A Splendid Way to Spend the Afternoon by Pamela Blaies

A Splendid Afternoon

22" x 28"

Oil on Canvas

Last week, I really enjoyed painting these pink-tipped roses. I would have liked to paint a few more paintings of these roses with different compositions, but I got a little overzealous while putting this particular still life together. My mind would drift to my idea of the perfect relaxing afternoon and I would add a book here, then a frame there, then extra lemons.... It ended up taking me the whole week to complete this one - and the blooms just couldn't hold out long enough for one more painting. Sigh...

It is hard to see in the photograph, but the shadows are filled with color. Deep reds, greens and blues add interest and depth to this piece.

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Tea Time by Pamela Blaies

Tea Time

Oil on Canvas

16" x 20"

Tea Time Study

14" x 17"

I blogged about the study I did for Tea Time a couple of days ago, but thought I would include the photo of it again to show a side-by-side comparison. The study was supposed to have been a quick check of composition and color, but I really got caught up and put some time into it once I got started. I love the sepia, almost antique feel of the study, but decided to make the subjects cooler in color and the background and shadows warmer for the finished painting, which is more "true to life" color.  As you can tell the flowers were fading fast and getting smaller by the day, I even had to replace the one in the middle.  Usually a study turns out to be a very loose version of my finished piece, but in this case it almost seems like two completely different paintings.

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