Shimmering Olives - Sold by Marion Hedger

Olive Tree Trio
SOLD

by Marion Hedger

30x24cm (approx 12"x10")

Oil on gessoed panel
palette knife painting

Olive Trees
This is an amalgam of trees from different photos but I quite like the way it came together. I wanted to show how olive trees are blue, turquoise and green all at the same time, particularly if there is a slight breeze blowing.
It is slightly larger that the other four paintings (which can be seen HERE) and this allowed me to concentrate on the form of the trunks. I love the rough, tactile, gnarled bark of the olive trees, a product of the hard pruning they receive.

Niçoise speciality
Here around Nice the olives produced by the trees are very small, but they are delicious and are a Niçoise speciality. We have three olive trees in the garden but I have never preserved the olives as it takes ages to get them to the edible stage. Raw they are extremely bitter and have to be soaked in brine to be edible.

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Collage, 30 paintings in 30 days challenge by Marion Hedger

Da-Dah! Here is a collage of the 30 paintings featured in the 30 day challenge

30 paintings in 30 days Challenge Collage

Sorry - in no particular order
All painted with a palette knife

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Some of these will need some finishing touches and I will keep you updated. Others have sparked some ideas for larger paintings.

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Iris Dancing Queens oil palette knife painting by Marion Hedger, Day 30

Iris Dancing Queens by Marion Hedger

Palette knife painting

18x24cm (approx 7x10inch)

oil on canvas MDF panel

These irises are the first flowers that pop up in my spring garden. They are always a welcome sign that spring is arriving. I think I need to put in some sky (in this case wall) holes to give the irises some breathing space. Normally I would let the painting stand for a couple of days and paint the finishing touches before posting, but the as I am posting them immediately some will need final adjustments. I think the next time I am involved in a challenge I need to go smaller LOL

Iris Dancing Queens is the last of the paintings in the challenge. I started with a floral and finish with a floral. A big drum roll please ........ I painted 30 and posted everyday. It certainly was a worthwhile challenge to participate in, and a big thank you to Lesle Saeta for coming up with the idea and hosting everyone's entries. A welcome bonus of the challenge is that I have also got to see lots of other artwork.

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Sunset over the vineyard WIP oil painting by Marion Hedger, Day 28, 30 day Challenge

Sunset over the vineyard WIP by Marion Hedger

24x30cm, oil on canvas panel

palette knife painting

Day 28, 30 days hath September challenge.

We're back to the vineyards for day 27 but this time at sunset. This is a work in progress. I still need to tone down the colours of the path and include some of the sky colours. I haven't painted many sunsets and trying to balance the colours with the lights and darks is quite a challenge, so I would be grateful for any tips.

This is the same vineyard shown in my autumn vineyard paintings, click here to see - but a different view point by turning 90 deg to the right.

Only 3 days left of the challenge. I'm quite proud with myself as I've kept pace with the challenge and posted every day.

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Abandon, Autumn Abstract oil painting, by Marion Hedger Day 26, 30 days challenge, 9x12 inch

Abandon, Autumn Abstract by Marion Hedger

23x30x1.5cm (approx 9"x12"x0.6")

Oil on box canvas, palette knife painting
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Day 26, 30 days challenge

I've just notice the three As in the title - a little unintended alliteration LOL

I felt like doing something a little different today and something where I could just use my paints with abandon. Working with the oranges, red and yellow really makes me feel happy. The inspiration for this one my previous painting
Autumn Explosion
Process
I started with a puple ground then some red dabs of paint, next I alternated with different orange hues and reds and lastly luscious cadmium yellow. After all the paint was more or less in place I used a palette knife to place the trees in position by laying the palette knife flat on the canvas and pulling it up through the paint.
Placing the trunks
 The very last think was to lay in the trunks with titanium white which I did with a sideways motion. The white paint picked up some of the colour already on the painting giving the illusion of bark. I tried hard to give the trunks different widths but maybe I should have made them much more different?
Knife work close-ups
Here are some close ups showing the different layers

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The Colours of Provence by Marion Hedger - Day 25, 30 day challenge, oil painting, 4x6 inch

The colours of Provence, Provence landscape by Marion Hedger

Palette knife oil painting

15x10cm (6"x4") on gessoed MDF panel 

Day 25, 30 days hath September challenge
FOR SALE IN MY ETSY STORE

Another small one for day 25. You may have noticed that I like these colours and of course, it includes lavender and poppies. This is a rework of the Zorn palette study posted earlier. I just couldn't get the colours to work for me so HEY PRESTO a small Provence Scene. This is a similar composition to Meandering Path

Some close-up shots

Petunia Bonus oil painting by Marion Hedger - Day 21, 30 days hath September

Petunia Bonus oil painting by Marion Hedger

Palette Knife painting

18x24cm

Oil on MDF canvas panel

Day 21, 30 days hath September

75€ international shipping included

This painting is a bonus. Every year I buy several hanging baskets in the spring, like most of us do, of course. The petunias last until about the middle of August and then just seem to fade. 

