Sailboat 5 and 6 - Two Works in Progress

I had a little bit of time today and wanted to work some work on a painting and I chose these two that I had started earlier this year (see posts on 29 August and 30 October 2015).

Since the sailboats were already masked out I wouldn't have to wait for the friskit to dry.

Working back and forth on both paintings I washed in the sky using Antwerp blue, leaving a few lighter areas for wispy clouds.

By the time I finished the sky on the second painting the first one was dry and ready for the next step.

Sailboat 5

Adding a little French ultramarine blue to the sky colour I put in the lightest part of the water.

I added a small amount of burnt sienna to the blue and put in the darker waves.

I did the same thing to the second painting and then into the foreground waves I used a grey of burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue to darken them a little more on both pieces.

Next I lightly drew in the horizon line on both pieces.

Sailboat 5

I added a little more burnt sienna to the grey wave colour and with vertical strokes painted in the distant shore.

I will post both of these paintings at a later date once I have removed the friskit and start to paint the sailboats.

Uncle Albert's Farm - A Work in Progress

I am concerned about my Patch kitty. Ron saw her last weekend when he did the barn chores for me but so far he hasn't seen her and Christine hasn't seen her at all this week.

I am starting to walk a little without the crutches but I still need to use one when going up or down the stairs but things are improving every day.

I wanted to do some drawing today and I pulled out this sketch that I had started a couple of years ago (see post on 22 October 2013).














I added a horse on the other side of the fence, and then I brought in a few more branches from the right side of the drawing.

I want to add a couple more animals, such as a couple of cats, a dog and perhaps a few more chickens or pair of geese. I will post this painting at a later date once more work on it has been completed and I have added the other animals.

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

Background 57-59 - Three Works in Progress

These are the backgrounds I put on canvases using the remaining acrylic paint from yesterday.














Background 57

The first one was created using mainly the leftover  ultramarine blue, cerulean blue and a little titanium white.














Background 58

For the second one it was mainly burnt sienna, titanium white and a little ultramarine blue.














Background 59

This last one was a mix of titanium white, raw sienna and Hansa yellow.

I will post each of these canvases at a later date once I know what I would like to paint.

Hoturo - A Work in Progress

I really shouldn't have been surprised to see a flock of about eighty snow buntings flying around the infield of the track this afternoon; especially since last year with the snow having been so deep, we feed over two hundred of them for about a month until the weather warmed and some of the snow started to melt.

Having put in the under paint and blocked in the background on this piece earlier this month (see posts on 10 and 12 December 2015) I wanted to get more work done on this painting today.

Starting at the top of the painting on the sky I used ultramarine blue with a small amount of white.

I left some of the cloud areas untouched so the warmth of the cadmium red would show through the white.

I gradually lightened the sky colour as I worked down to the horizon line by adding a little more white and some cerulean blue.

Once the paint had dried I started adding the clouds using titanium white as the base and added various mixes of cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, with a small amount of burnt sienna.

I took clouds down into the tree tops of the closer shoreline so when I painted in the trees they would show through the branches.

Using various mixtures of ultramarine blue, Hansa yellow, cerulean blue and raw sienna I painted in the distant shoreline.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have put in the water and closer shoreline.

ACEO - Foggy Day 3

I pulled this painting out that I had started a couple of months ago (see post on 06 October 2016) and knew it would not take much to finish.

I lightened up the wave ripples as they were too dark for the amount of fog on the lake and lifted a few tendrils of fog by the island with water.














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

Mailbox 2 - A Work in Progress

Going through a box of small paintings I came across this piece I had started quite some time ago (see post on 20 February 2012).

The mailbox needed to the straightened and the mail flag was put on in an upright position indicating that there was mail waiting in the box.














With this being an evening scene I indicated some distant hills and a few trees.

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

Backgrounds 56 - A Work in Progress

As usual I used the left over paint from yesterday and put it onto a canvas as the background on a canvas.














The colours I used are cadmium red, burnt sienna, titanium white and a small amount of ultramarine blue.

I will post this painting at a later date once I decide what to I wish to paint.