Monday, August 21, 2006

Painting Gladiolus

Gladiolus in mason jar
8"x10"
oil on masonite panelSOLD
Omaha has a great farmer's market on Saturday morning during the summer. I purchased these beautiful gladiolus from a lovely lady who sells flowers there each week. I couldn't wait to paint them.
I am sorry I didn't get my camera angle right for the best comparison.


Almost finished. The background should be gone over a little. I think it is too distracting. I apologize for the photo a little glaring.
I really enjoyed this painting even though I struggled with that intense red of the gladiolus. I think I fussed too much with it. That's a bad habit I return too when I am not confident in my color selection. Practice is the only remedy.

Summer is almost gone and there are so many flowers I wish I could paint before they wilt away. But Autumn has it's own rewards which should be fun to discover how to paint.

10 comments:

Christina said...

I use acrylics but I have trouble achieving a nice vibrant red. I think you nailed it, and I don't find the background distracting
C

Takeyce said...

Excellent, Peter. You get better and better with each brush stroke!

belindadelpesco.com said...

This one is singing... it's really lovely. Nice work.

Parisbreakfasts said...

This one's a beauty Peter. And I love the messy background - very painterly as they say. When you see a Morandi upclose, he really pushed that paint around, especially in the backgrounds..not cool at all.

Darren Maurer said...

Peter,
Great job here. Darkening the background was a huge plus. The flowers are screaming now. I want to paint something red now!!

m collier said...

Thanks for posting your process. Always love to see how someone else solves problems.

David said...

That came out wonderfully, Peter. Great mason jar, too!

J Matt Miller said...

Nailed it Peter! Flowers throw me for loops. Excellent work.

Heather said...

Thank you for posting the progress pics. I learn so much from them. Thanks for being such an inspiration!!

Luis Colan said...

As you can tell, we all love this painting. I love the contrast between the delicacy of the flowers agains the sketchy background. Amazing painting.

luis