040216 12x12 Summer Flowers

This painting features coneflowers and Queens Anne's Lace with lovely, delicate colors.  I start by blocking in the dark greens of the trees in the background and start popping in the earth colors and greens in the foreground.

I continue blocking in the earth tones and the greenery. I scratch in the outline of the bird bath using a nifty tool with a pointed rubber tip.

Details of the coneflowers and Queens Anne's Lace are added.

The birdbath didn't make it to the finished painting which you can see here:

"Coneflowers and Queens Anne's Lace", 12" x 12", oil on panel, c. 2016, by Charlene Marsh.

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040116 12x12 Hollyhocks and Poppies

I start the painting with a sketch using a brush dipped in oil and primary red magenta and cerulean blue.

I block in the background greens and earth tones and creek bed, sans water.

Gradually, I begin adding the flowers, flowing water, and other details, working wet into wet.

And here is the finished painting, Hollyhocks and Poppies, 12" x 12", oil on panel, c. 2016, by Charlene Marsh.

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033016 12x12 Sunflowers

I start the painting by blocking in the background colors. I paint the negative space around the bird bath which will be added later.

After the background is painted in, I add the flowers and details working wet into wet.

Here's the finished painting, "Sunflowers", oil on panel, 12" x 12", c. 2016, by Charlene Marsh.

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033116 12x12 Dancing Flowers

I started this 12" x 12" painting by covering the surface with  paint that gradated from a blue violet through a red violet to gold.

Then I added flowers dancing across the surface.

And the finished painting, "Dancing Flowers", 12" x 12", oil on panel, by Charlene Marsh.

 

032816 S 12x12 Poppies and Purple Coneflowers

I need to get some 12" x 12" flower paintings done for my upcoming show schedule.  I juried in to some shows with just flowers so I need to make sure I have enough to fill my booth! 

So this is a fun 12" x 12" with a creek, waterfall, poppies and hollyhocks.

I start with the darks and work to the light values.

I block in the greens and turquoise of the water on the creek.

I paint in the light of the sky last.  Lightening a dark is much easier than trying to make a light dark!  In fact, it is impossible to darken a light!

I start to add the details of the flowers - poppies, lilies, sunflowers, and coneflowers.  I add the white water to the waterfall in the creek.  I continue to work over the entire surface of the painting from teh background to the foreground and back again.

Here is the finished painting:  

"Poppies and Coneflowers", 12" x 12", oil on panel, c. 2016, by Charlene Marsh

041016 S 30x24, Poppies and Hollyhocks Next to the The Creek Falls

I start the painting on a pre-tinted panel with a sketch done with a brush dipped in oil and primary red magenta, a transparent oil  paint.

I started to flesh in the shadows of the rocks and the treetops.  I usually, not always, start with the darks and work to the lights.

So I start adding middle value greens and blues and rock browns and umbers, working over the entire surface.

I paint in a warmer green in the foreground space.  Cerulean blue and Cadmium Yellow Light make a bright green and I often tone it down with a complementary red violet mixed with the Primary Red Magenta and either Cerulean Blue or Ultramarine Blue.  Cerulean Blue is used in the foreground water with CAdmium Reds added for the rocks and shadows.

 I pop in the sky mixed from Cerulean Blue and Titanium White.

I start to add the trees, mixed from Cadmium Red Medium and Ultramarine Blue.  Red poppies are made with Cadmium Red Light and Medium.  Hollyhocks are made using Primary Red magenta, a touch of yellow, and white.

 More detail is added and I work the entire surface going from the background to the foreground and back again.  Trees and branches are painted in, then pushed back with leaves and flowers and more branches.  I add the white ripples and falls to the creek.  Orange and yellow lilies are added.

The yellow centers are added to the poppies and big broad leaves are adding to the mid-foreground.

 

Here is the finished painting, "Poppies and Hollyhocks Next to the Creek Falls", oil on panel, 30" x 24", Code #041016 S 30x24, by Charlene Marsh:

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