Hydrangea Painting

Hydrangeas in Blue
Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello
12 x 16



Here's today's painting. The hydrangeas are out in bloom and beautiful. They are one of my favorite flowers to paint.


 Here is the still life set up which I simplified a bit:

The start- using only transparent oil paints

Adding in a background underpainting, still only transparent paint.

 After the 2nd stage, where I added opaques and adjusted colors, values edges, brushwork. On the easel left, with the set up  on the right.

It was a fun day!
 I plan to try the same arrangement in a very different approach later this week and will share what I learn.