Interior Light, after Henri le Sidaner Pallete knife painting by Marion Hedger

Interior Light, after Henri le Sidaner

Palette knife painting by Marion Hedger

Oil on archival canvas panel

18x24cm (approx 7x10")

Day 16 of the monthly challenge
Available for auction on Daily Paintworks

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The painting is still very wet and I have had to photograph this inside with a daylight lamp, hence the glare. I will post a better photo as soon as the rain stops and it brightens up a bit. It will then also be available by auction on Daily Paintworks.

I combined two challenges with this painting. The 30 day challenge and this weeks 'Interiors' challenge on Daily Paintworks. I searched the internet for suitable ideas and came across Henri le Sidaner, a French impressionist I had not heard of before. His sense of light is wonderful and he paints many interior scene. This painting is based on  "Intérieur, Lumière de la Fenêtre," (interior, light from the window) a painting that was 'lost' and then found again in 2013, see here

This painting was more difficult to paint than I thought it would be and it took a long time. I learned a lot about trying to get the light and shade just right, although I think I could still have lightened the lights and half shadows some more. I also found I was fiddling too much for the size of the painting - trying to put in too much detail - after all my painting was an 'impression of the impressionist' style.
I have another one of his paintings lined up to copy. I shall see if I can control my tones more in the next one.

I'd appreciate any comments and observations you have about this one.

Some close-ups