ACEO - Fence Posts 4

I wanted to finish a painting today and decided to work on this piece that I had started last year (see posts on 26 July and 21 October 2016).

I started by putting in the background trees with various mixtures of Antwerp blue, French ultramarine blue aureolin, new gamboge and raw sienna.

Next I mixed various greys using French ultramarine blue and burnt sienna for the texture on the old cedar posts.

Lastly, with pure burnt sienna I painted the strands of barbed wire in between and on the fence posts.

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.

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

Front Field III - A Work in Progress

Today as I was looking out the patio doors in the living room at the changing colours in the forest down at the bottom of the front field I decided that I would do a little more work on one of my sketches from earlier this year (see post on 18 Jun 2017).

I started by putting in some of the grasses and growies at the edge of the field and just before the beginning of the forest.

Next I put in the tops of some of the tallest deciduous trees in the forest into the background.

From there I added in a few of the larger pine trees.















I then began to add some of the grasses at the base of the closer pine tree, but before I could get much further I had company drop by and had to put this piece away.

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

I would like to thank new collector Ms. Sandy Scholes of Cavan, Ontario for purchasing my painting Maple and Fence (see post on 06 March 2010).

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

Hallowe'en Holler - A Work in Progress

Today I spent the day at the Kawartha Artists' Gallery and Studio.

In the morning I was in the Still Life class, where the theme was "Trick or Treat - It's Hallowe'en" and in the afternoon I sat the Rural Outlook exhibition.

I had my choice of a wide variety of masks, bowls of candy, leaves, bottles and a full moon with bats silhouetted against the bright orange.

I started by putting in the full moon, minus the bats and then sketched in the mask beside a wine bottle.

Around the bottom of the mask and bottle I put in a number of brightly coloured maple leaves.

I will post this painting at a later date once I have completed the mask.

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.

Rural Outlook Exhibit

Today my co-conveners Cindy Allan and Norma MacEachern and I measured out the wall space in the Gallery for each of the fourteen exhibitors and then we could start hanging our work in our assigned spaces.















The first thing I did was hanging my featured painting in the centre of my space and then set out paintings on the floor to fill the remaining space.













It took a little while to get the paintings hung on the wall, when I realized that I need another painting to balance my display.

I put the tablecloth on my table and then headed home to get a couple more small paintings to see which one would make a good fit on the wall.

When I returned I finished hanging the paintings on the wall and made up the name cards.

I cleaned the glass on the paintings to remove any finger prints.

Next I picked up all the cartons and put them out in the car to take back home.















I then brought in my print rack from the car and placed it on the table.















Lastly, I sorted the matted and shrink wrapped paintings and put them in the print rack.

Now it was time to go home and relax.

Coon Lake X - A Work in Progress

Today I had a little bit of time to work on a drawing and decided that I would like do more work on this piece that I had started a while ago (see posts on 29 July 2014, 20 July 2016 and 31 August 2017).

I started with the reflections in the water beginning with those in the background and then working on the ones in the foreground below the rocks of the island.

Next I added the shadow from the small tree across the rock on the right side of the island.

I added a few more dark shadows into the rocks to give a little more depth to the drawing.

I will post this drawing at a later date once I have the rocks completed.

Burleigh Inn Pine Tree I - A Work in Progress

I just couldn't get into painting today so I decided I would do a little work on a pen and ink drawing; and I pulled out this one that I had started earlier this year when the KAGS Ourdoor Painters' Group spent the day at the Burleigh Inn located on Stoney Lake (see post on 08 June 2017).

I started by putting in a couple of the larger background trees on the far shore.

From there I came forward and indicated the rocks at the base of the pine tree and added a few grasses and growies in among the rocks.

Next I started on the main pine tree beginning at the top and working my way down the trunk.

I gradually was adding branches and needles onto the tree.

I will post this drawing at a later date once the pine tree has been completed.