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"Ranunculus"
10 x 8 in
Oil on Canvas Panel
Todays alla prima painting is of ranunculus, these beautiful flowers resemble peonies to me even though I know there not. I went to my favorite coffee place in town and met up with a couple friends which I'm glad I did because I ran into these beautiful flowers. They were sitting right on my table and instantaneously I fell in love, the movement within the petals and rich colors made it more of a reason to paint. I thought I was going to be done with painting flowers for a while and suddenly changed course again after seeing these beautiful flowers. That's one of the reasons why I love doing these alla prima's, you never know what your next painting might be and if you do it can change in a split second. Inspiration comes from everything I see and what moves me is what I enjoy painting the most, I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
I also wanted to let you guys know that I've finally published the video of the portrait demo I did at dick blick last Saturday, thank you to everyone that was able to show up I greatly appreciate it and had a lot of fun. I have the video on youtube you can see it by clicking here.
I started with the usual dry brush approach using no mediums and a bit of raw umber on the brush, again not spending to much time on the inside of the drawing just stating the general shapes. After the drawing is complete I start on the background the colors I used are ultramarine blue, naples yellow and titanium white.
After the background is complete I state the general colors and keep all the edges soft, I'm not concerned with details or the darkest values just the general statement of colors. I keep the paints really thin at this stage this creates a base for when I put more paint it'll glide easier and blend better. Then I state the darker and middle values and their specific forms, I start narrowing down the shapes at this stage still keeping the edges soft and subtle. The colors I use at this stage are quinacridone magenta, viridian, cad. yellow, titanium white and ultramarine blue.
Once the darker and middle values are close to completion I start on the lighter values and their specific forms, I'm able to take the whole section of the flowers to a finish when painting this stage in. I'm constantly going back and forth between values and adjusting them to their specific look that's why I get to a close finish with the darker values, when I paint the lighter values I can really take the whole area to a finish. After the flower section is complete I start on the vase and also darken a bit of the lower section of the background to have more of a fall of light.
I sharpen a bit of the edges on the vase and add highlights which brings that section to a finish, then I go back to the flower and tweak certain highlights and shadows. I'm glad I was able to run into these flowers today and paint them, I had fun doing so and learned something new. I hope you enjoyed this one, thanks for stopping by and viewing!
3 comments:
Jonathan - I discovered your work through DPW and I check in here often. I love how you describe your process - thanks for the great resource!
I love this one - those delicate papery petal layers. You make it look easy!
Beautiful flower and beautiful painting! Bravo!!!
So beautiful!! That pink is intense and such a gorgeous flower!!
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