ACEO - Pine Reflections 2

Today I was going through a number of small paintings that I wanted to complete, so I pulled out this piece that I had started last year (see post on 25 April 2013).

I started by putting in the few background trees that would peek through the foreground trees with various greens made from Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue, raw sienna and new gamboge.

Then I darkened the various greens again and painted the trees on the islands.

With a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I put in some dead tree trunks and a few branches on the larger trees.

Using raw sienna and burnt sienna I put in the grasses and growies at the base of the trees.

Using mixtures of alizarin crimson, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue I put in the rocks.

Lastly, using various greens I brushed in the reflections of the pine tree into the water.

Thank you for looking at my artwork.

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. Fabriano 100% cotton, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Sand and Surf - A Work in Progress

The last day of February and winter is definitely going to hold on for a while. The temperature is -10F (-23C), but it is a bright and sunny day and the winds are not as strong as they were yesterday.















So instead of thinking about the cold I decided to turn my thoughts to the warm tropical breezes of the Caribbean; with its clear blue skies, white sand beaches and turquoise waters. 

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

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

Morning Trees 1 - A Work in Progress

It is a slightly warmer day at 4F (-15.5C) than it was yesterday where the high was -2F (-19C). Although we have the same mix of sun and cloud with snow, the strong wind continues to blow the snow around making it feel a lot colder than it is actually.

This is a small painting I had started earlier this year (see posting on 25 January 2014) called Yellow Sky 4 and I have changed the name to Morning Trees 1.

Some of the background trees have been painted in and the under paint on a couple of the foreground trees. The foreground grasses have also been blocked and along with a few growies.

More work needs to be done to the foreground trees and I will post this painting again at a later date.

Thank you to returning collector Mrs. Joanne Fernall of Norwood, Ontario on her selection of Summer Trees (see posting on 22 June 2010).

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Catherine Selinger

I have posted the biography of another member of the Buckhorn Artists' Group, Catherine Selinger to the blog as well as examples of her artwork.

What? - A Work in Progress

Today I spent the morning with the Buckhorn Tuesday Painting Group watching a demonstration on how to do pussy willows. I will have to try doing one at a later date.














In the afternoon I went to KAGS for the last day of the workshop with Gail Hawkins which was on abstract animals painted in two complement colours.

I drew the head of a cow in charcoal and have fixed the image.

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

In the Shade - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I had started last month (see post on 15 January 2014) of my horses Tai and Chi.

Since there was an Executive Meeting this afternoon I didn't have a lot of time to work on this painting, so I washed in a background sky and set it aside to dry.












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

Country Evening - A Work in Progress

This is a painting I had started a while ago (see posts on 21 October 2011 and 05 August 2013) and I wanted to get it closer to being finished.

I started where I had left off by adding more colour into the background hills and the various trees and giving them a little more definition.

While the background was drying I added some wood grain to the fence posts and tried to lift out more of the reflections from the water.

Next I did a little more work on the buildings on the left side, adding some of the barn boards, fixing the roof lines and adding a little more detail to the door and window.















Moving over to the left side buildings I added a window to each of them and darkened the door on the center building.

I lightly drew in where I wanted the reflections to go in the water and lifted more of the reflections to remove them from where they shouldn't have been placed.

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 look at the artwork.