Provence Pots and Geraniums - Finished by Marion Hedger

Provence Pots and Geraniums

by Marion Hedger

Oil palette knife painting on canvas panel

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This painting was no.13 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. I was quite happy when it was at this stage

But after looking at it for a couple of weeks the lower area of the wall and path needed more definition and the stem on the lhs really bothered me and I had to change it.

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Container colour - colourful flowers oil painting by Marion Hedger

 Container Colour by Marion Hedger

18x24cm (approx 7"x10")

Oil on MDF canvas panel

Started paitning using a brush and finished with a palette knife

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Another painting of my container plants. This one has some lovely coral-coloured pelargoniums (trailing geraniums). I wondered how I was going to translate that wonderful colour in paint. After deliberating which red to use, it turned out to be quite simple. With my last order of paints I purchased some Scarlet Lake, a colour I had never used before. When I mixed it with white, the perfect coral hues appeared. To see some WIP photos and a brief description of my process please visit my art of flower blog

I painted some of my container geraniums last year. See HERE and HERE

Container garden sunshine and some WIP photos by Marion Hedger

Container garden sunshine by Marion Hedger

18x24cm oil on canvas 

I love summer and the vivid colours of the flowers. Living in the south of France, some of the garden flowers go into a rest period and loose some of their colour. To counteract this, I always plant loads of containers. This adds lots of colours to areas of the garden.

I posted this painting yesterday and would like to share my work in progress pictures.

I started by blocking in the local colours using a brush, I then progressively added more definition and texture using a brush and knife as the fancy took me. The third step was more of the same but using the knife more and thicker paint. The last stage, as usual, was refining and I also opened up some of the flowers and foliage at the top of the design to get some breathing space into the painting. The final touches were the thicker highlights.

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