Interior Light, after Henri le Sidaner
Palette knife painting by Marion Hedger
Oil on archival canvas panel
18x24cm (approx 7x10")
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
