Smell the Roses
by Marion Hedger
Intriguing Contemporary Art
Showing posts with label flower painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flower painting. Show all posts
21 August 2017
22 December 2016
Impasto Roses - SOLD
Impasto Roses by Marion Hedger
Old Fashioned
Roses still life palette knife painting
Oil Painting
24x30cm (approx 10x12")
Oil on canvas panel
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Sweet Memories - Roses still life
Oil Painting
palette knife paintings
SOLD
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23 October 2016
Colourful Petunias - container flowers
Summer Container - Colorful Petunias by Marion Hedger
5x7 inch on gallery wrapped canvas
Oil painting, painted with a palette knife
This is painted from life. The local nursery always have some baskets planted up early in the season. I couldn't resist and bought 3 for the carport and front entrance. It is a nice sunny spot and they flourish there. Elsewhere I will have to wait a little longer.
There is something therapeutic about painting these small paintings full of colour. I am definitely 'in the zone' mixing the colours and playing (sorry carefully considering) with the placement of colour and what will work with what.
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11 October 2016
Provence Pots and Geraniums - Rework
Provence Pots and Geraniums
Oil palette knife painting on canvas panel
This painting was no.13 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. I was quite happy when it was at this stage
But after looking at it for a couple of weeks the lower area of the wall and path needed more definition and the stem on the lhs really bothered me and I had to change it.
I covered the painting in liquin and let it sit for a few minutes to soften the paint surface so that the new paint would adhere better.
Next
- I darkened the wall by adding more purples and blues.
- I painted over that stem and put in a new shorter one more to the left and a suggestion of another small geranium head to breach up the angle of the leaves.
- I altered the colours in the background removing that bright turquoise colour which was jarring
- I darkened some of the flowers and added highlights to others.
Close-up of the knife work
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30 August 2016
Ikebana 4 - Burnt Orange Chrysanthemums
Ikebana 4 - Burnt Orange Chrysanthemums
Oil on canvas panel
by Marion Hedger
24x30 cm (approx 10x12inch)
Palette knife painting
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31 January 2016
Rescuing a painting - Red White and Blue Rose painting
Red White and Blue, Red Roses still life painting
38x46cm (approx. 15x18inch)
Palette Knife Painting
Just lately I have been trying to assess my older paintings especially those on stretched canvas. I have also started throwing out some of my older paintings on paper and cardboard canvas board. In the process I have come across some howlers (I was keeping them WHY!), some not too bad and allowed me to see my progress and some that were worth further work. This was one of them.
I started this one, and almost finished it, when I first started using oils. I tried to look at it with a fresh eye, and although it looked a little flat and dull (probably to not using enough paint) I decided it was worth working on.
This is how it looked before
STEP 1
I gave the surface a good scrape with a palette knife and cleaned it with my patented formula (see post about Varnish Beading and allowed it to dry.
STEP 2
I mixed some cold wax and Gamblin Solvent free get in a ratio of about 40%wax to 60% gel and coated the surface of the gel in an even surface.
I saw this demonstrated on a video by Brad Teare an artist I admire and who shares so much information, have a look at his blog THICK PAINT
STEP 3
I loaded up the palette knife with paint and attacked the surface.
The wax/gel mixture holds the stokes well but allows blending when necessary. It can get a bit 'slippy' if too much is used, but i have used this technique a couple of times when I have lost my way with a painting and have let it dry. It rejuvenates the surface and allows changes to be made, it also adds body to the paint - great for impasto work. The wax is matt and the gel has a gloss finish, together they give a nice satin finish to the painting.
Some Close-ups of the surface - click to enlarge
Let me know if anyone else has used this technique and your thoughts on it.
Thanks for reading
Marion
12 October 2015
A Bouquet of Roses palette knife painting
A Bouquet of Roses
Oil palette knife painting
30x30cm on deep box canvas
Still in a flower mood at the moment. I was tempted to go over, this while it was still wet, with a piece of card to mingle the colours more. Maybe next time!
Some Close-ups
06 October 2015
Abstract Flowers 2 in peach and red.
Abstract Flowers 2 by Marion Hedger in peach and red
Oil, palette knife painting
18x24cm on 3.5cm deep gallery wrapped canvas
No frame needed.
140€ International shipping included
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A sister painting to yesterday's painting
The two together
05 October 2015
Abstract Flowers in peach and red
Abstract Flowers 1 by Marion Hedger in peach and red
Oil, palette knife painting
18x24cm on 3.5cm deep gallery wrapped canvas
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I have finished my commission and I am giving it a good dose of looking at to pick up any changes needed to call it finished. After completing it, I was in the mood for some florals, and following on from my Namibia Impressions I tried an abstracted floral. I so enjoyed painting this that I have created a mini series of them in different sizes which I shall post over the next week or so.
About this painting.
I had a tube of Winsor and Newton liquin impasto gel purchased well over a year ago and never used. I watched a couple of You Tube videos on how to use it as I wasn't sure of the proportions. The advice varied a lot from not more than 20% to as much as you want to achieve transparency. My feeling is that 20% would be about right as I wonder about the binding of the paint with more than this.
I mixed several piles of paint, a light cream, light pink, and light blue and added a very scientific measurement of a 'dollop' of the gel to each pile. It mixed in very easily but didn't seem to bulk up the paint immediately although after a few minutes the paint became quite. stiff.
Using a palette knife I laid the paint in random patches on the canvas. I then mixed the colours for the flowers and using irregular shapes added the flowers. Finally I finished off with ivory black at the bottom and some blue/purple. The bright blue patches indicate the light bouncing about.
I am unsure if you can use the impasto gel over paint that doesn't have it in. Does anyone know the answer to this?
A close up of the knife work
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