A Taste of Summer, sunflower and lavender by Marion Hedger

 "A taste of summer" sunflower and lavender painting

by Marion Hedger

19x27cm, oil on canvas board, palette knife painting
SOLD

This is a rework of one of my Garden 101 series and fresh off the easel today. At the time, I put it in my discard pile, as, although I liked the concept, the painting did not come out as expected.

I am not having a lot of success with my iris paintings at the moment, so as a change, I got this painting out and reworked it using a palette knife and fresher looking paint.
I really like it now. Quite loose and fresh looking to my eyes. Let me know what you think.
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Honesty and glass, oil palette knife painting by Marion Hedger 18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

 Honesty and glass  by Marion Hedger
oil palette knife painting

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Archival canvas panel

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I struggled with this painting. The vase and jug are semi opaque and I had difficulty in getting that across. It's hard when using opaque paints to give the illusion of transparency. I also found the background difficult and changed it a few times. Does this one work? The green jug is made of recycled glass and is not symmetrical. I painted it a couple of times, before I discovered it wasn't just my painting LOL! What do you think, should I make it symmetrical?

Here are some close-ups of the painting

This is painting is for day 13 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge hosted by Leslie Saeta. Pop over to my Joy of Colour blog to see the my other paintings in the challenge.