Painting Process

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1. Initial Background Background detail of LaCloche Range on George Lake - early Fall. Blocking and preserving foreground trees prior to painting and misting background.	2. Frisket Applied Blocking key areas on the rock before applying underpainting and foreground trees. Frisket and rough sketch outlines applied as constant "to do" reminders throughout the painting.	3. Mist and Foreground Misting background. Detail foreground trees. Rocks have begun to take shape. Emphasized key crevices and rocks to be detailed.
4. Shaping of Foreground Rocks Foreground and rock blocking applied. Reshaped crevices/lines to form curvature. Values corrected, highlights and crevices enhanced.	5. Foreground Trees Enhanced Additional emphasis on backlighting between trees. Further detail applied on trees and rocks.	6. Water begun Rocks near completion. Progressing towards waterline.
7. Closer view Glazing applied.	8. Further enhancements Crevices enhanced.	9. Water highlights Water flow and direction laid out. Increase water detail to flow lines and waterline. Body of water on right needs further detail work prior to adding geese.
Preparation for final stage Newly reworked water detail on lower left portion. Remaining water to be completed next. After which the addition of birdlife will be added.	"A Canadian Morning" near completion The piece is signed for presentation, however there are several areas that still need to be enhanced, detailed and final glazing applied, before the printing process.

1. Initial Background