I put this pot of petunias at the back of the garden (I hate throwing away any sort of plant). Early this week I saw that it had sprung back to life and the petunias were so nice and bright. I placed them on a ledge to admire them and then a shaft of sunlight hit them lighting them up nicely. Of course I had to paint them - hence the title.

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End of Summer, Provence Vineyard by Marion Hedger - Day 19, 30 day challenge

End of Summer, Provence Vineyard by Marion Hedger

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on canvas panel

Palette Knife painting

Day 19, 30 days hath September
85€ International shipping included

Today's painting is of one of the vineyards we visited on our drive around the Var the other day, the same drive that produced Sweet Chestnut Walk and Cork Sentinels. You can see the Maures in the background. The vines were full of nice juicy grapes. Some of the leaves were turning, so maybe it is close to harvest time. These vineyards produce the delicious Provence Rosé the area is famous for. I painted these vineyards in the autumn last year after the harvest

Autumn Vineyard Provence Montage

by Marion Hedger

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Lively Lavender and Olives oil painting - Day 17, 30 paintings in 30 days

Lively Lavender and Olives oil painting by Marion Hedger

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting

Day 17, 30 days hath September challenge

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Another of my little Provence scenes from photos I took in June. Similar to my painting Lavender and Olives which is now sold. I do love that combination of blues/turquoise and lilacs.

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Winter Light oil painting - Day 16, 30 days challenge by Marion Hedger

Winter Light oil painting

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

oil on unstretched canvas

palette knife painting
 Day 16, 30 days hath September challenge

ON SPECIAL 50€ see below

The painting for day 16 is a winter scene full of light. I'm not partial to snow, but the colours in this have worked well, I think. It reminds me of those crisp winter afternoons we had occasionally in England when I lived there.

Unstretched canvas
This is painted onto unstretched, primed canvas which I stapled onto a support while painting. I liked painting on this surface, the paint adhered well and I was able to build up the layers.
Special Offer
As this is unmounted, I am offering this at a special price of 50€ (int. shipping included) compared to my normal 80-90€ for this size. 
The canvas can be mounted onto a panel or framed behind glass with a mount.

Olive Tree Trio by Marion Hedger, Oil Painting, Day 13 of the 30 painting challenge

Olive Tree Trio by Marion Hedger

30x24cm (approx 12"x10")

Oil on gessoed panel
palette knife painting

Day 13, 30 days hath September challenge

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After completing the last four tree paintings, I realised I hadn't included any olive trees. So for day 13 I selected a prepared panel I had gessoed earlier.
Olive Trees
This is an amalgam of trees from different photos but I quite like the way it came together. I wanted to show how olive trees are blue, turquoise and green all at the same time, particularly if there is a slight breeze blowing.
It is slightly larger that the other four paintings (which can be seen HERE) and this allowed me to concentrate on the form of the trunks. I love the rough, tactile, gnarled bark of the olive trees, a product of the hard pruning they receive.
Niçoise speciality
Here around Nice the olives produced by the trees are very small, but they are delicious and are a Niçoise speciality. We have three olive trees in the garden but I have never preserved the olives as it takes ages to get them to the edible stage. Raw they are extremely bitter and have to be soaked in brine.

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Sunset Storm Brewing oil painting by Marion Hedger - Day 11, 30 day challenge

Sunset Storm Brewing oil painting by Marion Hedger

24x30cm (approx 10"x12")

oil on canvas sheet

Day 11, 30 days hath September challenge
Started with brush, finished with palette knife

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A sunset is the topic for painting number 11 in the 30 day challenge.
Thank you wetcanvas.com
The photo for this has been sitting in my 'to do' folder for quite a long time, and is a reference from wetcanvas.com. I am always weary of tackling sunsets but - as part of the challenge is to try different things - here it is.
A new painting surface
The surface is also new for me, it is painted on canvas sheet from a canvas pad that arrived in my supplies order the other day. I thought I had ordered a paper canvas pad for practice, but this is actual canvas with a universal primer. It is medium grain and a delight to work on. I painted directly onto the surface without additional preparation and initially I used a brush and then reverted to the palette knife. It seems to have accepted the oil very well.

