Strawberries

Good sunny day to everybody! This year we have a really hot summer in Stuttgart, and as result, a lot of tasty fruits and berries!! So, my paintings for today are yummy strawberries. Here is some photo of painting process. And believe me, I couldn't wait to finish work and eat them all!^^

 

 

So, I did two etudes (both are 20x20cm., oil on canvas/cardboard) in alla prima technique, using thin soft brushes. I created form, using white color of canvas on the overtones, clean open cadmium red on lights and middle tones, and carmine in the shadows. I drew reflex to achieve more volume form. I tried to detail my painting as well, but in the same time give it some freshness, the impression of first glance. Also, I didn't use deep dark colors, even in the shadows, to show the sunlight and air in the picture.

For this painting I choose a little warmer coloring. One of the berries is cut in two parts, and I depicted its wet surface and water drops.

 

 

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The branch of an almond tree

This beautiful blooming branch I found under the almond tree in April and soon made a watercolor etude. I hid it in the cabinet and absolutely forgot about that. And two days ago I accidentally found this work and now pleasured to share.

So, for that picture I chose watercolor, not oil paints. This branch reminds me Japanese prints with cherry blossom theme, so I decided to realize this work in graphic.

Firstly, I made a pencil sketch to explore the details of flowers form. I used a soft sharp pencil.

This graphic artwork perfectly fits to any interior. Bedroom or living area. Some examples:

And here is one more picture - watercolor etude. I applied dark deep blue color for background to highlight tender tone of flowers. 

 

Both artworks are on sale. 

1. Pencil sketch
▧ Size 13.5 × 19 cm (unframed) Paper.
◆ Price 44 €
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2. Watercolor painting.
▧ Size 20 × 29 cm (unframed) Paper.
◆ Price 64 €
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Dragon Flowers (Snapdragons)

These exceptional flowers called dragon flower (also known as snapdragons) I bought in flower shop near the house and decided to paint it as soon as possible.   

Although, dragon flowers are the wildflowers, I find them very fine and elegant. These really amazing small flowers have very interesting unusual form of petals, with color gradient from saturated pink to white. 

So, I painted this middle size etude from nature. As usual, for background I used light blue sky tone, for flowers I applied carmine, titan white, lemon yellow and emerald green. This time I didn’t stop on detail so much, I tried to achieve an impressionistic effect, some sense of air and light  in the picture.

 

 

Interior decor ideas

▧ Size 20x30 cm. Oil on canvas/cardboard.
◆ Price 118 €
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Orange lily

Nice summer day to everybody! Here is my new painting Orange lily. Oil on canvas on cardboard, 25x25cm.

I really like the deep orange color and geometric harmony of these swanky flowers. It looks like splash of orange sunlight, highlighted with juicy green leafs. I applied freer alla prima technique, using soft fluid stroke. Strokes are lightly blended one into another and built up form of flowers and leafs. For background I applied broken short strokes, to achieve impressionistic effect of air. Picture is signed on the right bottom.

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