Moonlight Island - A Work in Progress

Today as I continue to work in acrylic paint I wanted to get this canvas that I had started a couple of years ago (see post on 19 October 2015) a little closer to finally being finished.

I started by using titanium white and brushed in a few thin clouds into the dark sky.

Adding a small amount of ultramarine blue and burnt sienna to the white I painted in the tree trunks and put down a base coat for the rocks of the island and the rock reflections in the water.

From there I added the needles onto the branches of the trees using various combinations of ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, raw sienna and Hansa yellow.

I kept the brighter colours on the moonlit side of the pines and brushed a mid-tone green into the water for the tree reflections.

Using the white I touched a few highlights into the water and on the tops of the rocks.

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

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

September - A Work in Progress

It was going to be a miserable, with the temperature at 14F (-10C) and just under 1/2" (10mm) of ice accretion to accumulate over the course of the day I decided that I would like to work on some of my acrylic paintings which had been started a number of years ago (see post on 03 October 2010).

First I mixed some of the background greens with ultramarine blue and raw sienna and covered the areas where the tape had lifted the background.

I darkened the colour with burnt sienna and more of the blue and added in a couple more pine trees to the right of the large one.

Next I added a small amount of titanium white to lighten the colour slightly and added a few more pines on the right side of the painting.

With burnt sienna I put in the middle area where a path runs through the forest.

Using raw sienna I put in some dead grasses below the trees and into the foreground on the left side.

Using various mixtures of Hansa yellow and cadmium red I scattered some leaves across the ground.

Using the white I added a couple of birch trees in front of the pines and the dark mix to add the markings onto the trunks.

Lastly, I used Hansa yellow and raw sienna for the leaves on the birches.

I am not happy with this piece and I will post this painting again at a later date once I have made a number of changes.

Sunset Lake 1 - A Work in Progrerss

With the morning temperatures starting off at 9F (-13C) and the wind chill making it feel like -8F (-22C) I didn't envy Christine doing the barn chores.

While looking out the patio doors in the living room, I was pleased to see my North American Kestrels for the first time this year. It is nice to know that they will once again be nesting in the box we made and put on the south side of the house for them.

I wanted to do some painting and pulled out this one that I had started a couple of years ago (see post on 27 April 2015), and drew in an island into the foreground with a few pine trees.

I started by using cobalt blue into the top of the sky and then brushed it into the bottom of the painting for the reflected colour in the lake. This was followed by alizarin crimson into the middle area of the sky and into the middle of the lake lastly I brushed aureolin into the remaining areas of sky and lake.















Next I used a mix of burnt sienna and new gamboge and painted the trees along the horizon line on the far shore.

I mixed a dark grey using French ultramarine blue, alizarin crimson and burnt sienna and painted in the rocks of the island followed by the reflections into the water beneath them.

As I was starting to paint the pine trees onto the island in the foreground some of my friends dropped by to see how I was doing and we had an enjoyable time discussing various places the outdoor painters could visit for their paint outs later this year.

Once my company left I didn't have a lot of time to do any work on this painting, so I put it away and will post it at a later date once it has been completed.

ACEO - Morning Sky 7

I wanted to finish this piece I started last month (see post on 28 February 2017).

With French ultramarine blue and raw sienna, I painted the pine trees in the foreground, just behind the large rocks on the shore.

Lightening the colour with water I put in the distant trees on top of the rocks on the far shoreline.















Lastly, I used various combinations of cadmium red, cadmium yellow, burnt sienna and new gamboge to put in the reflections of the sky colours in the 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.

Clear Lake VIII - A Work in Progress

Today I go for my first physiotherapy appointment since the Zimmer splint has been replaced with the hinged splint.

I am sure after the assessment that I will have a whole new range of exercises to strengthen the leg and help me regain some of the motion in my knee.












Before Christine arrives to take me to my appointment I thought I would do a little work on this sketch that I stated a while ago (see posts on 09 June 2013 and 13 February 2017).

Unfortunately I only had time to add a pine tree and start the main trunks on a couple of deciduous trees before it was time to leave.

I will post this drawing at a later date once more work on the trees has been completed.

Early Morning 2 - A Work in Progress

It was fairly cold this morning 3F (-16) with the wind chill making it feel like -13F (-25C) and a strong wind blowing as I headed down to do the barn chores.

I decided that I would work on a painting and pulled out this drawing that I did quite some time ago (see post on 26 April 2013).

I wanted to start by putting a little bit of colour into the sky, so I lightly wet the paper.















Using new gamboge I brushed in the area just above the horizon line in first and this was followed with a mixture of alizarin crimson blending it slightly where the two colours touched.

Into the top of the sky I used a blend of Antwerp blue and French ultramarine blue and set the painting aside to dry.

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

Dusk 11 and 12 - Two Works in Progress

I decided to do a couple more pieces but I changed them into the landscape direction as opposed to the portrait direction as in the two days previous.















Dusk 11

These are the probably the last two I am going to do with the opaque paint for a little while and I will see how they turn out as paintings.















Dusk 12

I will post each of these pieces once they have been completed.