Remembering Summer - Pink Hydrangeas palette knife painting in oils

Memories of summer

Palette knife painting in oils

30x30cm (12"x12) on MDF canvas panel

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This is painting 14 in the 30 paintings in 30 day challenge

I have several of these hydrangea bushes outside the back door. They have hugh flower heads - although that does depend on if I remember to keep them watered. That is the only draw back of hydrangeas, they do dry out very quickly in our summer heat. The good thing about these hydrangeas is that they don't need watering!

Some close ups

White Hydrangeas oil painting by Marion Hedger

 White Hydrangeas Still Life

Oil on canvas board

30x30cm (12"x12")

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These white hydrangeas welcome me every time I venture out of the back door. They sit in a large pot showing off their beautiful white heads. This is their summer plumage, but as summer goes on they will eventually turn pink then a greeny pink colour.

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Hydrangeas at my back door, 1 hour challenge

I entered this painting into the weekly challenge on dailypaintworks.com. The challenge was to paint from nature using a limited palette of cadmium yellow light, cadmium red, ultramarine blue and white, just using 3 brushes - a large, medium and small, and to painting it within an hour.

Hydrangeas by my back door
Oil on gessoed board 20x30cm

These hydrangeas are already past their best, and believe it or not are brilliant white! After they have flowered, they then turn this pinky/greeny/grey colour, almost as if they are spent from the beautiful show they put on. I just mangaged this within the hour and I tried so hard not to fiddle. This was harder than it looked and I think I fussed a bit too much on the hydrangeas, but it was fun.