Vertical 1 - A Work in Progress

Today is our last day at the Knoepfli Inn and after breakfast we took down our art exhibit "Scenes of Magnetawan".

But before I went home I wanted to get some photographs of Ahmic Lake and do a sketch of something on the boathouse side of the property.

I took some interesting photographs of the mist rising on the lake and of the reflections of the autumn colours in the water, as well as the bumpers and tires at the edge of the pier and their reflections in the water.

I tried to do a quick sketch of the white bumpers and their reflections but couldn't manage to capture it, so I turned it into an abstract of various shapes and made it into a vertical composition.

I will post this piece at a later date once I start adding some colour to the sketch.

Thank you for coming to look at my artwork and I hope you will return often.

Pathway 1 and Reflections 7

Today it is back to being another overcast day at the Knoepfli Inn, but hopefully the rain will continue to stay away.

After breakfast I went down to the Magnetawan River and this time I wanted to sketch some of the trees on the far shore and their reflections in the water.

There were a number of trees that had not changed from their bright green foliage in behind the ones closest to the shore. I liked how the pale dead tree trunk beside a brilliant orange maple were reflected into the dark water of the river.

Reflections 7

I added in a few of the plants into the foreground of the drawing that where on this side of the river.














Pathway 1

On my way back to the Inn for lunch I stopped and did this sketch of the pathway near cabin 1.

I will post each of these drawings at a later date as more work on them is completed.

After lunch Norma and I brought our friend back from the hospital in time to join us for supper. 

The Old Outhouse 1 and Fallen Birch 1

We had a very interesting day at the Knoepfli Inn which started early in the morning, around 3a.m. when one of the members in the group woke me to see if I would take her to the hospital as she was having an allergic reaction to her medication.

Together Norma and I got her safely to the West Parry Sound Health Centre and stayed with her until about 11a.m. they decided to keep her overnight for observation and more testing.

After getting a list of the things she would like us to bring to her for her overnight stay when we return in the evening, we left and headed back to the Inn to arrive in time for lunch.

The Old Outhouse 1

After lunch, the sun decided to come out and I headed down the trail behind our cabin heading to the Magnetawan River. I stopped along the way to do a sketch of the old outhouse near cabins 6 and 7.

Then I continued down the trail to the Magnetawan River.














Fallen Birch 1

At the beach near fire pit, I did a sketch of one of the big birch tree that had fallen across the path
that runs beside the river, making it difficult to continue along the trail.

I decided that I would do a sketch of the fallen birch that blocked the trail.

I will post each of these sketches at a later date as more work on them is completed.

Loon Call Lake II

Today some of the KAGS Outdoor Painters' Group are taking our annual painting trip to the Knoepfli Inn, located at 5484 Highway #124, in Magnetawan, Ontario.

We had made arrangements with owner Bea Kolman that we would arrive in time to have lunch.

After lunch, we unpacked and then split up to go out to sketch, paint or take photographs on the property.

Even though it was overcast and threatening to rain I went out and took a number of photographs of the roadway from the Inn to our cabin, down to the Magnetawan River at the bottom of the hill.















It wasn't long before we could hear the bell ringing calling us for supper at the Inn.

After supper I wanted to work on something, but I wasn't in the mood to paint; so I pulled out this drawing that I had started a number of years ago (see posts on 14 September 2014, 13 May 2016 and 23 February 2017) while canoeing on the lake.

A couple hours later I had finished all the trees and rocks on the right hand side of the drawing and added all the small details that were needed to complete the left side of the piece.

This original 5-3/4" x 9" black and white drawing when matted and shrink wrapped will be available for $50.00.

Abstract 38 and 39

This is the another technique we learned called "dipping" in the Pour Your Heart Out workshop with Valerie Kent at the Cavan Art Gallery.

This is another way of using up the excess acrylic paint, rather than wasting by throwing the paint away.



















Abstract 38

As the run off paint collects in the tray, canvas can be set down into the paint and then carefully lifted to create interesting designs.

In both of these pieces most of the other students in the class found shapes of fish. Can you see fish in these paintings, or do you see something different?



















Abstract 39

I found it to be an easy way of creating an interesting abstract painting and some of the others in the class added small amounts of pure paint to create different designs.

Each of these original 2" x 2" acrylic paintings and will be available with its own display easel for $25.00.

ACEO - Dusk 8

After a week without high humidity, we are right back at it with a temperature of 81F (27C) and the humidity making it feel like 91F (33C). I wonder how long this heat wave will continue.

I decided that I would work on this little painting that I had started last year, (see posts on 09 March and 27 July 2017).

I put the pine trees onto the large island at the far side of the lake using French ultramarine blue and raw sienna.

I darkened the water with the tree colour to create movement on the surface of the lake.

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. Fabriano 100% cotton, acid free watercolour paper. It is priced at $20.00 and sold unframed.

Driven to Abstraction at KAGS

Today is the first day of the Driven to Abstraction exhibit at KAGS.

It is a wonderful show with a wide variety of different types of abstract works being displayed.

Most of the paintings are in acrylic or oil paint with one or two watercolours.

The sizes vary as much as the styles, with the largest pieces are 4' x 6' (1.22m x 1.83m) to the smallest which are 8" x 10" (20.3cm x 25.4cm).

I put two pieces of poured acrylic paintings into the show. I would have liked to have been able to enter some of the pieces I did in the workshop on the weekend but the need more time to dry.














The exhibit runs from 26 September - 21 October 18 with the opening reception 30 September 18 from 1-4 p.m. I hope you will be able to come out and enjoy the show.