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| "He loves me..." 8 x 10 Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello $300 Had taken some photo's of white daisies under some dramatic lighting at last week's watercolor workshop and never got to paint them. So decided to give them a try in oils the other day. Below is a progression to share how things unfolded. I took a different approach than the way I most often paint flowers, but I have several different ways I've been playing with recently and all seem to get to pretty much the same place. |
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| Started with a toned canvas and lightly sketched in approximate shapes and placement, leaving the flexibility to make marks with my brush and not be too committed to a specific drawing. |
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| Painted in shadows and dark centers and leaf |
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| Added background |
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| Began building up the lighter petals |
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| Continue to refine shapes |
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| Decided to add suggestion of another flower behind to connect the lights in the composition a bit more |
If you'd like to learn more about how to paint flowers in oil, I'm teaching a 3 day workshop in the Atlanta area September15-17 at the Spruill Center for the Arts. Details can be found by clicking here.
Thanks for posting the steps, very helpful. Beautiful work.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. Appreciate your feedback. I have a few more examples of step by step progressions on youtube- some different approaches. I don't always use the same process.
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