Charcoal Landscapes | Stephen Rose

• Granites Silent Witness To Descent

  Mixed Media, Canvas, 12" x 12" x 1.5". Granites Silent Witness to Descent presents a vivid study of contrast and texture through the image of a solitary red maple leaf resting against a rugged granite surface. The leaf'…

• Silent Sentinels of the mist bound Marsh (Lake Muskoka)

  Charcoal, Canvas, 15" x 30" x 1.50". Second piece of a series of two representing the Muskoka Wetlands. Inspiration for this piece comes from the reflections of the expired cedars on the still waters after a late aftern…

• The Marsh (Muskoka)

  Mixed Media, Canvas, 20" x 30" x 1.50". Early morning hiking can reveal some interesting landscape scenes with spectacular reflections in the water. In this case a marsh I pass all the time when on the trail which was t…

• Winding Through Stillness

  Charcoal, Canvas, 14" x 14" x 1 1/2". Good to try something different from my usual subject matter. I decided to draw a winding fence line climbing up hilly terrain reaching the top of a hill. I used Willow Charcoal to…

• Crossing the Pale Divide

  Charcoal, Canvas, 14" x 14" x 1 1/2". Same approach, but the fence this time is curving or crossing the landscape to the top of the hill. The same rules of Perspective & Line width apply to this landscape as well. I use…

• Nine Dead Cedar's

  Charcoal, Canvas, 30" x 12" x 1.50". Always passing these dead cedars when out hiking in Muskoka & this is the inspiration for this piece. I used Dark Charcoal Pencils for the cedars & indicated a negative space line to…

• Trees in the Early Morning Mist (Georgian Bay)

  Charcoal, Canvas, 12" x 24" x 0.75". Seeking new photo references (early morning) I spotted this tree line on the water. I loved how the early morning light was filtering threw the trees & casting bans of filtered light…

• Pine of the Precambrian Shield

  Charcoal on Canvas, Canvas, 11" x 14" x 0.75". "Pine of the Precambrian Shield" is a remarkable piece that captures the raw, untamed beauty of nature. At its core stands a solitary pine tree, resiliently growing from th…

• Early Morning on Lake Muskoka

  Charcoal, Canvas, 16.50" x 33.50" x 0.75". Visiting a friend on the weekend on Lake Muskoka was the inspiration for this piece. My friend & I were out on the water early (6:15 am) seeking new photo references & we spott…

• Rock Island (Muskoka)

  Charcoal, Canvas, 11" x 14" x 0.75". This small Charcoal on Canvas was straight from my imagination. My first sketch was on paper using Graphite Pencils & not showing any clouds with reflections in the water. I did some…

• Black Patches

  Charcoal, Canvas, 24" x 18" x 0.75". The inspiration for this piece was all the black patches & twisting branches of this Birch Tree in the fall. The drawing process took some time to properly position all the main bran…

• Morning Calm (Lake Muskoka)

  Charcoal, Canvas, 24" x 36" x 0.75". The inspiration for this piece was the view that you would see on any lake in Muskoka in the early morning hours which many cottagers would connect with. I used willow charcoal powde…

• Wind Swept White Pine, (Muskoka)

  Charcoal, Canvas, 12" x 9" x 0.75". A small piece done with different tones of charcoal on canvas. Showing the use of contrast on the tree & the rocks. I will be doing more complex landscape scenes in the future. To sea…

• Passage to Paradise (Muskoka)

  Charcoal, Canson Mi – Tenintes – 335 White (160 gsm), 11" x 14". Charcoal Pencil drawing using light, medium & dark values. A very challenging piece because you have to maintain the same level of values throughout the p…

• Summer Sunset, Muskoka

  Charcoal, Watercolour Board, 12" x 9". The heat wave in Muskoka this July was brutal & decided to capture this summer evening sunset on the water using Charcoal Pencils, Willow Charcoal & three different colours of Cont…

• Early Morning on the Beaver Pond (2)

  Charcoal, Canson Mi – Tenintes – 335 White (160 gsm), 11" x 14". Charcoal Pencil drawing of the same Beaver Pond done from a different view point. The same Charcoal Pencil & Willow Charcoal techniques were used to compl…

• Early Morning on the Beaver Pond (1) Muskoka

  Charcoal, Watercolour Board, 12" x 9". Foggy early morning image of a Beaver Pond was done with Charcoal Pencils & Willow Charcoal. The challenge was dealing with the many value changes in the scene. I had to achieve a…

• Wolf Island Provincial Park, Lower Buckhorn Lake

  Charcoal, Cold Press Fine Art Textured Paper, 14 x 11. Wolf Island Provincial Park is not accessible by road & can only be reached by boat. There are many nesting birds in the park such as Juvenile Bald Eagles & Blue He…