falls and paddled to the top end of the Burleigh Bay. On the way I was able to see a section of Burleigh Falls that I had never seen before and took reference pictures for later paintings.












Burleigh Bay I

When we turned around to slowly head back we did our usual things; Ron cast his lure into the water to catch fish while I sketched and took reference photographs.

Getting the canoe back to the launching point was a little tricky with us having to go almost directly below Burleigh Falls and letting the current carry us down towards the launch area. After packing everything up we went out for supper at the Lovesick Cafe and enjoyed a well cooked meal there before heading home.














Burleigh Bay II

Both of these sketches will need to be completed with pen and ink and I will post these and the others as they are completed.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

Yellow Vase with Flowers - A Work in Progress

Today at KAGS the theme for our Still Life class was dishes and flowers. Margaret brought in a lovely display of dishes and flowers and I brought in this vase with a large variety of silk flowers.

I used the table runner from the display with the dishes and changed the colour of it from pale cream to a bright green and combined it with the vase. I liked the way the light passed through the linen material and the cast shadow that showed on the table.

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

All Things White - A Work in Progress

This is the first painting I started with the Still Life Group at KAGS last month.

The Group had enjoyed the "All White" theme in the last class of the spring so much that we decided to do it again to start off the autumn session.














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

On Golden Pond - A Work in Progress

Since today I was painting with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group I took along a number of paintings from Magnetawan.

This is a sketch I had started (see posting 30 October 2011) one afternoon the first time I went to Magnetawan while I was sitting on the bench by the well that overlooked a quiet inlet.

Since the original reference photographs were lost when I had computer problems I decided to bring the sketch with me this year and try and get it completed.

This year there were a lot more leaves on the trees and I made changes to the sketch and masked out the areas that need to be kept clean for the bright coloured leaves and sunlit areas.

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

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

Green Eyes - A Work in Progress

Victoria Wallace taught a class in grisaille painting with at twist at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.

We were shown the artistic technique used by the old Masters of painting Grisaille (an under painting in shades of grey) with the modern twist of using acrylic medium with charcoal, markers and/or graphite to create the grey base.

The image was drawn on the canvas in my case with charcoal and the acrylic mat medium was used to spread the grey colour and blend it on the canvas for the light and dark grey values.

I will probably start another two paintings of cat's eyes using some of the other grisaille shades. Paintings where green is used as the base colour are often referred to as verdaille and those that use a brown base are often called brunaille.

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

Turban Squash I - A Work in Progress

This is one of the Turban Squash that was a part of one of the still life displays from last month (see posting on 04 October 2013).

I started this one while sitting in the afternoon at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery along with a couple of other small pieces (see posting on 05 October 2013).













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

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