Hoturo - A Work in Progress

I had a little time to work on a painting today and since this one is very close to completion (see posts on 10, 12, 17, 21 and 24 December 2015 and 02 and 05 January 2016) I thought it would be a good idea to try and get it finished.

The first thing to work on was the ladder on the stern. I used burnt sienna, ultramarine blue and titanium white.

With white and ultramarine blue I put in the shading on the fore deck and the port side edge of the cabin.

Next I worked on the wooden trim on the gunnel by darkening the wood.

Next I put in the white stripe on the bottom of the hull where it shows above the water on the stern and goes forward to the bow.

With a pale mix of ultramarine blue and white I added more shadows of the rigging onto the foresail as well as a part of the lifeline (a cable that runs along the outside of the deck supported by stanchions to help restrain passengers).

Using alizarin crimson I put in the shadow of the indent on the hull.














Then adding a little ultramarine blue to the alizarin crimson I added some shading just above the white line and just below the bow.

With a thin mix of titanium white I put in the reflected colour from the water onto the hull and where the sunlit was being reflected. With thicker white paint I added the brightest highlights from the sun on the hull and gunnel.

I will post this painting again once I have added the details on the foredeck.

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

Lovesick Lake I - A Work in Progress

Today I am sitting the Christmas Art Show and Sale at the Kawartha Artists’ Gallery and Studio.

I brought this piece to work on that I had started last year (see post on 31 July 2015).












With a large number of people coming through the Gallery this afternoon I wasn't able to complete the drawing.

I will post the piece at a later date once I complete more of the trees on both sides of the sketch.

Bunny and Basket 1 - A Work in Progress

So far I have not seen anything of Patch, even though I have been calling her each morning and leaving food in some of her sheltered places, hopefully she will return one day.

I  can only hope that she went to one of the other nearby farms and found a home there and is still alive and well.

While going through a box of smaller paintings I came across this one that I had started a couple of years ago (see post on 27 May 2014).

The basics were in place and I need to take a little time to sketch in more of the details on the bunny and the basket to be able to paint it accurately.

With alizarin crimson I painted in the nose.

Using burnt sienna I started to put in the stalks on the pussy willows and for the shadowed side I added a little French ultramarine blue to the brown.

I will post this painting at a later date once I complete the pussy willows.

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

Hoturo - A Work in Progress

With today being Tuesday I am going to spend the day painting. I plan to work on this piece that I started last year (see posts on 10, 12, 17, 21 and 24 December 2015 and 02 January 2016).

I don't expect to get a lot done today as it is time to do many of the small, very detailed pieces on board the ship as well as completing all three of the figures.

I started working back and forth between all three of the figures first as other pieces would either cover over them or be markers for the placement of other things.

Using white and ultramarine blue I added the helmsman's hat and t-shirt and at the same time I added a little more detail to the other white t-shirt and hat.

The back pad and the wood on the gunnel were painted in next using raw sienna and gradually adding more burnt sienna for the shading.

I added a little white and Cerulean blue to the wood colour for the shorts on the one figure and pure Cerulean blue for the other shorts with a little white added for the highlights.














Next using pure titanium white I put in the rest of the gunnel and more of the upper part of the cabin as well as a little of the fore deck.

Using various mixtures of grey, blue grey and black I put in the housing for the mast when the boat is in transit and the mast has to be lowered. Once that was dry the next piece to go in was the stern guardrail with the same colours.

With a dark of burnt sienna and ultramarine blue I put in part of the companionway. To this dark I added alizarin crimson and painted the rest of the stern in preparation for putting in the ladder.

I will post this painting again once I put in the ladder and start adding more details to the hull (the under body of the boat).

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

It seems that our mild weather has disappeared for a short time as this morning I was greeted to 0F (-17.8C) and with the wind chill it felt like a bitter -15F (-26.1C).

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of January.

If you get a chance, come out and visit them at one or all of the shows.

Background 64-67 - Four Works in Progress

As usual I put the remaining acrylic paint to good use as background on small canvases.














Background 64

The first background was a mix of white, black and ultramarine blue.














Background 65

The second background had alizarin crimson, cadmium red, raw sienna, Hansa yellow, burnt sienna and a small amount of ultramarine blue.














Background 66

The third canvas was mainly white and ultramarine blue.














Background 67

The last canvas was of the remaining black and white paint.

I will post each of the paintings at a later date as they are completed.

Hoturo - A Work in Progress

Today I wanted to do more work on this painting that I had started last year (see posts on 10, 12, 17, 21 and 24 December 2015).

First I blocked in the starboard (right) side of the boat with cadmium red.

As the paint was drying I thought about how I would work in all the fine details to be put in next.

Starting at the stern I painted in the auxiliary motor (a small engine used to power the boat when not under sail).

I used various shades of grey and black; with the manufacturer's name in Cerulean blue and white.

Next I painted in the rudder using a base coat of burnt sienna, then over painting the wood with raw sienna, Hansa yellow and a little bit of alizarin crimson.

The edge on the rudder was washed over with a dark grey as was shadowed area on the tiller.

The small amount of the white line running across the bottom of the stern was put in before most of the stern was painted with a mixture of cadmium red, alizarin crimson and a small amount of black.

I wanted to place the figures in the boat and from there work around them painting in the various parts with similar colours.

I started by mixing a flesh tone of white, burnt sienna and a small amount of alizarin crimson and painted in the arms, legs and heads of the passengers.














Using mixtures of white, ultramarine blue and a little burnt sienna some of the cabin housing, hat, t-shirt and the gunnel on the stern were painted.

Next using various mixes of Hansa yellow, raw sienna, burnt sienna and white the other t-shirt, shorts and some of the wood on the gunnel and the hair were painted.

With different shades of grey the block and lines were attached to the boom, some of the shadows were put on the cabin housing, the lines coiled on lower part of the mast and the window.

With a pale mix of ultramarine blue and white the shadows of the people and the rigging lines were put onto the lower section of the foresail.

I will post this painting at a later date as more work on the boat is completed.

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