Pink Hydrangeas and Porcelain Cup Oil Painting

 Pink Hydrangeas and Porcelain Cup - Intense Color

I grew up with Blue Hydrangeas and thought that was their only color. Things have changed, and Pink Hydrangeas seem to be leading the way lately. Went to my favorite nursery and could not find one blue version of the beautiful flower. I miss the blues, but decided to try pink. Such a warm painting will require a warm frame!

I love painting flowers, but they are one of the most challenging subjects because when you look close there is so much detail. The challenging part for me is editing the details. Since I'm not a hyper realism painter, I enjoy a looser style and prefer to suggest some things letting the viewer fill in with their perceptions while still keeping a bit more detail in the focal areas.

 

Pink Hydrangeas and Porcelain Cup
8 x 10 Oil Painting ©2020
 

Always check the values:

BW - Pink Hydrangeas and Porcelain Cup
8 x 10 Oil Painting ©2020

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Rose Tea Cup and Lilacs - Values

 Rose Tea Cup and Lilacs - Values

This little study took quite awhile to work out.

Rose Tea Cup and Lilacs ©2022 

I didn't paint much through COVID-19 so my visual judgments were definitely interrupted. Even with more time to paint, isolation did nothing to help me as an oil painter. 'It' left me feeling paralyzed with fear to move forward.  

Round Baby Blanket

The good news is that I was able to crochet (since I could follow patterns, it meant fewer decisions) and I was finding tea drinking a pleasant experience. Eventually I decided to gather my courage and paint tea cups!

Well, the whole business of painting has so many facets that I felt somewhat overwhelmed like when I first began to study painting. I could not even decide on composition, but determined to work through it so it was back to basics.

The hierarchy of principles and concepts shifted moment to moment, then I finally settled on working with the values since that is usually what makes a painting most readable. Here's the grayscale version according to auto settings. I'm a bit encouraged to keep going. 

B&W - Rose Tea Cup & Lilacs ©2022

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