“Small blue vase with garden flowers.”
Terrible week at work, but is all over now and looking forward to a relaxing week of holiday up north in Iceland. Which means, amongst other thinks, some plein air painting coming.
I didn’t have much time and energy to paint, this week, mostly because it was extremely stressful at work; I managed to pull myself together and started this little painting on Saturday evening, when I did the composition and blocked the first layer on the canvas. When I did the set up, for the vase I used a little glass I have bought few years ago from Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam and has a Van Gogh theme painted on it. The flowers come from my little garden.
I continued and finished it next day, in two sessions, alla prima. I used a reduced palette, using two browns, two blues, two yellows, two reds and white. Again, no medium, just some turps.
Quite happy with the way it turned out. For the lights I used the new gadget, the dimmer I recently bought and attached to the studio barn door lighting unit I have. I am happy with the way it works and I can now play even more with the contrast and intensity of the light.
I used heavier brush strokes with thicker paint and I am happy with the result.
So, here it is:
“Small blue vase with garden flowers.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (10” X 12”)
