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20X20CMcm

Acrylic on Khadi paper

Varnished

DID I IMAGINE HARMONY

20X20CMcm

Acrylic on watercolour paper

Varnished

85€/£75 normal retail price 120€

Worldwide shipping included

These two new paintings are painted with a Zorn palette. See here for a previous Zorn pallete post.

I've added them to the artist support pledge paintings. See the original post which explains all about the ethos behind it. They are not on my website at the moment so, if you are interested in either, or both, please email me at marion.hedger@artbymarion.co.uk

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Distant View oil palette knife painting

Distant View Autumn Evening

Palette knife painting

18x24cm (7x10" approx) Oil on canvas panel

Available for purchase, 85€ International shipping included.

I am gradually working through my 30 days hath September challenge paintings. Certain ones stand on their own but others need something extra. This was my painting for day 4 and I was using the Zorn Palette (here is the original post ). For regular readers of this blog, you will know that the Zorn palette and me do not mix (no pun intended!). I like the view, and have painted it a few times, so I decided to use what I had already done as an underpainting and make it more 'my style'. I still wanted to retain that 'autumn look' but give it more impact. I hope I have succeeded,
Comparison with earlier painting

Some close-ups

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Update on Autumn Mist rework of Zorn Palette painting WIP

Autumn Mist WIP

This is the progress on my Autumn Mist painting. I have roughly placed in a dead tree on the left hand side by picking up any colour on my palette just to get the shape and see how it would look. I like the effect of this multi-coloured tree so may incorporate some of this in the final tree. My hubby says - "Why would you want a dead tree in a painting?" but with a bit of work I feel it may work.

Still a lot of thinking and painting needed on this painting. It's resisting most of my attempts to finish it LOL.

Read the previous update HERE

Autumn Mist rework of Zorn Palette painting WIP

This is as far as I went with the last painting using the Zorn Palette.

In this last session we added highlight colours to use such as cadmium orange, viridian and cobalt blue.
This just wasn't working for me so, after leaving it for a while, I had another look and decided to tackle it again. I redid the sky and obliterated the pine tree on the left hand side and loosely mapped in some trees.

This is where I am with it at the moment. Sorry I can't get the colours quite right even after fiddling in photo shop, it's not quite as bright as this but it gives you an idea.

You can see that the right had trees have gone - the painting took over LOL as it sometimes does.
I will post an update in the next couple of days.

Autumn Morning, Fall Landscape 10x12 inch

Autumn Morning

24x30 (approx 10x12inch)

oil on loose canvas

For auction on DPW 

A different style for me. After the challenge I wanted something soothing to paint. I've had this photo for a while but normally don't do 'soft'. However, after the tutorials on the Zorn palette I decided to use some of the pointers picked up during the webinar. As you know, if you have read some of my earlier posts, I am not a fan of the Zorn palette, so I went with the colours I know.

Here is how it started out, first I had a pink ground and then massed in the shapes - definitely an ugly duckling stage

The colours of Provence, 4x6 inch - oil painting, Day 25, 30 days hath September challenge

The colours of Provence, Provence landscape

Palette knife oil painting

15x10cm (6"x4") on gessoed MDF panel 

Day 25, 30 days hath September challenge
FOR SALE IN MY ETSY STORE

Another small one for day 25. You may have noticed that I like these colours and of course, it includes lavender and poppies. This is a rework of the Zorn palette study posted earlier. I just couldn't get the colours to work for me so HEY PRESTO a small Provence Scene. This is a similar composition to Meandering Path

Some close-up shots

Scarlet Poppies, Provence landscape - Day 9, 30 days hath September challenge

Scarlet Poppies Provence Landscape

54x46x1.8cm oil on box canvas

440€ Click HERE to purchase

Plus shipping (approx 22"x18")

Palette knife painting

Day 9, 30 days hath September challenge

Day 9 painting
For day 9 of the challenge I am cheating a little. This is a larger landscape painting which I started a couple of weeks ago and finished on Friday - so strictly speaking I did paint some of it in September LOL.
Larger Format
This is much larger than my small landscapes and I really enjoyed painting this one. I'm fond of the small ones but this allowed me to get stuck into a painting as it has been a while since I did a larger one (apart from my Zorn palette study of course).
Small Poppy Painting
Here is one of my smaller poppy landscapes for comparison

Click here to see the original post

Winter Scene - Zorn palette oil painting

Winter scene, Zorn palette study

30x40cm (12"x16") oil on box canvas

NFS

This is the third study using the Zorn palette and I used a palette knife for the final stages. I am finding it difficult to get the nuances in the tones to achieve a sense of distance.  Now that I look at the photo, I see that there is also not much difference between the tone of the ice in the river and the dark shadow, although I thought there was while I was painting it. I shall look at this for a while and maybe work on it some more to differentiate those tones more and to make the background recede more.

