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Waiting for the bees by Marion Hedger

18x24cm oil on canvas panel.

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Spring Vineyard in Provence, oil palette knife painting

Spring Vineyard in Provence

Palette knife painting

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

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Apologies for the silence, I am not AWOL but I have been occupied on 4 painting commissions and family. We celebrated my Dad's 90th birthday at the end of May so I took a trip over to England, and my son who lives in Australia, has been over to visit everyone. He's returned back home and now I am back to painting.

This painting is of a vineyard close to St Tropez. I worked from a photo taken early this year. The fresh green leaves of the new vines turned a lovely bright yellow in the morning sunshine.

The Var is full of vineyards, some which are along the side of the coast road up to the mountains in the distance. Around the coast it is all flat with a faint view of the hills in the background.

Spring Vines in Provence oil pastel painting

Spring Vines in Provence

Oil Pastel landscape painting

20x15cm (approx 8x6")

On black card coated with pastel ground

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It's always a nice drive through the vineyards and one of my favourite things to do. In the spring time the bright greens give a lively impression bursting with life full of promise for the next harvest.

About this painting
I coated the card with colorfix primer which gives the surface a tooth that the oil pastel can grip onto. It allows layering with the oil pastels without mixing.

I used harder pastels, mostly galleria to begin and finished off using Sennelier oil pastels. The Senneliers are soft and buttery and 'sit' on top of the harder pastel.

How it would look framed

Paintings that talk to you - Sunset Glow at the Vineyard palette knife oil painting

Sunset Glow at the Vineyard

Palette knife painting

Oil on MDF canvas board, 24x30cm (approx. 10"x12")
Available on Daily Paintworks
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This painting was started during the September 30 day challenge. It was slightly larger than many of the other paintings in the challenge. After the challenge I put it aside as I there was something I didn't like, but could not put my finger on it. 

The other day I looked at it again and suddenly it was clear what it needed to be finished. It was as if the painting was now ready for the final touches! Please keep this to yourselves as I don't want to be locked away for talking to paintings LOL.
See the WIP painting from the challenge HERE

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When is too much green too much green? Spring Vineyard in Provence

Spring Vineyard in Provence

Oil on box (gallery wrapped canvas

30x40x4cm (12x15x1.5inch)

The sides have been painted black.

Can be hung without a frame for a contemporary look.

Click on the image for a larger view

Available on Daily Paintworks

There is no getting away from using lots of green in a spring scene, particularly here in Provence after the spring rains when everything is bursting out.

The problem is that too much green in a painting is boring and can be dull even if using the vivid greens of spring. One solution is to intersperse the green with different colours, usually by using reds and/or yellow ochre pale. However, this can result in a spring scene quickly turning into an autumn scene.

About this painting
This is a spring vineyard scene from the Vidauban area in the Var with the Maures in the background. This is an area with deep red soil so I used burnt sienna (a reddish brown) for the earth and purples of the shadows to set off the greens. At the back of the vines I used a bluey-green to indicate the distance. The path in the middle was actually grass but I couldn't find a green that worked well so I turned it into a pale ochre path.

Let me know your tricks for painting spring green.

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Sunset over the vineyard, Provence landscape oil painting WIP - Day 28, 30 days hath September

Sunset over the vineyard WIP

24x30cm, oil on canvas panel

palette knife painting

Day 28, 30 days hath September challenge.

We're back to the vineyards for day 27 but this time at sunset. This is a work in progress. I still need to tone down the colours of the path and include some of the sky colours. I haven't painted many sunsets and trying to balance the colours with the lights and darks is quite a challenge, so I would be grateful for any tips.

This is the same vineyard shown in my autumn vineyard paintings, click here to see - but a different view point by turning 90 deg to the right.

Only 3 days left of the challenge. I'm quite proud with myself as I've kept pace with the challenge and posted every day.

Vineyard Courtyard, Day 23, 30 days hath September challenge

Vineyard Courtyard

18x24cm oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting

Day 23, 30 days hath September challenge

This is the courtyard of one of the vineyards (see Day 19's painting) we visited earlier in the month.

Ready for Harvest? Provence landscape - Day 20, 30 days hath September challenge

Ready for Harvest? Provence  landscape oil painting

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting

Day 20, 30 days hath September challenge

This vine was in the vineyard is near Le Muy (yesterday's painting) in the Var, an area famous for the Provence rosé. The grapes looked luscious and ready for harvesting  (and shush... take it from me they were very sweet). It's a lovely area, all the flat land is taken up by vineyards with the typical Provence hills looming in the background.

I'm not happy with this painting and don't think it is a keeper. I couldn't get the grapes to look like grapes and over-worked them. I will have to try this one again as I love the gnarled vine.

End of Summer, Provence Vineyard - Day 19, 30 days hath September

End of Summer, Provence Vineyard

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on canvas panel

Palette Knife painting

Day 19, 30 days hath September

This painting is SOLD

Today's painting is of one of the vineyards we visited on our drive around the Var the other day, the same drive that produced Sweet Chestnut Walk and Cork Sentinels. You can see the Maures in the background. The vines were full of nice juicy grapes. Some of the leaves were turning, so maybe it is close to harvest time. These vineyards produce the delicious Provence Rosé the area is famous for. I painted these vineyards in the autumn last year after the harvest

Autumn Vineyard Provence Montage

by Marion Hedger

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Autumn Vineyard Vista palette knife painting

Autumn Vineyard Vista

18 x 24 cm on artist quality canvas panel

Oil, palette knife painting on a textured surface.

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The third of my autumn vineyard paintings. I shall have to pay a return visit to these Provence vineyards in the summer, when the grapes are growing.

Here is a close-up detail of the knife work


See the other two paintings in this Autumn Vineyard group HERE

Autumn Vineyard Provence oil painting

Autumn Vineyard Provence by Marion Hedger

18x24cm, palette knife painting

oil on canvas panel
Another vineyard scene from the same area as yesterday's painting.

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Painted with a palette knife on heavily textured canvas panel.

Autumn light, Provence Vineyard

Autumn Light, Provence Vineyard

Palette knife painting

18 x 24 cm (approx. 7"x10")

Oil on textured pink ground on canvas panel.
This painting is now SOLD

Last week we took a trip to the vineyards in the Var. Beautiful scenery, with the autumn colours of the vines set off by the background of the mountains.
I took several photos of course and I have painted some small landscapes and have several ideas for some more.

This is painted on canvas panel which I treated with thick gesso giving it a thick textured surface. I then painted a ground of pink and let this show through to add life and sparkle. Using a palette knife gives it a heavy impasto look.

Tomorrow I will post another of the vineyard paintings.