Country Sunrise - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I started in a workshop at KAGS on Saturday with John David Anderson.

The first thing we had to do was put down an under paint so that the canvas was completely covered with colour; that way the areas of canvas that were not totally covered with the heavier over paint will have a sparkle of the colour showing instead of the white of unpainted canvas.

With a darker value of the under paint a rough drawing of the main elements painting were put in as a guide.














I darkened the shadow side of the building and indicated where the windows were placed. Then with a warm mixture of alizarin crimson, raw sienna and white I painted in the sunlit side of the building. Next using the same mixture with a little more white added I painted in the roof.

Using a mixture of Hansa yellow and burnt sienna I under painted the sky with warm light. With the light source being on the right side of the painting more Hansa yellow was used there and it gradually had more burnt sienna added to the mixed towards the left side.

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

Autumn Day - A Work in Progress

Today is the second day of the workshop with John David Anderson held at KAGS.

This is the building I started while in class. Originally I thought I would change it to a winter painting as the sketch of the building ran and created what looked like icicles on the roof edges and windows.














But since it was a class and I like the way he captures light in his paintings I chose to follow along with the class and make it an autumn scene.

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













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ACEO - Hazy Day 2

Today I thought I would work with the some of  the various yellows I have in my palette.

I wet the paper and washed in lemon yellow as a base colour and while the paper was drying I added some areas of raw sienna to each side of the paper and then a little bit of new gamboge through the middle of the paper before setting it aside to dry.














While the paper was drying, I used a base of lemon yellow for the base colour of the greens and added various amounts of French ultramarine blue.

Starting at the shoreline I used the lightest green and indicated the reflections into the water and the distant trees above the reflections.

With the next darker green I put in at the edge of the lake.

Next with the darkest green I put the trees into the foreground, painting in the negative the grasses and growies at their base.

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 Windsor & Newton paint on 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Blue Mountain Pottery - A Work in Progress

I woke up today to the first snow of the year. It is a good thing that I already had my snow tires put on all the vehicles and just had to watch out for the people on the road who weren't prepared for the road conditions.

Today at KAGS our theme was "Cool" Colours and we had Blue Mountain Pottery, pastel yellow, green and bowls, purple and soft pink stuffed animals.














I chose to do a number of pieces of the Blue Mountain pottery and made my own arrangement of them which was a lot different than how things were set up there.

I brushed in the background using vertical strokes with mixtures of alizarin crimson, Antwerp blue and  French ultramarine blue.

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

Dominican Republic Street - A Work in Progress

This is another of the scenes with buildings that I started yesterday in the class with Gail Hawkins.

What I liked about this scene was the way the tin was slapped onto the roof and starting to lift in various places.














The rough pieces of wood haphazardly thrown together for the walls and the way the debris from parts of the building had fallen and remained where they fell in the street.

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

Uncle Alfred's Farm - A Work in Progress

This is a sketch I started in the third class with Gail Hawkins of her Uncle's farm.

I liked the way the buildings were leaning and how sheets of plywood had been nailed onto the walls where the boards had been torn off by the wind.














A few more chickens need to be added into the foreground and a couple of draft horses to the other side of the fence.

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

Green Eyes - A Work in Progress

Today is the second part of the Victoria Wallace workshop on grisaille at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery that was started earlier this month (see posting on 07 October 2013).

In the first class the image was executed entirely in shades of grey to produce a three dimensional effect; this painting technique was used by 15th century Flemish painters and in the late 18th century imitate sculptures in both wall and ceiling decorations.

It could have been left that way but today it will be used as a monotone under painting for an acrylic painting and we will be glazing layers of translucent acrylic colours over it.

I will post his painting at a later date after more layers of colours have been applied.