Sunset Ride - aceo

Sunset Ride ACEO (3.5" x 2.5"
I managed to get one more painted today before the game is one. This one is all the colours that I love about sunsets. What could be more relaxing than a sunset ride on your favourite horse? Not that I've ever done that, but I can only imagine how wonderful it would be.

Painted with acrylics this aceo is listed on Ebay here

Fall Round-up - Work in Progress finished

So here is the finished product with a few tweaks here and there. ACEO size (3.5" x 2.5") titled "Fall Round-up". Listed on Ebay here.

Dust Storm at Dawn - Work in Progress - ACEO

Here is some experimenting I did with acrylics today. I started out shading with burnt carmine on a plain white aceo size card.

Draw or transfer the image. Nothing fancy, I just needed a general outline.

Filled in with the burnt carmine. Adding more shading etc. (I was tempted just to quit at this point and call it finished, but that wouldn't have accomplished what I was attempting to do.

Dry brushed yellow ochre and bright yellow over the entire card. This is supposed to make it (in my mind) like a dust storm.

Prairie Storm.....aceo

I think these kind of storms are over for the season. Although after this week's unbelievably hot weather who knows. It is supposed to change Sunday (my knees are telling me) to more fall like temperatures. Now we will have to start hoping for Indian Summer.

What is Indian Summer?

"A time interval, in mid- or late autumn, of unseasonably warm weather, generally with clear skies, sunny but hazy days, and cool nights. In Saskatchewan, at least one dusting of snow and preferably a substantial period of normally cool weather must precede this warm spell in order for it to be considered a true "Indian summer." It does not occur every year, and some years (if we are lucky) it may occur two or more times. (but don't count on it here)

The term "Indian Summer" dates back to the 18th century in the United States. It can be defined as "any spell of warm, quiet, hazy weather that may occur in October or even early November."

Basically, autumn is a transition season as the thunderstorms and severe weather of the summer give way to a tamer, calmer weather period before the turbulence of the winter commences.

Prairie Storm is an aceo (art card edition or orginal always 2.5" x 3.5") painted on matteboard with acrylics. You will find it listed on Ebay here.

Harvest Moon....what to do...what to do?

I did this painting a little over a week ago. It is of the Harvest Moon, but it really wasn't what I wanted.

I did a little more shading, and changed the colour of the moon, but it's still not what I had in mind. I want something in the foreground, but can't think of what I want. I was going to put the outline of a scarecrow in the field, but I don't want it to become a Halloween painting. It's a 6" x 4" acrylic. Any ideas of what to put?

Wordless Wednesday - Fall equinox - Kinookimaw

Moon and Sunset together

Elder Street Gallery - Call for art

Catch of the Day - Acrylic


Cougar - Pastel Pencil

A Study of Marbles - Coloured Pencil

Fiddleheads at Dawn - Oil and Acylic

These are the 4 postcard pieces that I decided to send the the Elder Street Gallery Postcard Art Show in Texas. (thanks Deb for sending the information) I thought I had a lot of time to get ready for this show, and September just loomed by. If I get a chance I hope to get a lighning painting done to send also.

Back to painting - Lighthouse - Harvest

After a short time away.....(I had some surgery) I decided it was time to get back to painting. I think it's therapeutic. These are two very different paintings. The lighthouse is a winter scene..very simple in style. Not much colour. Just like winter itself.

It's harvest time and with it comes all the great earth tone colours of fall. This time of year the sun is more intense making the colours more brilliant. I love this time of year.

Both are 3.5 x 2.5" (aceo) and are listed here on Ebay.

Red Sky in the Morning - Kinookimaw

Red sky in the morning - sailors take warning. I was up at 6:15 this morning to see the red sunrise (it looks orange in the photo) We have been having unseasonably warm weather for September. Is it just coincidence that the weather is going to take a turn for the worse on Sunday.

15 minutes later the sky was a nice yellow as day was breaking. You can barely make it out but all the trees have changed to fall colours.

ByrumArt Giveaway

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