Fall air and landscape painting.

Well, today there is the smell of fall in the air. Living in Northern Ontario, fall comes early and the nights turn cold. We have already had one frosty night and the smell of wood smoke floats in from nearby wood stoves. Ah, I love that smell!

The air is fresh and crisp. This is my favourite time of year and a perfect time to do landscape painting. Since I already have one on the go, I've decidied to attack it today.

Watch for the steps today:

60" Triptych: .......... Step 3:
Right Side of Painting so far. 24 x 15"

Left Side of Painting 24 x 15"

Second day: The middle section of the triptych 24 x 30" step 3,

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Painting history.

This small 5 x 7" was started when I went to my sister's house to paint today. It will be one of my mining history series.

I just put a few washes on the canvas and started blocking in the main compostion. I've already had to change it from the original design.

There is no time limit on this one and will be done as a break between other paintings.

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"Workin the Flats"...finished

Thank goodness.

I'm finished this one. 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas.

Of course, I don't like it on the wall. I never like a painting until a couple of months later. If I stare at it long enough I may want to tone down the sky. SIGH. What to do?

I'll leave it for today and make a decision tomorrow if there is any last minute changes. There wouldn't be much, if any. The next one will be better. :)



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Finishing the Flats.

Well, I hope to finish, "Workin the Flats", today and I will try hard to do so. The sky is close to being finished and just the water details and then a little boat and people work.

Bow fisherman.

Well, the bow fisherman was too short so I started making adjustments and working on both fishermen in the boat.

UPDATE: Well, I couldn't paint last evening due to company so I'll keep going this morning. Keep watching!

OK, I think the fishermen and boat are done. Now I have to correct the sky that I messed up and finish the waves in the water. You might not be able to see the differences but the bow fisherman's head is now smaller, the pants are finished on the other fisherman and the boat details are filled in. I won't put detail in where it isn't needed.

The last picture for today. I'll post the finished work tomorrow. I think the sky is done but it is very wet so I may make a few changes in the morning.

I have to finish the waves.

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Landscape work

Just working on the triptych today. A looser style and bigger brush stokes.
A ways to go yet but a good start. It lets me see what I like and don't like. More to come.

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Carping

I did some work on the carp painting this evening and it sure was nice to paint on canvas again! For the last 3 days I have been spray painting the body work of our vehicle. My index finger is sore from spraying. :)

So, tonight I did a little water work on the carp painting and some on the triptych background which I will photograph tomorrow. There is just not enough light in here to get a good photo at night.

The fish will be the last thing that gets detail in this painting. What is nice is I am starting to have fun with this one. I was a bit intimidated at the beginning because it is mainly a painting about water surface. By making the picture smaller, I see that I need to add more sunlight reflections going through the water. Of course, my camera isn't that great but I will make a few changes in the bottom of the painting.

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1, 2, 3 makes one big painting!

I decided to take a break from painting sky this morning and got a start on my 60" Triptych.

It is 3 paintings in one. 24" x 60" in total. The whole painting has been primed with a medium grey (instead of original brown) and the 1.5 " edges will also be painted. It will not be framed.

Since you can't have bright sunlight without dark shadows, I blocked in the darkest darks and put in a little brown foregound.

For your convenience. Here is the reference photo again.

The paint needs to dry so I will go back to the sky in "Workin the Flats" this afternoon.

I'll post more later.

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Workin the SKY

I've decided on a cloud formation for the top of "Workin the Flats". Large white clouds that announce bad weather ahead.

I'm blocking in the light and darks of the clouds before adding the feathery parts to the clouds.

More work on the sky.

Starting to look like a sky. :)

More to come.

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Still, "Working the Flats"

I've been working on the water area. You can see at one point I needed to paint with the canvas sideways to avoid any drips in the wrong direction. I used a thinner to show the undercoating through the paint.

The next step is adding all the dark waves and then the detail on the fisherman and boat.

The sky will be my big undertaking. I'm still not sure how it will turn out. :( ??

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Cooling off....

Ah, after 3 days of intense heat wave, I can think clearly again. Time to get back to painting water.

Here I am blocking in the lightest colour of the water in, "Workin the flats."

You can see that I have been confused about the sky but once I put in the water and waves, the sky should come to me.

My newest helper, Suzie, really lets me concentrate. Sitting under my painting desk and chewing on my knee (hard) is a great way to keep me alert while I paint. LOL Here she is just winding up after a nap.

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