Accidents Do Happen.....

Today I spent most of the day in the hospital with a broken femur.

Evening Lighthouse 1 - A Work in Progress

I wanted to do a little work on a panting and I chose this one that I started last year (see posts on 18 April and 24 May 2016).

Using a mixture of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I put in the windows on the lighthouse, the edge of the lantern room, the roof on the lighthouse keeper's home and the concrete foundation for the lighthouse.

With a mix of cadmium red and alizarin crimson I added the roof on the top of the lighthouse and the base around the lantern room.














With cadmium yellow I put in the lantern and a thin line of the reflected light from the sunset on the left side of the lighthouse.

I will post this painting at a later date once I paint in the water and the crashing surf at the base of the rocks.

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

Caribbean - Two Works in Progress

I did a little bit on this drawing that I had started a couple of years ago  (see posts on 24 January 2014 and 27 May 2016).

After putting in the woman's hair, I found I couldn't get into the drawing so I set it aside.














Sail Softly on By I

Next I started on another drawing that was also started a couple of years ago (see post on 12 January 2014).















Along the Beach I

I put in a few boats up near the horizon line and then did a little more work on the seaweed on the shore.

I will post each of these drawings as more work on them is completed.

Winter Evening 1 - A Work in Progress

I pulled out this painting that I had started last month (see post on 11 January 2017) and turned it upside down and started laying in more French ultramarine blue into the top area and gradually lightening it toward the bottom.

Once it dried I decided to turn it into a landscape painting by drawing in some pine trees and I changed its name from Blue Lines 7 to Winter Evening 1.















I will post this painting again, once more work on it has been completed.

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

Morning Fisherman 2 - A Work in Progress

Today I was just scribbling to see what I could inspire myself to draw and I ended up playing with a fisherman, in waders fishing by the shore of a lake.

I added in a tree on the shore on the left side of the drawing and a few water ripples, on the right side I put in some land with pine trees, I may add a cottage later.















In the background I lightly put in the horizon line and added some small tree tops in the distance.

I will post this again once I have put in the sky and the water.

Waterfall 2 - A Work in Progress

I was in the mood to do a small sketch and using a piece of watercolour paper in case I decide to add colour.

I started the sketch with a small oval shape and gradually filled it in beginning with some large rocks on at the bottom and on either side of the paper.

Up the right side, I added a tree trunk with the branches curving around toward the center of the paper.

Between the rocks at the front, I put in a large waterfall and above that a few rapids and above that a smaller waterfall.

On the left side I put in a few smaller trees with their branches curving toward the center.

I added a few more rocks and some smaller trees on either side of the water.

I will post this piece at a later date once I have started adding colour.

Rock Faces 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

Today I thought I would work on these two paintings that I had started last year (see post on 05 November 2016).

The first one is of an inlet on Long Lake near the boat launch.

I used a streaked in wash of Antwerp blue for the sky and then I set it aside to dry.

Next on the second painting which is of Loon Call Lake; I put in the sky with a mixture of Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue.

I changed the name of this first painting to The Lookout 1 from Rock Face 2.














I changed the name of the second painting from Rock Face 1 to Granite Cliffs 1.

I will post each of these paintings at a later date as more work on them has been completed.