The Old Outhouse 1 - A Work in Progress

I thought I would do a little work on this piece that I had started while in Magnetawan at the Knoepfli Inn.

First I wet the paper in the background, then carefully wet the area around the outhouse and the two main trees leaving them dry and finished by wetting the foreground.

Using aureolin, I brushed the paint into the wet areas to create the look of sunlit foliage in the background and the under paint for the brightly coloured leaves in the foreground.

Then I set it aside to dry while I mixed the colour for the tree trunks and the boards on the outhouse.















Before I could get further on the painting Ron came by and needed my help raking up the branches from the willow tree that had broken and fallen during the winter.















It took the rest of the morning and after a short break for lunch we worked through the rest of the afternoon and finally had all the branches raked up, placed onto tarps or piled into the wheelbarrow. By then it was time for supper.















I will post this painting at a later date once I have painted the boards on the outhouse and the foreground tree trunks.

Buckhorn Artists' Group Blog - Show Updates

I have updated the Buckhorn Artists' Group blog with a listing of shows some of the various artists in the Group are exhibiting their work in during the month of May.

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

Chopping Block 1 - A Work in Progress

The theme at today's still life class at KAGS was "what's cooking?"

We were spoiled for choice with two tables of pots, frying pans and soup pots, knives and cutting boards, vegetables, spices and seasonings.















I chose to do a small section of the display with the chopping block in the foreground, the stainless steel soup pot behind and various vegetables, knives and seasonings.

At a later date I will add some colour to the drawing, especially to the soup pot with the reflections showing on its side of the vegetables which was also quite interesting.

Confirmed Shows for 2019 - May

This is a listing of confirmed shows that I will be exhibiting my artwork at this year and into next year. I will update the list as more shows are added.

Academy Theatre, 2 Lindsay St. S., Lindsay, Ont.
Guild Room
11 Mar - 13 May 19
13 May - 10 Jun 19

Kawartha Artists’ Gallery and Studio, Peterborough, Ont.
KAGS
27 Mar – 02 May 19 SPARK Photography Show
Opening Reception 07 Apr 19 from 1-4 p.m.
19 Jun – 07 Jul 19 Two Guys and a Girl
Opening Reception: 23 Jun 19 from 1-4 p.m.
21 Aug - 22 Sep 19 Stems and Stuff
Opening Reception 25 Aug 19 from 1-4 p.m.
25 Sep – 27 Oct 19 Faces and Figures
Opening Reception 29 Sep 19 from 1-4 p.m.
30 Oct – 17 Nov 19 Sky, Land and Sea - Outdoor Painters' Show
Opening Reception 03 Nov 19 from 1-4 p.m.
04-22 Dec 19 and 03- Jan 20 Harvest of Colour
Opening Reception 08 Dec 19 from 1-4 p.m.

Gayle Nelson Keene Historical-Society, Otonabee-South Monaghan Library, 3252 County Road 2, Keene, Ont.
A Pictorial History of Hope and Lang Mills
23 Apr - 03 Jun 19

A Place For The Arts, 23 Bridge St. W., Bancroft, Ont.
23 Apr - 09 Jun 19
11 Jun - 14 Jul 19
16 Jul - 18 Aug 19
20 Aug - 22 Sep 19
24 Sep - 17 Nov 19
19 Nov 19 - 16 Feb 20

Northey's Barn Boutique, 1981 13th Line, Selwyn, Ont.
01-02 Jun 19 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Miskwaa Art Studio and Outdoor Gallery, 250 Edwina Drive,Trent Lakes, Ont.
28 Jun -29 Aug 19

Isabel Morris Park, 20 Concession St., Lakefield, Ont.
06 Jul 19 21st Annual Jazz Art & Craft Festival 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

St. Matthews Church, Buckhorn, Ont.
Buckhorn Artists' Group
16-18 Aug 19 29th Annual Shades of Summer Art Show

Fenelon Falls Fair Grounds, Fenelon Falls, Ont.
Kawartha Arts Festival
31 Aug - 01 Sep 19 30th Annual Kawartha Arts Festival

Selwyn Public Library - Bridgenorth Branch, 836 Charles St., Bridgenorth, Ont.
04 Sep - 01 Oct 19

The Douro-Dummer Library Art Gallery, 425 Douro Fourth Line Road, Hamlet of Douro, Ont.
08 Jul - 27 Aug 20 The Buckhorn Artists' Group
Opening Reception 10 Jul 20 from 7-8 p.m.
05 May - 30 Jun 21 The Buckhorn Artists' Group
Opening Reception 07 May 21 from 7-8 p.m.
05 Jan - 30 Mar 22 The Art of Daniel Marlatt and Susan Sydney
Opening Reception 07 Jan 22 from 7-8 p.m.

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

ACEO - Vertical 1

Today I wanted to complete this painting that I had started last year (see posts on 03 October and 05 December 2018 and 02 February 2019).

I started by putting in the some pencil lines to divide up the remaining large spaces.

Using Antwerp blue I filled in one of the upper left section and let the second part white. From there I filled in the bottom part of the lower left sections.

On the top right space I used aureolin on the smaller part.

Using a small amount of cadmium red I filled in the top part of the lower left section leaving the centre space white.

Adding a some aureolin to the cadmium red, I painted in the remaining space.

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.

Along the Road I

I thought I would work on this drawing that I had started last year (see posts on 12 September and 18 December 2018).

Starting in the middle section of the hill I drew in the pine trees that were in front of the background deciduous trees and higher than those that were in the centre section of the hill.

Next came the tops of the deciduous trees in front of the pines.















This was followed by putting in the pine trees showing above the closest trees by the road.

Lastly, I put in the deciduous trees at the edge of the road.

This original 7" x 9" pen and ink drawing will be available when matted and shrink wrapped for $60.00.

Big Cedar Lake I

What a wonderful surprise, to have my bunny came by this morning to eat some of the corn and other seeds that I put out for the birds on Easter Sunday.

He has been coming out to visit in the early morning since the middle of the winter and I hope he will continue to evade the predators.















Today I thought I would like to work on this drawing that I started a number of years ago (see posts on 23 August 2015, 09 October 2016 and 30 January 2017).

I started by putting in the boathouse and the rocks near it on the shoreline.












From there I finished putting in all the trees on the left side of the drawing surrounding the boathouse.

This original 5-1/2" x 9" pen and ink drawing will be available for $50.00 once it has been matted and shrink wrapped.