The blue vase with roses

Oil on canvas board 14"x10" 35x27cm

I started to paint the two roses this summer and had abandonned the painting (which I often do) and just managed to finish it this week .

Ayant peint les roses cet ete puis abandonnees (ce que je fais souvent) j'ai enfin  finie cette peinture cette semaine.

                                       Viburnum Opulus "Boule de neige"

   

I found today a painting I did last year, but as I was never satisfied with the colour of the background (done in phtalo blue with rapid brush strokes) I decided to use a new colour, a pale greeny yellow. 
I was inspired by Van Gogh. He used this colour on Vase of White Roses 1890 .

J'ai trouvé aujourd'hui une peinture que j'ai faite l'année dernière, mais comme je n'etais pas          satisfaite de la couleur du fond (fait en phtalo bleu ) j'ai décidé d'utiliser une nouvelle couleur, un jaune verdâtre pâle.
J'ai été inspiré par Van Gogh. Il a utilisé cette couleur sur la peinture Vase de roses blanches 1890.

Same painting

I worked today on the colours of this painting as I thought
they were too light.Was I right or not? let me know any comment is welcome!
but I like the result.





J'ai aujourd'hui retravaille les couleurs qui me semblaient trop fades.
Ai-je eu raison ? vos commentaires sont les bienvenus!
mais j'aime le resultat.

A young male model

 
 This work was painted with acrylic  and the pose was hold for
90 minutes (only one break ) I felt  at ease, the paint was flowing nicely as I had draw some rapid poses of another model the same day.
To-morrow I will add stronger colour as I feel it is a bit washy-washy hoping that I will not loose the light brush marks which I feel reflect well the youth of this model.

Ce travail est paint a l'acrylic, rapide coups de pinceaux qui refletent bien la juvenilite du modele. Demain j'accentuerai certains points en couleurs au risque de perdre la legerete des marques...


18"x15"      46x38cms on board  (MDF)

Year 2012

My first resolution for this new year is to improve my painting, publish more often, and show more of my work!

So here is my Happy New Year Card to wish you a successful and creative new year.

Squashes and blue bottle

The squashes have reappeared on the market, their strange shapes always attract me and I love the way a green colour can very sharply without transition  become a bright orange or yellow!

Les gourdes ont fait leur apparition sur les marches et leurs formes étranges m'attirent. Je m'étonne toujours qu'un vert puisse devenir sans transition un brillant orange ou jaune!

Apples and stripes

This is another work in acrylic, done much faster than I would have done in oil and and the brush marks stayed where I had put them, not disappearing after a  few hours...perhaps I use too much medium when working in oil.


Un nouveau travail  fait rapidement grâce a l'acrylique. Les marques du pinceau restent bien en place et ne disparaissent pas après quelques heures comme c'est le cas a l'huile, probablement ceci est du a l'emploi de trop de médium.