Farm Near Tsolum

    

I have driven past this scene thousands of times on my way into town. This is a sketch/idea for a painting.

Underpainting...

I bashed this off to illustrate the technique of "underpainting". Its a complicated compo that will probably never allow for a good painting but its fun for me to try.

The notion that saved whites produce areas of effective high-light is not entirely satisfactory to me. Rather I prefer saved areas of underpainting to produce maximum glow in combination with saved pure whites. You can use three primary stains, that's the most common/popular choice, I think. Just to make things interesting I used Cobalt Turquoise, Winsor Orange and Naples Yellow, which, of course are not primestainers. Then I used a cheapo purple to block in shadow areas. If you look at the reflected light areas you can see the various combinations of under hues and final touches with these same hues. The painting glows like kryptonite (only yeller) in real life.

For the darks I used B.S. and FUB.

When you underpaint the colours look dark but they almost disappear later on as the darker colours are placed. I use a fairly limited palette and include the underpainters in the program all the way through.

Boo! Who? Chris Beck's Halloween Challenge

 

This bit of nonsense is part of Chris Beck's Halloween Challenge.

Happy Halloween!

Chris Beck's Halloween Challenge 

Down By The Bay

  Just playing with a big brush (no 36 round)...

Shadow Patterns

A Little Practice

All Grassed Up

Wetcoast Wrecks

Pastelization

I used pastels (non oil)  and watercolour pencils  just to see what would happen....they seem to be compatible...

Bleak Day in the Dell

The Wetter Look

Otto Recker's Fabulous Pile

Stacked and Packed

Somewhere in Nanaimo...1968

This is me working on an idea, first sketch...

Fernando's Watercolour Blog

I am very happy to be featured on Fernando Pena's watercolor blog:

http://watercolorspainting.com/

The Big Pile...

Working on the Comp...

 Bink for elaboration...working on the proportions til I get a viable compo...

The Windbreak

Bink to expand my horizons...

The Squire of Macaroon Heights

Got the pic and the title, need a story...bink to blow (up). You have to bink to blow to see the whole pic for some reason...