Dahlia Daze 12 x 16 Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello $750 |
Friday, October 19, 2018
Dahlia Daze
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Something Blue- Flower Painting Workshop
"Something Blue" 12 x 16 oil painting by Pat Fiorello $750 |
A fun group of students all did a "paint-along" of this arrangement with me. I shared a method I often use to get a painting started in a fun, freeing way- and that is to just start out without drawing, just massing in general shapes with only transparent colors. The beginning part often looks way too bright, but then colors and values are adjusted during the next phase where opaque paints are brought in to bring the whole thing into balance.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Roses In the Sun
Roses in the Sun 9 x 12 Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello $425 |
Original reference photo |
Started with a very rough sketch |
Added the shadow shapes of the flowers |
Added in background (sky) |
Added in lights |
Continued to refine shapes, leaves , adjust colors, edges etc.. |
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Backyard Blossoms
Backyard Blossoms 8 x 10 Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello $300 |
Did this painting starting with background, wiping out the overall shape, building shadow shapes, then light shapes and refining from there. Here are some of the steps along the way below.
Monday, October 1, 2018
The Blue Vase
The Blue Vase 8 x 10 Oil Painting by Pat Fiorello $300 |
Despite the end of summer, these yellow, orange and white flowers are lingering on in my garden so I clipped a few thinking they might be wonderful warm colors against the blue vase.