Third Painting

April 15,

Just finished my third painting and my second one done with John and, as usual it is done from one of my photographs.

Although he works with the same medium...acrylic, John is using a larger canvas than I am...about 16 X 20 while I am still using the 9 X 12 ones.

This is a picture of my friend Peter's farm near Peterboro Ontario where he raises sheep for both breeding sales and meat.

This view is from an overgrown orchard looking toward his old red brick farmhouse.

I was quite pleased with this one and felt that I had at least captured some of the shadows that were present.

It was a warm sunny day in the spring and we had just finished a full day of pulling lambs.

Once again I hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think of it.

Second Painting

WOW!!

It's been about 3 weeks and John and I have both been busy doing firewood for next year but we managed to get together once a week and do a painting over a 2 week period.

This one is yet another horse and barn but from a different location.

It was from a picture I took a few years ago during a snowstorm at full zoom with my

Canon S3 IS.....full zoom being 12 X so a lot of compression is shown in the barn and background.

This painting was done over a 2 week period taking about 5 hours in total.....with several re-works!

I did it completely on my own and didn't even show the preliminary work to John.

At the same time he came over once a week and we worked on yet another painting.

All in all I'm very happy with this one.....and most of all I think I 'accidentally' captured the snowstorm and the atmosphere that goes with it.

I hope you enjoy it and as always....please feel free to leave any criticisms and/or comments.

Here is the very first painting I ever did in my life. It's acrylic on a canvasboard about 9 X 12 inches.

Looking back I realize it's weaknesses but I was VERY pleased at the time with it and still think it was a nice first effort.

I painted this at my kitchen table with my painter friend John....himself a very experienced and acomplished painter so I had the benefit of his experience and criticism.

This is done from a photograph taken just down the road at a local fellow's place who does sugaring off for a hobby.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Opening Shot

This Blog should really have commenced on Feburary 28th....the day I decided to do my first painting ever.
Not to worry....I'll backdate some of the entries to reflect my starting on that date.
I decided to start this Blog after visiting another one by a friend and realizing it was enjoyable to follow their progress at my leisure....so here we go.