MAZINAW LAKE & ROCK @ BON ECHO

Mazinaw Lake & Rock
Bon Echo Provincial Park, ON
15 1/2 x 15 1/2 " acrylic
Copyright Cynthia Guthrie

Finished!!....(but I think I need to take the picture with more lighting since the colours on the left side seem pale to me.) I decided that the colouring in the painting of yesterday looked like light was just appearing in the sky. Since the view is toward the east I decided that it was the beginning of the morning sunrise hence the pinks and yellows in the sky above the rock. These colours are reflected onto the calm water surface along with the rock reflection and shadows. I'm pleased with the end result and I hope you will enjoy it too.

Bon Echo Provincial Park - Unfinished

Bon Echo Provincial Park
Acrylic 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 "
Copyright Cynthia Guthrie

I paint with a group of women whose paintings styles are very different from mine. It's a good thing to expose myself to other styles as it challenges me to try new things and become a better artist. In this painting of the rock face in Bon Echo Provincial Park I under painted the canvas with blues, whites, greens and purples. The rock face has deep vertical cuts in it and to capture that look I used a gel medium which dries clear and hard. My brush strokes are applied in a 'messy' fashion and the rock colours are conveyed through the clear gel medium. When viewed at a distance of 15 feet the effect is amazing. The rock face appears to have deep vertical cuts! Now I'm in a conundrum....do I add more paint or leave it as it is? The jury is still out. What do you think??

Native Wildflower - ' Cool Yellow Drops'

Woodland Bellworts
' Cool Yellow Drops'
Acrylic 20 x 20"
Copyright Cynthia Guthrie

This painting 20x20" was a lot of fun to create!! I used a very loose approach and broadly stroked on cerulean blue, burnt sienna, chromium oxide green, dioxazine purple and a little naples yellow. The bellworts were painted with a very cool lemon yellow, titanium white, and shadowed with dioxazine purple. Since my last posting I felt more shadowing was needed on the flowers to give them more definition and shape. This is where I added some purple.
Bellworts are also known as 'wild oats' and the plant belongs to the Lily family. They are found in woods and thickets and bloom in spring from April to June. I think they are a delicate spring flower and soon they will be blooming in my woodland garden.

A Work in Progress...

'Bellworts'
20x20" acrylic
copyright Cynthia Guthrie

Come see my studio where I paint....Bellworts are native woodland flowers and I have some growing in my woodland garden. In this art work I'm trying to capture the blades of grass against which the bellworts are dangling. Now I will rest my eyes from the image and look at it with fresh eyes tomorrow in order to decide which changes I need to make.

LILAC TEA ART SHOW

I am very excited to let my readers know that the Lilac Tea Art Show now has it's full complement of 12 talented artists in the mediums of oils, acrylics, water colour, coloured pencil, pastel/charcoal and fiber arts.

The Lilac Tea Art Show date is Sunday, May 25/08 from 1 - 4 pm.
852 Melrose Road (north east of Belleville Ontario and Hwy 401)
613-967-0606 or email tyendinagatwplibrary@yahoo.ca
www.ttpl.ca

Art for Literacy is an unique partnership between the Library of Tyendinaga, the Friends of the Library and a large community of local artists to promote learning through literacy.

You are welcome to join us with your support by purchasing a Lilac Tea Raffle Ticket. All proceeds from this sale are given to Literacy programs and purchase of non-fiction books at the Library.

'Spring's Perfume' (5x7" acrylic) by Cynthia Guthrie and 'Sure Sign of Spring' (5x7" coloured pencil on pastel board) by Rita Woodburne will be donated to the Library to be raffled at the Lilac Tea Art Show.

I will keep you posted as to other donations of art to this worthwhile cause. In the mean time lets all think 'SPRING' and get all this snow melted. Besides I have a very cold robin eating sumac berries from my winter twig display and he looks like he could use some warmth.

I HEARD A ROBIN SING...

'Spring's Perfume'
5x7" acrylic
Copyright Cynthia Guthrie

I heard a robin sing this morning....and I felt a relief that winter will be gone soon. Painting lilacs to capture their delicacy reminds me of that heady fragrance that easily fills a room. The canvas was textured with Golden's Extra Gel Medium and the lilac blooms painted with titanium white cerulean blue and permanent rose. A cool sunny day reflects the newness of the spring season and the blooms promise summer days ahead.

Art at Tyendinaga Township Public Library

Today 2 local artists, Elveda Lockwood and Pat Werden brought their work to exhibit in the Library Gallery until April 17/08. Both paint in oils and a majority of their work represents landscapes from the township.

I'm hoping that as more artists become familiar with the Library Gallery that over time the Library will become known for it's support of local artists and culture within the community.

Volunteering as the Art Coordinator has been a wonderful experience and I am enjoying the opportunity to organize and plan events that promote 'Art for Literacy'.