ACEO - Autumn Snow 2

I thought I would finish this painting (see posts on 29 February, 11 May and 31 July 2016) that is the companion piece to the one I completed earlier this month (see post on 11 September 2016).

Using raw sienna and burnt sienna I put in the background grasses.

Next using a sponge and various mixtures of alizarin crimson, cadmium red, cadmium yellow and new gamboge I put the leaves on the maple trees.

I then used the same colours to scatter a few fallen leaves across the ground.

Keeping the colour more to the blue tones I mixed French ultramarine blue with a small amount of burnt sienna and put in the background shadows on the snow.

I put in the foreground grasses and growies.

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.

6th Annual Purple Onion Festival

Today the Countryside Art Group exhibited at the 6th Annual Purple Onion Festival.

Our show was set up in the covered display space beside the Silver Bean Cafe in Millennium Park, Peterborough, Ontario.













As usual we ran the grids down the centre of the building and each of our Group members had tables on the long walls of the building.

The Festival is on from 11:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. and if you have a chance come out and enjoy the live entertainment in the Park or at the Dance For The Climate.














You can try delicious foods from ten of the area's finest chefs made from locally grown produce in the Taste of the Kawarthas Food Tent.

You can purchase locally grown food from local farmers and talk with wellness practitioners and see the specialty products they have to offer.

Mixed Masters

Today I was at Art on Kent for the last day of the Mixed Masters exhibit.










There were many interesting pieces hanging on the walls in a wide variety of media.

Some of the acrylic had various metallic pigments and textured gels used in them.














Others were collages with cut outs from books and magazine pasted onto a background and painted.

Some were made of layers of cut paper and put into shadow box frames giving them a three dimensional affect.














I also took in my paintings for the upcoming show called "The Future is Now" which is Part II of a show held in February this year called "Blast from the Past".

The new show will feature the artists’ interpretations of items and images that had been displayed from the Olde Gaol Museum.














The opening reception for the new show is on 01 October 2016 from 1:00p.m. - 3:00p.m. and the exhibit will continue until 22 October 2016.

When I returned home it was to find that Ron had been very busy working on the new door he was putting into the living room.














He had taken out the support beams which has been on either side of the smaller door and replaced them onto either side of the new doors.

While the work on the door isn't finished yet and my living room looks like a battle zone I know that it won't be long before everything is finished and I will be able to enjoy the magnificent view from the top of my hill.

Clear Lake IV - Sitting Ducks I

I wanted to complete this drawing that I worked on last month (see posts on 09 June 2013 and 05 August 2016).

First I added in the rest of the cattails to the right of the large rock and the more I looked at the drawing the more I felt that something was missing.

Using a pencil, I lightly sketched in a pair of ducks sitting on the large rock near the cattails; it was at this point that I decided to change the name of the drawing to Sitting Ducks.











I carefully inked them in and then added some cast shadow onto the rock and put in some of their reflections into the water.

This original 4-1/2" x 9” pen and ink drawing when matted and shrink wrapped with be available for $40.00.

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

Moonlight 7

While on my way home from the Uncommon Marketplace exhibit I did this little drawing of the moon rising over the Otonabee River.

When I finally arrived at home after stopping to pick up pizza and salad for supper, along with cheese cake for dessert, this is what greeted me when I walked into the living room.

The wall had been torn apart in preparation for the new sliding glass doors, leaving a lot of rubble on the floor, dust covering everything, the furniture moved around and tools scattered all over the place.

There is still a lot more work that needs to be done, but I am sure I can survive the mess.

Hopefully, we will have good weather for next weekend and by then the doors should be set in place and I won't have everything in chaos for very much longer.

I have to say that I am looking forward to being able to see the view from my living room, especially with the autumn colours showing throughout the over 200 acres (80 hectares) in the trees at the bottom of the hill.

I will post photographs of the completed door and the view at a later date.

The Uncommon Marketplace

Today we took our paintings in for the Uncommon Marketplace show at the Canadian Canoe Museum, 910 Monaghan Road, Peterborough, Ontario.

We were fairly busy all day starting with bringing the grids from KAGS to the show site first thing in the morning and getting them set up in our space before the paintings started to arrive.

The artists could bring their art in starting at 10am with the last piece being accepted at 1pm.

Then it was time for the hanging crew to get busy with the task of hanging all the paintings onto the grids and having them arranged in a pleasing display to show each piece at its best.

It certainly isn't an easy thing to do when you have sixty two paintings from twenty three different artists in a wide variety of media and styles.

Then all the lighting had to be checked and final changes were made to the exhibit.

Next the tables was set up with the artists' business cards, brochures about KAGS and an information box for the sitters with receipt books, pens, sitting schedule, an artist contact list and a list of procedures.

Lastly the demonstration areas were set up for the artists that are going to be painting throughout the weekend.

The hours for the show are:
17 Sep 16 from 10am-5pm
18 Sep 16 from 12pm-5pm

I hope that some of you will be able to come out and enjoy the art show and the canoe exhibits at the Museum.

Rivers 1-3

Today I was at KAGS and did a few small landscape drawings with rivers, creeks or streams.

On the first one I did was of what I could remember of a winter scene in Buckhorn, Ontario that I came across last winter when on a rare day that I forget to take my camera with me.

The center area of the river was dark, open water which contrasted strongly against the snow covered ice along the banks.

River 1

The pine trees had snow clinging to their branches and grasses and growies poked out of the snow.














River 2

The second one had a stream meandering through a farmer's field with a barn in the background.














River 3

The third one was an autumn scene with a stream running beneath a wooden bridge.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.