Attention! - Day 23, 30 day challenge by Marion Hedger

Attention!

Palette knife oil painting

15x15cm (6"x6") on box canvas

Available for auction on Daily Paintworks

A small portion of one of my photos of poplar trees taken in the summer. Poplar trees? you say. "Too small, don't really look like poplar trees!" Well, as I always say to hubby -  they're not really trees, it's a painting! LOL.

About this painting
I didn't have much time today and couldn't complete the painting I had in mind. I did have time for a small one, so I took a prepared 6x6" box canvas with a pink ground and homed in on a small portion of a photo. I'm sure the trees are out of proportion, but I quite like the end result.

Working loose and suggestive - "Golden Path" oil palette knife painting

Golden Path palette knife painting

15x15cm (6x6inch)

Oil on box canvas 1.5cm (5/8inch) deep

Available on Dailypaintworks

Another exercise in keeping things very loose and suggestive, but using a slightly different technique than used on "Distant Mountain". With this painting I did not blend the strokes but used single strokes and left them alone (well mostly!). I finished the painting off by splashing colour on the foreground to suggest flowers.

Here are the two paintings side by side. Which technique do you prefer?

Distant Mountain Palette knife oil painting

Distant Mountain Palette knife painting

15x15cm (6x6")

Oil on box (gallery wrapped) canvas

This painting is available by auction on Dailypaintworks

This little painting is a bit of an experiment, I was reading an article about loose foregrounds and decided it would be good to try out the ideas. I painted into a layer of liquin to give me a smooth surface. I flattened out most of the first layer of paint with the palette knife. In the second layer I used thicker paint to give texture. Finally I splattered water-soluble oils mixed quite thinly water over the foreground. I enjoyed painting this and like the way it came out. I think I was able to loosen up as I didn't use a reference.

A close-up of the surface

Where Lavender and Poppies Meet, 6x6, Day 24, 30 days hath September

Where Lavender and Poppies Meet

Oil on box canvas Palette knife painting

45€ International shipping included

15x15x1.5 cm (6"x6"x0.6")

Day 24, 30 days hath September

  The sides of the canvas have been painted dark purple

so the painting can be hung without a frame.

We are back in the Haut-Alpes area of Provence for day 24, I will never get tired of painting this area.
Here are some close-ups of the paint work