Autumn Light - palette knife oil painting

Autumn Light 

40x50 cm (16" x 20") on boxed canvas

Oil palette knife painting by Marion Hedger

I am always captivated by the way light filters through woodland. The yellows and golds on these birches are so rich and vibrant, what a lovely time of year.

I blocked in the major masses in pure colour and gradually laid in the autumn colours using a palette knife. My palette was mainly cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, diox. violet, carmine and ultramarine blue. Because the paint is quite thick, I used Liquin as a drying medium. It has just come off my easel, hence the slight glare on the bottom.

Quiet Backwater Reflections Oil painting

Calm backwater reflections

Oil on board by Marion Hedger

35x27cm (approx 14"x11")

This painting has now been varnished and is for sale by auction

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The varnishing has brought the colours back to life.

Quiet Backwater Reflections

Over the past year I have been participating in some on-line landscape classes presented in the form of webinars by Johannes Vloothuis. Johannes is an American landscape painter who is a wonderful teacher - taking time to point out the essences of what makes a good landscape painting. Here is one of my paintings after listening to the course on water and water reflections.

 Quiet Backwater Reflections by Marion Hedger

Oil on canvas board 35x27cm (14"x11")

Although still primarily a floral painter, I have been dabbling in landscapes more and more. I started landscapes a couple of years ago, using pastels. I really enjoyed pastels but had to stop using them because of the dust, and landscapes never worked for me in acrylics. I now enjoy using oils so have once again I have begun exploring landscapes.