Waiting for the Bees - SOLD.

Waiting for the bees by Marion Hedger

18x24cm oil on canvas panel.

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Evening Shadows over the vineyard palette knife painting

Evening Shadows over the Vineyard

Palette knife painting

Oil on 3mm MDF canvas panel

Available

The late afternoon sun was shining from the trees to the left of the vineyard casting long dark shadows.

A sister painting to yesterday's vineyard painting see here


Some close-ups of the knife work

How it looks displayed on a mini-easel

Vineyard painting - Waiting for the Bees

Waiting for the Bees - Provence vineyard painting

Oils, palette knife

18x24cm (approx. 7"x10") on 3 mm MDF canvas panels.
Available

You may have noticed that I like painting vineyards. (As an aside - I also like drinking the end product, always in moderation of course!). They always make for an interesting painting with the lines of the vines taking your eye through the painting. Care has to be taken that you don't created tramlines and very straight lines that don't allow the eye to rest and explore.



Close-up of the palette knife work

How it would look displayed on a mini-easel

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.

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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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Autumn Vineyard in Sunlight Palette knife painting

Autumn Vineyard in Sunlight

Palette knife painting

Oil on canvas MDF board

18x24 cm (approx 7"x10")

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This is a view of a vineyard in the Var with The Maures in the background.

I took photos on a recent trip (the same one where I photographed the cork tree) but as it was springtime I used my imagination with the autumn colours. This was probably a reaction to having painted the scene with the spring colours. The spring version is slightly larger and I will post it later when it has dried.

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.