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Hibiscus

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos
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Oil Painting On Canvas
by Beatriz Socorro
Hibiscus

As I have mentioned before, some of the photos vary in color, depending on the time of day or whether I have photographed them indoors or outdoors. The true colors are the ones you can see on the above photo (the finished painting).

If this is your first visit, please go to OIL PAINTING LESSONS and read: "Art Notes" and "Oil Painting Tips" and be sure to read through at least the first 3 demos (preferably the first six).
There is important information in the previous demos that I don´t repeat in the subsequent ones.

To see the photo I used as a model for this painting, go to:  Free Photos: Hibiscus

STEP 1

Block in the colors for the background, the flower and the leaves.

Background: Lime Yellow + White + pinch of Yellow Ochre

Flower: Cadmium Yellow Pale + Grumbacher Red + Yellow

Leaves: Emerald Green + Light Yellow

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 1 

ALLOW TO DRY WELL BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT STEP

STEP 2

Mix a darker shade of the same colors previously used for the flower and start outlining the shadow areas.

The bottom petals show how it is first applied. The top petals show how it should look after being gently scrumbled.

Do the same with the leaves.

Always observe your photo or your subject closely to see where the lights and the shadows need to be applied.

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 2

STEP 3

Now, using a lighter shade of the same color mixture,  apply the highlights.

The petals on the right show how it is first applied and the rest of the petals show what it should look like after being gently scrumbled.

Do the same with leaves.

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 3

ALLOW TO DRY WELL....THIS WAY, IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE,  YOU CAN GENTLY WIPE IT OFF WITH A DAB OF TURPENTINE.

STEP 4

If you feel you need to add more highlights or deepen the shadows, this is the time to do it.

Next, with the tip of a paper clip, add the anthers.

For the stigmas, I used the smallest brush I own:  round #00 (which, by the way, is also great for adding your signature). If you don´t have this size brush, then use the tip of a paper clip.

Anthers: Cadmium Yellow
Stigmas: Grumbacher Red

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 4

CONGRATULATIONS ! YOU´RE DONE!

Hope you enjoyed it. God Bless!!

Happy New Year!!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Heliconias - Painting Demo

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos
Contemporary Art

Oil Painting on Canvas by Beatriz Socorro
 Heliconias
30 x 40 cm

As I have mentioned before, some of the photos vary in color, depending on the time of day or whether I have photographed them indoors or outdoors. The true colors are the ones you can see on the above photo (the finished painting).

If this is your first visit, please go to OIL PAINTING LESSONS and read: "Art Notes" and "Oil Painting Tips" and be sure to read through at least the first 3 demos (preferably the first six).
There is important information in the previous demos that I don´t repeat in the subsequent ones.

STEP 1

Background: On your palette mix three different shades of:
Cadmium Yellow Deep + Cadmium Yellow Pale + White
- Remember to add to your paint the appropriate medium for each layer.
- Notice that the darker shades are below the foliage.

In the following photos,  you can see how the colors are totally off. I took these photos at night with the existing indoor lighting. 
So, be sure to use the topmost photo as reference for your colors

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 1

If  you're not messy like me, you can proceed to the next step. I you´re messy, wait for the background to dry before you proceed. I waited for it to dry.

STEP 2

Next, block the flower and the leaves.

Flower: Cadmium Red Deep + Cadmium Yellow Deep
Leaves: Cadmium Yellow Deep + Thalo Green  + a pinch of White
Yellow: Cadmium Yellow + White

Notice the blank space. That´s because, after letting the background dry, I decided to make the top leaf smaller. You don´t need to leave that space blank. Fill it in while your doing your background.

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 2

ALLOW TO DRY WELL BEFORE GOING TO THE NEXT STEP.

STEP 3

On you palette, mix Cadmium Yellow + Cadmium Yellow Deep and add the highlights to the flower as in the following photo.

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 3

STEP 4

Next scrumble the edges of the yellow highlights into the dried red paint.
You don´t want to cover all the red but only along the edge to soften it.

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 5

Using a lighter shade of the same green mix, add the highlights where needed.

ALLOW TO DRY WELL

STEP 5

With the original red color mix (Cadmium Red Deep + Cadmium Yellow Deep) make a glaze  and glaze the entire flower.

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos - STEP 5

STEP 6

Finally, using green,  fill in the center of the immature fruits at the base of the bracts.

Oil Painting Lessons/Demos -STEP 6

You´re done!!!
I hope you enjoyed it.
God Bless!!!

Free Photos - GAZANIAS 2

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Gazanias 2

FOR THE LOVE OF IT...

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I was having one of those moments when we question the purpose of life and why we are here.

What´s the purpose? Why even bother to create all this? Why do we even exist? Was God lonely and in need of company?

An answer came, in the form of a thought:

"Creation is an Act of Love. 
 For no other reason than for the love of it."

Wow! I don´t know if that really came from God or my subconscious mind or from where...but the insight makes sense to me.

Why did God make all this?

For no other reason than for the love of it !!

Perhaps we should have the same attitude when we paint.