Sand Bucket 1 - A Work in Progress

Today I wanted to put some paint on this little drawing that I did quite a while ago (see post on 21 Jun 2013).

First I needed to fix a few of the lines on the bucket and then I moved the horizon line a little higher up in the painting.

Using cerulean blue I put in the sky and the under paint for the lake.

Next I made a mix of raw sienna with a small amount of burnt sienna and brushed in the sand being careful to leave an area of white paper between the sand and the water.

With a mix of Antwerp blue and cerulean blue I put in the waves on the lake surface almost to the beach.















Into this section where the waves roll over the sand and onto the shore I first put down the water colour and then added lines of raw sienna and burnt sienna to indicate the churning sand.

With pure burnt sienna I put in the "wet" areas of the sand between the water and the dry shore, still being careful to leave the white paper as the foam.

Lastly, I put in the distant shores on the horizon line with a mix of the blues and raw sienna.

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

Wooden Wheelbarrow 1- A Work in Progress

Today I was at a paint out with the KAGS Outdoor Painters Group at a farm just south of Buckhorn which had a lot of interesting things to draw and paint.

It was a beautiful day with the temperature at 81F (27C) and the humidity making it feel like 91F (33C) and while we broke for lunch there was a shower, but it didn't last very long.

I spent most of the morning taking photographs of the many pieces of old farm equipment found around the house and barnyard.














I finally decided that I would do a drawing of an old wooden wheelbarrow that was resting in the shade of a large maple tree.

As I was working on the drawing the clouds rolled back in and it began to drizzle again, which meant it was time for me to head home.

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

Front Field II - Lone Pony - A Work in Progress

I had a little bit of time and I wanted to work on one of my drawings and I chose this one that I had started last month (see post on 18 June 2017).

Looking out my living room window down toward where I did the original drawing, I thought I would add a pony into the field between the two stands of trees.

I started with the tree trunks of the stand of trees in the foreground and then added shadows from them into the grasses at their base.















Next, I started to add some of the shadowed grasses below the further back treeline and before I could go any further on this drawing, I had friends arrive.

I will post this drawing at a later date once more work on it is completed.

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

Clear Lake IX - A Work in Progress

I wanted to do more work on this drawing and at least finish the reeds.

I started with the ones on the left side adding in more reeds in among the ones that were already there until I was happy with the arrangement.

From there I moved to the rocks on the right side and added in some reeds in behind those rocks.














Next I added the reed reflections into the water and added a few more water ripples into the water.

I was not ready to put in the shoreline behind the foreground rocks so instead I put in the tops of the two large pine trees into the background.

I will post this drawing at a later date once the background trees have been completed.

The Morning After - A Work in Progress

I did a couple of sketches last month (15 June 2017) of the bridge on Peterborough County Road 10 that crosses the Cavan Creek.

I thought I would do a larger sketch of the bridge and the things beneath the bridge and with a number of changes.

The water bottle became two beer bottles and a wine bottle, all empty.














The towel was changed into a blanket and the stool into a folding chair.

I started with one of the tree branches in the foreground before I ran out of time.

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

ACEO - Morning Sky 9

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

Working with transparent watercolour on top of the opaque paint I put in the far shoreline with a little bit of cadmium yellow (which is fairly opaque for transparent watercolour).

Next I indicated the distant tree trunks with a dark of French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna.

With various green mixtures of French ultramarine blue, Antwerp blue, cobalt blue, raw sienna, new gamboge and aureolin, I painted the foliage onto the trees.

While the background was drying I used a pencil to give the foreground granite rocks a little definition before dry brushing in mixtures of alizarin crimson, raw sienna, burnt sienna and French ultramarine blue to give texture to the rocks.

With the tree trunk mixture, I painted in the trunk and main branches of the foreground bushes and the branch of a larger tree on the right side of the painting.














Using darker mixtures of the background tree foliage I added the leaves onto the foreground bushes and just before the paint dried dropped in a little cadmium yellow. to added some brightness.

With a green mix more into the blue tones I put the leaves onto the  branch at the right side of the painting.

Lastly, I painted in the foreground grasses and growies in front of the rocks

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.

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.

Countryside Art Group Blog - Show Updates

On the first of each month I will update the Countryside Art Group's blog with a listing of shows where the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work.

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