Tonight is the last web tutorial by Ken, and we should be using additional accent colours which should be interesting.

Distant view - Day 4, 30 days hath September challenge

Distant view, Zorn palette study

Day 4, 30 days hath September challenge

18x24cm on canvas panel

Practice only NFS

This is my 4th painting for the challenge. I need to study the Zorn palette more so wanted to see if I could make it work for me with one of my Provence landscape photos. I am definitely struggling trying to make this palette work. Normally I would paint this in purples, blues and reds giving a vibrant painting so you can see how hard it is for me. The light grey is supposed to take on a blue tinge against the ochre and reds, but I am having difficulty seeing it. This Saturday's tutorial will introduce some additional accent colours which might make it all make more sense to me.

See day 3 painting HERE
Another Zorn palette painting

Autumn River - Zorn Palette

Autumn River

40x50cm (16"x20")

Oil on narrow box canvas

This is the second painting in the Zorn palette tutorial by Ken Vloothuis.
This demonstrates how a painting can be constructed using a narrow tonal range. I still need to work on some areas but overall I am becoming more comfortable with the Zorn palette although it is much more subdued than I am used to.

I am falling behind a little as I couln't paint along to this weeks webinar which is a snow scene. I aim to complete this over the next few days and I will post it when finished.

Here is the post to the first painting which is more colourful.

I'd be interested to read your comments about this. Do you find the colours harmonious or interesting?

Zorn Palette mixing and study

Yesterday I experimented a little with the Zorn palette. I did some mixing on my palette to discover some of the various hues that can be created.
The palette

The mixes 

There are some lovely shades of pink, oranges and peaches in there. The purples are not looking too bad either but I could not make any greens.

Study Painting

Zorn palette landscape study

10x15cm (4"x6") oil on gessoed panel

I did this small practice painting to test some of the colours I could make. This time I did manage to get a sort of green that leant towards the yellow ochre.
The surface was too small for this, so I need to repeat this exercise on a larger panel. Compare this painting with a similar scene using my normal colours

Meandering Path, Landscape painting

15x15cm (6"x6") oil on canvas panel

Palette knife on a multi-coloured ground 
To purchase this painting CLICK HERE

Conclusion
The Zorn palette is much more subdued and would be good for autumn scenes, sunrises and sunsets. I can see that by adding an additional accent colour some nice mood paintings are possible.

I am looking forward to this Saturdays webinar to discover more about painting with this palette.

Zorn Palette Webinars - St Marks Square

I am participating in an on-line webinar run by Ken Vloothuis over 4 Saturday evenings. It is all about using the Zorn palette to become familiar with values.

The Painting

St Marks Square WIP, 40x50cm (16"x20") oil on canvas

Last Saturday's subject was St Marks Basilica. The building was loosely painted with the focus on the activity in front of the church i.e. the people.
It was an interesting exercise and my first time of

• painting a complicated building and 
• putting people into a painting
• using black as a major colour

The palette
 The Zorn palette uses only two colours

• cadmium red and 
• yellow ochre pale
• plus ivory black and titanium white. 

Those of you who know my paintings will realise this is a far cry from the colours I normally use.

Ivory Black
I do find the ivory black very dull and flat, but this may be because of the brand of paint. It was a last minute decision to join in and I did not have any black in my arsenal of oil paints. So I had to make do with the only one I could find in the local shops and this was a Pebeo, I am ordering some Winsor and Newton paint to see if that makes a difference.

Zorn Palette colour chart
After starting the painting, I researched the Zorn palette and found some interesting colour charts see Here which give me hope that I may be able to get to grips with the palette.

Conclusion 
I am not sure I like the Zorn palette, the colours are limiting although I believe that additional accent colours will be used in the other sessions. I can see that it might improve my understanding of values versus colour. It is always good to jump out of one's comfort zone and learn something new.

I shall keep you posted on how I progress with using this palette.