Smell the Roses, framed painting

Smell the Roses

by Marion Hedger

30x30cm

AVAILABLE

Framed in a black floating frame, ready to hang.

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Valentine's Day Roses Throwback Thursday

Valentine's Day Roses

30x30cm

on 1.5inch box canvas

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Red, White and Blue Floral Still Life

Available

Spring Daffodils

Available

Almond Blossom

Available

Impressionist Garden Art, Climbing Red Roses - Summer Scent

Summer Scent by Marion Hedger

Oil palette knife painting 

24x30cm, MDF canvas panel

AVAILABLE

The blue pergola this rose and the pink rose was built by my husband. It took quite some time to persuade him but I am so pleased they are built. They provide the perfect support and backdrop to the roses.

AbundantArtShow Day 2, share WIP and promote two other artists

I shared my work in progress of my climbing red roses for #the abundant art show. We were to share 2 to 3 pics of a current work in progress on 1 social media outlet and promote two artists in the challenge. I shared my WIP on Facebook but couldn't resist posting it here as well. I shall share the finished painting with you tomorrow. HINT it is already posted on Etsy so if you just can't wait have a look and tell me what you think. The two artists I promoted were Kristen O'Neill and Anita Nowinska.

I have been using Canva to create my collages. I find it takes a long time and is not really suitable for me and it is also not compatible with my tablet. I'm looking for new app that is quick for collages, picmonkey also has trouble with my android tablet - so if you know of one that works on both a pc and an android tablet let me know.

Today's Garden Inspiration - Red roses

Close-up Crop of Work in Progress

And the Inspiration...

A climbing red rose.

These roses are beautifully formed and have such a wonderful scent.

St Paul, the area I live in, was renowned for its roses. Apparently the hillsides were all covered with rose nurseries and supplied the perfume trade in Grasse. It's surprising that they grow so well as roses are not normally associated with a Mediterranean climate due to the hot summers. We do have quite a bit of rain in April and often into May which probably bolsters them up for their moment of glory.

Here are some photos from an annual rose festival two weeks ago.

Rescuing a painting - Red White and Blue Rose painting

Red White and Blue, Red Roses still life painting

38x46cm (approx. 15x18inch)

Palette Knife Painting

Available on my web site 

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

A Bouquet of Roses palette knife painting

A Bouquet of Roses

Oil palette knife painting

30x30cm on deep box canvas

Available

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

On the wall

 

Red Roses for St Valentine's Day

Valentine Roses, Red roses still life 

Palette knife painting by Marion Hedger

Oil on box canvas

30x30x 3.5 cm (12x12x1.5 inch)

The sides are painted blue so it can be hung without a frame for a contemporary look.
Available for purchase

I couldn't resist painting red roses for St Valentines Day. Apologies to those of you who read both of my blogs for the duplicate post.

Some close-ups of the knife work

Mini treasure, Rose flower arrangement No.4 Palette knife painting

Mini treasure flower arrangement No. 4

Palette knife painting

Impasto oil

10x10cm (4x4inch) on box canvas
Can be hung without a frame
This is painting No.21 in the 30 day challenge

Available for purchase

This is the fourth and final miniature treasure of this series. Here is the collage of all four.

 This was a fun little series to paint, but it is now time to move onto something else.

A close-up of No. 4

Mini treasure flower arrangement 3 Palette knife painting

Mini treasure flower arrangement NO. 3 

Palette knife painting by Marion Hedger

Impasto oil

10x10cm (4x4inch) on box canvas
Can be hung without a frame
This is painting No.20 in the 30 day challenge

Available for purchase

This is the third painting in the series (I have one more which I will post tomorrow)

INSPIRATION FOR THIS PAINTING
Like yesterday's, and the day before, this painting was also inspired by the flower in painting No. 17 Summer Light
Rose still life flower arrangment No.2
Rose still life flower  arrangement
Summer Light still life after Henri le Sidaner


Collage of the series so far

CLOSE-UP OF No. 3

Rose still life arrangement No. 2 Mini treasure Palette knife painting

Rose still life arrangement No. 2

Mini treasure Palette knife painting

Impasto oil

10x10cm (4x4inch) on box canvas
Can be hung without a frame
This is painting No.19 in the 30 day challenge

Available for purchase

This painting is painted with thick impasto paint on a yellow ground. It's funny how an idea can spark off several paintings, especially when I have been procrastinating for so long about using these small canvasses. That's one of the good things about participating in a challenge like this, it makes you think outside of the box.

INSPIRATION FOR THIS PAINTING
Like yesterday's painting, this on was also inspired by the flower in painting No. 17.
Rose still life flower arrangement
Summer Light still life after Henri le Sidaner

CLOSE-UP OF THE KNIFE WORK

Rose still life flower arrangement Mini treasure Palette knife painting

Rose still life flower arrangement

Mini treasure Palette knife painting

Impasto oil

10x10cm (4x4inch) on box canvas
This is painting No.18 in the 30 day challenge

This painting is now SOLD

This painting was inspired by the crop of the flowers in yesterday's painting.

I have had these 4"x4" canvases sitting around for a long time and never knew what to paint. When I saw the crop yesterday, it spoke to me and voila!

Stay tuned for another mini treasure tomorrow.

Here is a close-up