Can I join in? pears and apple still life painting

Can I join in? Pears and apple still life

Palette knife painting

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

One of the pears from yesterday's still life was eaten for breakfast, so I made up the trio of fruits with an apple. It had similar colouring to the pears and was a good substitute. It can't understand why it is different though, and can't join in with the pears LOL.

Take a look at my 'Three of a Kind', pear still life painting

Three of a kind, pear still life painting

Three of a kind oil painting

Three pears still life palette knife painting

18x24cm (approx7"x10") oil on canvas panel

As a change from the landscapes and florals I have been painting lately, I wanted to paint some still lifes and practise my palette knife skills at the same time. These red pears sitting in the fruit bowl, just cried out to be painted. I used thick paint and had to resist the temptation to smooth everything down. I'll be interested in hearing your comments about this style.

Lavender Haze Provence, palette knife painting

Lavender Haze Provence oil painting

18x24 cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil, palette knife painting
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Another Provence landscape painting from photos taken last year. These small landscapes are a joy and a challenge to paint at the same time. Getting the proportions, perspective and sense of distance correct can be difficult, but the idea and colours  make it worthwhile. Using the palette knife gives a nice looseness to the painting and it is impossible to fiddle.

You might like to see another version of a Provence landscape paintings HERE

Haut Alpes Plain Impressionist oil painting

Haut Alpes Plain

Oil on canvas panel

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Available by Auction on Daily Paintworks

A small landscape, this time using a brush. In the Haut Alpes (France) there are the flat plains between the peaks. Many of them seem not to be farmed and have lovely meadow flowers. I tried to get a sense of the distance in this and chose a different viewpoint than I normally do. Painted on a pale burnt sienna ground, which pokes through in a few places.

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Snow Scene - Limited palette study 3

 

Snow Scene Limited Palette study 3

10x15 cm, soft pastel on peach card

The third study using lavender, cadmium yellow and dark green (plus a pale blue white) on colorfix treated card.

For me, this is quite effective and it shows how the support colour can be used to good effect when using a limited palette. If I was to work this one up into a painting, I would stick with the same colour combinations including the shades either either side of the colours used here. That would give more variation  in the lights and darks, particularly the lavender. The use of less white would also give a more lively look.

Take a look at study 1 and study 2

Snow scene - limited palette study 2

Snow scene Limited Palette Study 2

4"x6" Pastel 

on Peach coloured card treated with Colorfix Primer

The second in the series, this time using a limited palette of dark green, cadmium red and pale lilac plus white.

You can see that by using complements (the red and green) a more 'moody' or subdued painting is achieved. Compare this to study 1 which essentially used a primary colour palette of red, blue and yellow

Snow scene Limited Palette Study 2

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Snow scene - limited palette study 1

Snow scene Limited Palette Study 1

4"x6" Pastel 

on Peach coloured card treated with Colorfix Primer

 I have been reading a lot just lately about using a limited palette when painting and how it brings colour harmony to a painting. To work my way through this concept I have decided to paint several studies in pastel using only three colours plus white. Yes, you heard right. As you know I love colour so this is going to be especially hard for me, but I have made it slightly easier by  choosing snow scenes which are, in the most part, monochrome.
For this painting (and the next three), I coated a piece of peach coloured card with colourless Colorfix primer. This gives the card a 'tooth' that grips onto the pastel. I chose a burgundy, mid-dark blue and cadmium yellow plus a white that had a very pale blue shade.
I found I was having fun, which surprised me. The only snag was, that because I limited myself to only the three pastels, I had to work into the pastel a lot to get the different shades. Even so, I like the way this turned out, and I think this was successful. I gradually post the other studies over the next few days.