Barn X

Today I wanted to work on some of my drawings and I pulled out a number of barn sketches that I had started a few years ago (see post on 28 September 2013).

I started  by working on the back part of the barn by tidying up the roof, giving definition to the barn boards and putting the frame around the window.

Next I started on the main barn putting the frames around the windows, the door jamb around the door and added the latch onto the door, leaving the concrete base of the wall untouched for now.
















I did the same to the front of the barn fixing the window, drawing in the barn boards and leaving the concrete alone.

The roof was the last thing that was worked on, putting in the roof cap and running the siding down to the edge of the roof.

Lastly, I indicated where the patches of snow would still be on the ground.

Seahorse 4

Today is a much cooler, rainy day with the temperature hovering around 50F (10C) and tomorrow the temperature is going to do a total turnaround  with a bright, sunny day and the temperature climbing to 75F (25C) with the humidity making it feel like 85F (29.4C).

I decided I would like to keep warm thoughts, so I decided to do a drawing of a seahorse on sea grasses in the Caribbean.

Once I was satisfied with the size and placement of the seahorse, I indicated the sea weed stalk that it had its tail wrapped around.

This was followed by drawing the rest of the sea grass stalks.

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Revisiting Three Winter Paintings

Today I took four paintings to Art on Kent for the Members' Show which opens on 02 July and runs through to 01 August 2015 and sat the show at the Gallery for the afternoon.














Twin Trees 1

I worked on three winter paintings, the first one (see posts on 13 February and 24 November 2012) needed a few shadows in the snow to add a little more character from the solid area of white.













Winter Gold 1

The second one (see posts on 14 December 2011 and 20 February 2013) had a large expanse of solid colour over the entire snow covered lake which was to plain.

I added a little pure burnt sienna over some areas of the lake to create a little more depth to the painting.














Winter Evening 2

The third painting (see post on 18 November 2014) was an evening scene and the sunset colours would be reflected back in the snow.

A pale wash of burnt sienna was brushed in some areas of the snow to make it more believable.

Break in the Fence 1

Today we finally finished building the first set of the new barn doors for the barns. In this case the west set of doors on the back of the north barn.















The barn doors on the east side of the barn fortunately only require a new entry door which is the next one on the agenda after we recycle the good section on the old barn door to hang on the courtyard side of the west barn.















I thought it fitting to do this sketch of a farm with a barn in the background  and a break in the fencing that needs to be repaired since we have been working on these doors as we had the time over the past two months.

Lang Mill I

Today the KAGS Outdoor Painters' Group went to Lang Pioneer Village and Museum to remove our paintings from the MacKelvie Gallery.















After we removed the paintings we had the rest of the day to draw and paint the buildings, animals, machinery and people of the Village.

As I wandered through the Village I took many photographs and at the end of the afternoon I did this sketch of the Lang Mill before I left for home.

Moonlit Creek I

Today I just started doodling on a landscape and gradually it started to take shape as a night scene with a full moon.

I added some large pines to the right side of the drawing and brought a bank down to the edge of a creek.














The moonlight would be reflected in the slowly moving water.

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Horse Sketches VII

Today while I was watching a program on television about wild horses, I pulled out this sketch that I had started a few years ago (see post on 11 May 2012) and thought I would finish the two horses.

Using a pencil I started on the horse at the top of the page and added more details.

From there I did the same thing with the lower horse until I was satisfied with the sketch.

Next, using pen and ink I drew in the first horse and added the shading and grass.

Now I worked on the second horse and did the outline and added the shading and grasses.

After looking at the two horses I decided to add pinto markings to the second horse.

Once this original 8" x 9" drawing is matted and shrink wrapped it will be available for $50.00.

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