A little more.....

Almost finished. Just a few more touches needed and I will paint around the edges of the canvas in a continuation of the front. This painting is on a fairly large 24ins x 24ins square gallery canvas with quite thick sides, so it needs no frame.

Somehow I seem to have got the cross piece of the top window pointing in the wrong direction! I will fix that, and then sign the painting.

Stockdale Mill painting stage 3

Here I have brightened up the colours of the building and worked on the rocks and water in the foreground. I have also put some highlights and shadows in the background trees.

As usual I am in danger of overworking the painting and making it too realistic!

Problems still to fix:

The perspective of the red building is still off a bit. The eavestroughing seems to get wider as it receeds, instead of getting narrower.

I haven't finished painting the left side of the picture yet. I think it needs some red to balance the large area of red on the right, but I am not sure what to do, as in the original scene there is no red there.

I will add a little detail to the windows that still need panes, but I will just suggest the cross pieces lightly.

The dead grasses in the foreground do not show up enough so need more contrast relative to the rocks.

In th orginal painting the yellow sky looks more even than it came out in the photo.

Animal painting workshop

I thought the cat needed to be brightened up a bit. Hope I didn't spoil it. What do you think?
I will also be teaching a workshop on "Animal Painting and Drawing" to be held at the 3rd Floor, Belleville Public Library, Pinnacle Street, Belleville on May 10th. It will run from 9.30 -3.30 p.m and will be suitable for beginner and intermediate level artists. I am hoping to have a nice, quiet dog volunteer to "sit" for his portrait, but if you prefer, you can paint your own choice of animal from a photoPlease e-mail me for details. It is open to anyone. Costs $35 if you are a Belleville Art Association member or $50 if you are not.