Poster for Shades of Summer Show

Today I made up my poster for the 27th Annual Buckhorn Artists’ Group Art Show and Sale.

This year the exhibit runs from 17-20 August 2017.

I hope some of you will make plans to come out and view the show.

Back Forty I-III

Today Ron and I went out in the side by side again and this time we went into the "back forty" which are the fields at the east end of the property before we get into the marsh and the Snelgrove Brook that divides our farm from the acreage we have on the other side of the marsh.














Back Forty I

He worked on removing the larger rocks that could break teach on the mower during haying season and put them into the dump box while I sketched.














Back Forty II

My first sketch was of the "fork" which is where the trail comes down from the middle field into the back field and branches off into the south back field and the south middle field.

My second sketch was of the entryway to the south bottom field with the large trees on each side.














Back Forty III

My last sketch was of the hill in the bottom middle field with the trail leading up to the small north field at the top, right beside the 4 acres (1.6 hectares) of sugar bush.

ACEO - Sunset Island 3

This is a painting that I started last month while teaching a class in watercolour (see post on 31 May 2017).

Using various mixtures of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna I started by putting in the distant shoreline.

With a darker mix I put in the rocks of the foreground island and then added the pine trees and growies.

Next I finished the painting by putting some reflections into the water below the far shore and the island.

The ACEO shown here is an original watercolour painting using Artist quality Winsor & Newton paint on either 140lb. Arches 100% rag, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

If you would like more information about ACEO please go to my post on 11 March 2010.

Front Field I-III

Today we unloaded my new toy off the trailer and took it through the front fields.

Ron stopped along the way to pick some of the larger rocks and put them in the dump box at the back of the side by side in preparation to seeding the fields with hay.














Front Field I

While he was working at the top of the field I did a sketch of the trees along the east fence line.














Front Field II

As we continued around the front field I did my next sketch was of the south east corner of the field at the bottom of the hill before the start of the forested area at the south of the property.














Front Field III

My last sketch for the day was of the forest at the south end of the property.

My New Toy

Today I sat at Art on Kent in Lindsay, Ontario.















The Gallery will remain open until 08 July 2017 at the end of the "What's Your Canada?" exhibit ends.















When I returned home I found this in the driveway on the trailer waiting for me to go for a test drive.



















As much as I wanted to drive it today, I had brought supper home and after spending a busy day at the gallery all I wanted to do was relax with my leg up.















I will be happy when I can walk normally without the rollator walker and not get tired so quickly.















But tomorrow is another day and I will be driving around the property in my new toy.

Woodland Nymph

Today I wanted to work on this drawing of a little girl and a fawn that I had started a while ago (see posts on 30 November 2015 and 20 April 2016).

I worked on the fawn first. I wasn't totally happy with the muzzle so I reworked it.

I added more details to the eye, the forehead and the ear.

Next, I positioned the girl where I wanted her to be in relation to the fawn. Although I lost a lot of the fawn's body this seemed to work best.

Now I just have to decide which media I would like to use when I do a painting from this drawing.

Under the Bridge 1 and 2 - Two Works in Progress

Today the KAGS Outdoor Painters' Group held their paint out at the Cavan Art Gallery which is owned and operated by Valerie Kent

The boundary of the property is the Cavan Creek and I set up my table near the bridge on Peterborough County Road 10. What interested me was, the stool, towel and bottle of water that was under the bridge.














Under the Bridge 1

For the first one I had some of the foreground trees, the creek the stuff under the bridge and the road.














Under the Bridge 2

For the second sketch, I concentrated on the stuff under the bridge and the bridge, which I thought would also make an interesting drawing.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.