Casseroled Pansies oil painting

Casseroled Pansies

Oil on canvas panel

18x24cm (approx 7"x11")

The third of my pansy paintings, this time in one of my favourite little casseroles. As well as going into the oven, this casserole will also go onto an open flame or electric element. I unpotted the pansies, and much to their disgust, I squashed the roots into the casserole (it is quite small) to give me this arrangement.

I am not sure about the lid? It looks sort of OK but every now and then, it bothers me - I've been looking at it for a few days and I am unsure of whether or not to correct it. Hubby says leave it alone - it looks OK. What do you think?

I painted a second, slightly larger on of this composition which I will post soon. You'll be pleased to know, I rescued the pansies and re-potted them, lol.


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You may also be interested in my first two pansy paintings:
Pansy Fever and Colourful Pansies 

White Orchids in Pastel - 2012 Autumn Sale

White Orchids by Marion Hedger

22x30cm

Soft Pastel on sanded card

The third of my pastels up for auction on Daily Paintworks at a low starting price

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White Phaleonopsis Orchids are always nice to see. I usually always have at least one somewhere in the house. They make the ideal pot plant.

See also Stargazer Lilies and Orange Asian Lilies other pastels in the Autumn Sale

Poppy Medley in triplicate - poppy paintings by Marion Hedger

I always love the way the flower petals catch the sunlight and give that lovely transparent glow. There is one reference that I have painted several times because I like the colour and the effect of light. It is of a group of poppies. Here are my different versions, all in different media.
The first in colour pencil - previous posted as a work-in-progress demonstration. Here is the link Poppy Medley Colored pencil demo

Poppy Medley 1 - Coloured pencil painting by Marion Hedger

30x30cm coloured pencil on sanded card.

The second is in Acrylic and my favourite.

Poppy Medley 2 - Acrylic painting by Marion Hedger

46x55cm Acrylic on box canvas.

The third is in oil pastel

 Poppy Medley 3 - Oil pastel painting by Marion Hedger

33x20cm on sanded card.

All three are colourful and look stunning in a contemporary setting.

NOTE: Thanks to wetcanvas.com reference image library for the reference photo

Cup cake fun

After the success with my bronze iris, I started on a yellow iris. Yellow is such a hard colour and I have found it hard work. I decided I needed a break from the concentrated work and had a bit of fun with these. Cup cakes seem to be the rage at the moment - and the best part is that they have no hip expanding calories!

They are all 5"x7"

Acrylic on canvas board

Swinging Datura

 
Swinging Datura

30x40cm watercolour on 140lb Langton wc paper

An appropriate painting to put up at Halloween -

"Datura belongs to the classic "witches' weeds," along with deadly nightshade, henbane and mandrake. Most parts of the plants contain toxic hallucinogens, and datura has a long history of use for causing delirious states and death. It was well known as an essential ingredient of love potions and witches' brews"

Thanks to Wikipedia for this.

Spring Freesia Posy Painting

This is one of my latest paintings.

"Spring Freesias" on colorfix paper. 24x30cm.

Along with the daffodils the freesias were some of the first flowers to appear in the garden, and they gave it such a lift after the bareness of winter. I picked a bunch and their colours inspired me to paint them. I had some dark blue coloured colorfix paper and decided to try coloured pencils. I am not very experienced with coloured pencils but was pleased with the outcome.

I like working on a dark background as it can make the colours 'sing' and often use dark backgrounds for my acrylic and pastel paintings. With the pencils it was difficult to establish the whites, but they did eventually come forward.

Here are some WIP photos.

I started off with a drawing of the posy. I then traced this onto tracing paper. I don't normally do this but as the background was dark and I didn't want to damage the colorfix ground, I thought it necessary in this instance.

To transfer the image, I coated the back of the tracing paper with chalk and then traced it onto the colorfix using a coloured pencil so that I could see where I had been!

I then started to block in the colours and continued in this vein laying lots of layers of colours on the way. Finally I fixed it and laid in a final layer of colour. The white needed a few more layers than the other colors but came good in the end.