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.

Sunken Logs 1 - A Work in Progress

This is the first time the Buckhorn Artists' Group has gotten together since March of 2020 and although only five of us were able to meet today it was enjoyable to be painting as a Group.

I wanted to do a little more work on this painting that I had started a number of years ago (see posts on 08 August 2012 and 20 July 2013) as it is fairly small and I can stop working on it at anytime.

I decided that my light source would come from the upper left corner.

After making various browns and greys by using combinations of French ultramarine blue, Cobalt blue, burnt sienna and raw sienna, it was time to start painting the bark and woodgrain on the logs.














Starting with the closest log, which was in the shadows, I used the darker mixtures and was careful to leave a few bits of white paper as highlights touched by the sun.

Next, I put in the one behind it to the right and having it slightly lighter in colour.

From there I added some of the darker textures on all of the remaining logs first and I gradually worked toward the lighter colours.

I still have a lot more to do on the logs and I have to decide what kind of fish or if I am going to have more than one and where to place them.

I will post this painting at a later date once the logs are completed.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and enjoy the artwork.

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 February.

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

Confirmed Shows for 2022 - February

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

A Place For The Arts, 23 Bridge St. W., Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Friday through Sunday and Holiday Mondays from 11am-4pm.
17 Nov 21 - 06 Mar 22

DUE TO CURENT COVID RESTRICTIONS, WE WILL BE RE-OPENNING 0N 31 JANUARY 22

Art Gallery of Bancroft, 10 Flint Ave, Bancroft, Ont.
The Gallery will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am-4pm.

26 Jan - 26 Mar 22

30 Mar - 30 Apr 22

04-28 May 22

01-25 Jun 22

29 Jun - 30 Jul 22

03-27 Aug 22

31 Aug - 01 Oct 22

05-29 Oct 22

02-26 Nov 22

30 Nov 22 - 21 Jan 23
THE ART GALLERY WILL RE-OPENING ON TUESDAY 08 FEBRUARY 22. 

Please come out and enjoy the artwork displayed at one or all of these shows once COVID restrictions have been lifted.

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.

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 January.

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

Big Cedar Lake Birch VII - A Work in Progress

Today, we are still under a Weather Advisory and this time it is for heavy snow and ice pellets, with the temperature at F(-7C) and the wind chill making it feel like F (-14C). Needless to say the horses are going to spend another day in their stalls with plenty of hay and water.

After doing the barn chores and having breakfast I thought I would go through some of my pen and ink drawings and do some work on one of them.

I chose this one of a birch tree that I had started a number of years ago when we were canoeing on Big Cedar Lake (see posts on 11 August and 11 October 2019).

I knew it needed a number of things changed so I worked in pencil adding shading to the tree trunk, adjusting the branches and putting some more leaves.

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