White & Blue

White & Blue
6 x 8 oil painting
by Pat Fiorello
$100

 

Been doing a little more experimenting with the palette knife- trying to get the right balance of texture- some to get the spirit of the type of flowers, but not too much.

Golden Moment

"Golden Moment"
6 x 8 oil painting
by Pat Fiorello
 $100

The other day I posted a yellow rose against a soft light greenish background.
Today I painted another yellow rose against a dark background. Interesting to see the difference in mood just by changing the color of the background with very similar subject matter Here is the earlier rose for comparison.

Yellow Rose of Texas

Yellow Rose of Texas
6 x 8 oil painting
by Pat Fiorello
$100

Doing a series of single rose studies this month as part of my May Flowers Challenge-a month of painting flowers daily. More to come...

Silver & Gold

Silver & Gold
8 x 10 oil painting
by Pat Fiorello
$300

 

Saved this old silver teapot that was on it's way to Goodwill from a relative cleaning out her closet. But when we polished it up, we both thought the same thing- this needs to be painted! So now it's officially part of my painting prop collection. Fun to paint silver- it's all about the reflections.

Red & White

Red & White
8 x 10 oil painting
by Pat Fiorello
$300

 

 Tried something new today. I wanted to paint some flowers not in a vase but just sprawled out. I intended to do an 8 x 10 painting.  As part of my May Flowers Challenge this month I'm keeping the paintings on the smaller side .

I took the flowers and leaves and laid them out on top of another 8 x 10 canvas    (fortunately that one had a plastic wrap still on so the panel didn't get wet). This allowed me to physically lay out the composition the way I wanted and know that it would fit on an 8 x 10 canvas.

I didn't have a white rose available, but used the pink one as a stand in and made it a little bit whiter.  Below is a photo of my layout on the canvas.

Peony Symphony

Peony Symphony
8 x 10 Oil Painting
by Pat Fiorello
$300

This month I'm taking on a challenge to paint flowers every day. I'm hoping to be able to paint from fresh flowers each day. Today is day 2. I painted Peony Symphony inspired by these peonies picked from my garden. Peonies are super fragile but these made it as my models for today. Then they were done.