Calla Lily Miniature Treasure oil on canvas

Calla Lily Miniature Treasure

Palette knife painting

10x15cm (4"x6")

Oil on loose canvas

For auction on Daily Paintworks

I bought a new calla lily for the garden and these two flowers just had to be cut off and painted. Whites are always a challenge.

This painting is on loose, primed canvas from a pad, which I painted with a yellow ground. Although this is a smooth surface, I find it a nice surface for painting with a palette knife.

Calla Lilies in oil pastel WIP

Calla Lily Lights by Marion Hedger

30x40cm oil pastel painting on blue colourfix paper

I have some lovely calla lilies growing under the shade of my magnolia grandiflora. They give a great stately display from early April until May lightening a shady corner. Here are some WIP pics.

The drawing with reference photo

Stage 1 blocking in the lights and darks

Step 2 - breaking up the masses

For some reason, I do not seem to have a stage 3 photo, but it was more of breaking down the masses working towards it looking real.

Stage 4 the finished piece

This started out as a study for a larger piece but I liked it so much I worked it up into a finished piece, although I will probably create a larger version at some time in the future.

Oil pastel works very well on colorfix paper allowing several layers to be added to achieve a real richness to the painting.