Rose Study #3 6 x 8 Oi Painting by Pat Fiorello $100 Buy with PayPal |
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Rose Study #3
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Rose Study #2
Monday, March 27, 2017
Rose Study #1
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Holiday Floral
Holiday Floral 10 x 14 oil painting by Pat Fiorello $425 |
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Saturday, March 25, 2017
White Rose Study
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Soft and Lovely
Monday, March 13, 2017
Petal Pushers- Painting Hydrangeas in Oil Demonstration
Petal Pushers 12 x 16 Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello $650 |
"Petal Pushers" is a painting I created as a "paint along" demonstration in the "Painting Flowers Alla Prima " Workshop I recently taught. In that workshop, I introduced students to one of several methods I use in oil painting- but I find this approach, which I first learned from Hedi Moran, is particularly fun and freeing for flowers. I start with a loose transparent underpainting of the subject and then the background till the whole canvas is covered.
At this point the painting is way too garish- but you have to go thru this phase underneath and you'll calm it down with the next round. I told the students it's like going thru the teenage stage- loud and ugly, but you have to get thru it to get to the other side and create something beautiful and colorful.
Then come in with an second layer of paint on top of that where opaque colors can be used in addition to the tranparents. You can continue to resolve the painting as loosely or tightly as you desire. Below are some of the steps along the way. On the first day of the workshop I break down the process step by step and students follow along on the same painting. On days 2 & 3, once they understand the process, they bring in their own flowers to arrange and paint.
Upcoming workshops are listed on my website at: http://patfiorello.com/
If you are associated with an arts organization and would like me to come teach in your area, please contact me to explore the possibilities. Thanks!
close up of brush work and colors |
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Spring Study
Monday, March 6, 2017
Spring Joy!
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Garden Spot II
Garden Spot II 8 x 10 oil painting $300 |
My friend's husband had taken a lovely photo of a sunlit bench in Italy and he generously gave me permission to use it as inspiration for a painting. I did not want to copy it exactly, so used another bench and adjusted the flowers with an aim towards an impressionistic painting conveying the feeling of the sunlit flowers over the bench. I initially painted Garden Spot I but then decided to have the bench more on an angle so did a second version, Garden Spot II, which I think is a little more dynamic and better fulfilled on my original intention.
Garden Spot I |