I will leave it for a couple of days to see if the paint 'sinks in' or remains vibrant. I also think it needs more orange.

See yesterday's painting HERE

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Cork Sentinels a Provence landscape by Marion Hedger, Day 10, 30 days hath September challenge

Cork Sentinels a Provence landscape painting

18x24cm oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting

Day 10, 30 days hath September challenge

 Cork Trees,
The photo for this painting was taken in the same forest as the chestnut trees painted on day 8 (see post here). The forest is in the Var just to the north of St. Tropez. As you cross from the Alpes Maritime into the var, the flora changes and the oak trees change from the Provence green oaks to these cork oaks. They are very distinctive and have a very dark bark. Where the bark have been harvested the red wounds really stand out and they eventually achieve a gnarled look where the new bark grows over the wound. I have lots of photos so expect more paintings of the cork trees.

Difficult Greens
The greens are difficult because although it is coming into autumn there is a lot of fresh green growth that sprout after the first rain at the end of summer, as well as the older green leaves. I've also used a few blue greens to add to the sense of distance.

Sky colours
Although the sky is not a huge part of the painting I took trouble with this using more colours than I normally do (pinks, blues and greens) trying to represent the transitional feel of the sky which was overcast one minute and sunny the next.

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Sherwood Forest walk oil painting - Day 7, 30 day challenge by Marion Hedger

Sherwood Forest walk oil painting

Day 7, 30 days hath September challenge

18x24cm (approx 7"x10") oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting

Sherwood Pines

At the end of May this year, we went to Sherwood Pines park in Nottingham my home town. While my brother and the kids did the bicycle circuit, I went for a walk and took photos.

Sherwood Pines is a managed pine plantation right in the heart of Sherwood Forest (quel domage) where they used to grow the pines for pit props in the coal mines. That industry has now died and they are gradually replacing the trees with native species.

My Walk

Naturally it was the regenerated part of the forest where I went for my walk. The sun was shining through the fresh green growth of trees and all was OK in my world.

Does it need people?

I am uncertain whether or not to put a couple in at the end of the path to:

• add a focal point and scale
• To add a touch of red (a shirt maybe) as a foil for all the green

Please let me know what you think.

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A lovely lavender day oil painting - Day 5, 30 day challenge

A Lovely Lavender day by Marion Hedger
 Day 5, 30 days hath September challenge

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting

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For day 5 of the challenge I couldn't resist painting another one of my favourite lavender scenes. I was struggling for a title so I did an internet search and found a poem with this title which fitted the painting perfectly.

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Distant View, Landscape painting by Marion Hedger - Day 4 of 30 day challenge

Distant view, Zorn palette study

Day 4, 30 days hath September challenge

18x24cm on canvas panel

Practice only NFS

This is my 4th painting for the challenge. I need to study the Zorn palette more so wanted to see if I could make it work for me with one of my Provence landscape photos. I am definitely struggling trying to make this palette work. Normally I would paint this in purples, blues and reds giving a vibrant painting so you can see how hard it is for me. The light grey is supposed to take on a blue tinge against the ochre and reds, but I am having difficulty seeing it. This Saturday's tutorial will introduce some additional accent colours which might make it all make more sense to me.

See day 3 painting HERE
Another Zorn palette painting

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Looking Through, Provence Landscape by Marion Hedger - Day 3, 30 day challenge

 

Looking Through - Provence landscape by Marion Hedger

Day 3, 30 days hath September

18x24cm oil on canvas panel

Palette knife painting

The third painting in the September daily painting challenge. This is a palette knife painting in oils.
Day 1 and 2 were florals and are shown in my Floral art blog 

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30 day daily painting challenge event

1. Fuchsias

30 Days hath September Challenge

18x24cm oil on canvas panel

I am taking part in Leslie Seata's blog challenge to paint a daily painting each day in September. I am already running behind and I haven't organised my self at all. I had family over all summer long and the last ones left yesterday.
I painted this quite quickly this morning to get me into the swing of things. I may do some more on this one later, but I am liking the effect.

I am not sure if I will do a theme or just go with the flow each day. I still have to catalogue my 101 garden series, and I am not even sure of how many I painted, but I do know that I improved as time went on and lost my fear of 'just going for it'.
It was fun to do, although frustrating at times.
Here are a couple of my garden 101 paintings

Pink Lavetera

18cmx24cm, oil on canvas panel

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Sunny geraniums

18cmx24cm, oil on canvas panel

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Hibiscus Syringia Still life

18cmx24cm, oil on canvas panel

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