Tango Tangerines Still Life Painting in Oil

Tango Tangerines by Marion Hedger

Still Life painting

Oil on MDF panel

Available  on DailyPaintworks

Another clementine painting, this time with a dark red/brown background. To keep the background translucent I mixed the paint with liquin. This was very effective and I think I will use this again. I also manage to keep the background from getting too heavy which is sometimes a problem for me. Different styles call for different approaches. When using my palette knife I generally like a highly textured thick background but I thought that would be too much for this painting.

Lemon duo still life painting in oil

Lemon Duo

Oil on MDF panel

15x15cm (6"x6")
Available on Daily Paintworks

I have a lemon tree, clementine and orange tree in my garden planted by the previous owner and they must be over 40 years old. This year the fruit on each of them is abundant, so I have plenty of willing citrus subjects to paint. Their shapes aren't perfect, in line with supermarket conformity, making them interesting to paint. Stay tuned for some more citrus still lifes paintings in the next few days.

Related Painting of some of the clementines

There's always one

Clementine still life

6x6" oil on MDF panel

Juicy Duo - Clementine Still Life Painting

Juicy Duo - Clementine Still Life Painting

Oil on box canvas

18x13 x1.6cm (approx 7x5inch)

Day 28 of the 30 day challenge

 SOLD

 It has been so long since I have painted a painting using a brush, it took me a while to get back into the swing of things.

These clementines were straight off the tree, which is festooned in orange at the moment. They were calling out to be painted.

I placed them onto glass and in front of the window with the sun streaming through. Needless to say the sun moved so quickly I ended up finishing the painting without looking at the set-up, otherwise I would have tried to 'follow the light'. This way, I had the reference of where the light and shadows were and went with that.

Some close-ups

Pumpkin and Avocados still life, oil palette knife painting

Pumpkin and Avocados still life

Oil on canvas panel, 24x18cm (approx 7x10inch)

Palette knife painting

80€ International shipping included

A friend of mine saw me looking at the pumpkins and squash at the local market. The next day she made me a present of a couple of pumpkins.
Unfortunately, we had already eaten one of them before I got around to painting doing the painting, so I used some avocados I had in my fruit bowl as a stand-in. But, as usually happens, when I paint fruit and veg still lifes, part of it disappeared before I finished the paintings. I had to do the final touches from memory.

Some close up crops of the knife work

Orange Slice, Daily 101 #6 oil painting

'Orange  Slice' oil painting

by Marion Hedger

Garden 101 daily paintings series No.6

22 x 27cm, oil on canvas board.

Number 6 in the garden 101 series - I have been keeping up with my paintings but not with my photography. I took a load of photos this morning so will gradually post more. I enjoyed this one. I love the way the orange slice turned out, and apart from the sharp corner at the bottom of the glass, I am very pleased. I still need to go a little thicker with the paint. I used a little linseed oil a a medium in this one.

Garden series 101 #5, Orange Tea, oil painting

'Orange  Tea' oil painting

by Marion Hedger

Garden 101 daily paintings series No.5

22 x 27cm, oil on canvas board.

Number five in the series of oranges picked fresh from the tree. I cut the oranges to give the segments, and to add something different I placed a cup sideways to give the composition more depth and also add to the challenge! I like painting orange segments - strange I know, but they are challenging to paint with their rounded ends and the light hitting the flesh.

"I have challenged myself to paint 101 small daily life paintings inspired by my garden. My main aim is to improve my my eye to brush skills with a loose lively style. At the moment I plan to use oils, so that as a bonus I will improve my oil handling skills. I don't doubt that some will be done in different media depending on how the mood takes me. I aim to do at least 5 a week."

Garden 101 Series #4 - Orange Segments oil painting

Garden 101 Series #4 - Orange Segments

still life oil painting by Marion Hedger

5"x7" oil on canvas board

This one is of three orange segments balanced against one another. I placed them on glass so that some of the reflections would be part of the compostion. I was quite pleased with this one, although I do need to become more precise with my brush strokes - but that's the rub isn't it? How to do that and still remain loose and lively. I did not draw this one first but used diluted acrylic paint to mark the outline. It was painted on a white ground.

Garden 101 Series #3 - Orange Balance oil painting

Orange Balance 

by Marion Hedger

Garden 101 daily paintings series No.3

19x27cm size, oil on canvas board.

For Sale 35€ 

Number 3 in the series, this time of fresh oranges. Our orange tree was looking a little unhealthy this year due to a very dry summer and autumn, but it still managed to produce heaps of fruit. Being able to squeeze fresh orange juice from freshly picked oranges each morning is a treat at this time of year. 

 "I have challenged myself to paint 101 small daily life paintings inspired by my garden. My main aim is to improve my my eye to brush skills with a loose lively style. At the moment I plan to use oils, so that as a bonus I will improve my oil handling skills. I don't doubt that some will be done in different media depending on how the mood takes me. I aim to do at least 5 a week."

Garden 101 series No.2 - Lemons Oil Painting, It takes three to tango

It takes three to tango - Lemon painting

by Marion Hedger

Garden 101 daily paintings series No.2

22 x 27cm, oil on canvas board.

For Sale 40€ 

Number two in the series of lemons picked fresh from the tree. My lemon tree is very prolific and produces these lovely lemons all year round. I like the light effect in this one. Painted alla prima in front of a sunny window. Those shadows moved so fast.

"I have challenged myself to paint 101 small daily life paintings inspired by my garden. My main aim is to improve my my eye to brush skills with a loose lively style. At the moment I plan to use oils, so that as a bonus I will improve my oil handling skills. I don't doubt that some will be done in different media depending on how the mood takes me. I aim to do at least 5 a week."

After Samuel Peploe - Apples

After Samuel Peploe - Apple and Jar

Post card size, watercolour and ink by Marion Hedger

Part of the Masters Project of wetcanvas.com. A fun exchange of paintings between artists painting after the masters. I chose to paint most of mine after the Scottish Colourists.