"Single Red" Oil painting by Tatiana Myers.

"Single Red" by Tatiana Myers

10 x 8" Oil on canvas board.

This weekendI finished my red Rose painting. I'm pleased with it and very much in love with my new cadmium oils I purchased the other week. making all the difference and brinning up beautiful vibrant colors. I still not that sure, if I like to do this sort of painting on canvas, or smooth board - both have their advantages and disandvetages...

 But anyway... it isdone and I can concentrait of finishing of Gardenias.

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Rose in Fabric - Mark H Brown

Here is a new piece with a rose resting in satin.  Simple elegance and romance combined.

12 x 18

oil on canvas

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The White Roses is finished - Mark H Brown

I just finished the painting of the White Roses.   I scumbled a cool to warm background, gradiating it from the bottom to top, to add some color energy.  I enhanced the lights on the petals and lightened areas of the fabric.  My goal was to create a peaceful feeling of quiet contemplation.   I feel it is well balanced, contemporary, yet timeless and uplifting. 

White Roses   

36" x 30"
oil on canvas

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White Roses with only one day left! by Mark H Brown

Today I finally was brave enough to conquer the leaves. I must confess I have been painting around them the whole time wondering how I would make them look alive, hang just right and feel real. After a rough start, the kind that makes you want to cry and have a studio meltdown, I persevered and broke through to success.

I cut several branches from the Rose bush in the yard, put them in jars and moved them around the still life table. This allowed me to have them next to the vase of flowers, keep the light consistent with the original setup and piece the cut leaves in here and there throughout the painting. I would turn the jars, move the leaves around and bend them to the shapes I wanted.

It was a long day, but I knew that I needed to finish them all in one day to keep the unity of color and idea I had in mind. I knew I wouldn't sleep until they were done anyway.

Tomorrow I will finish the background layer, scumble the lights and hopefully scumble some color and light into the fabric. I think it is almost done!

Getting closer to finished-Mark H Brown

 Today I tackled the abstract nature of the glass vase.  It is a lot like putting together a 5000 piece puzzle of a field of wild flowers!  It helps to take a lot of breaks.  I enjoyed the swirl and design against the softer feel of the rest of the painting.  It is starting to really take form.  Tomorrow the leaves! 

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Another day of White Roses-Mark H Brown

I finished the roses yesterday, worked on the table today and worked up the first layer on the fabric.  I'm looking forward to scumbling some color and light adjustments soon.  I scrubbed in a second layer to the background, staying as close to neutral without looking dead.  I'm alternating warm and cool greys in the background, with a dominance of warm to help keep the painting from being too cool.  I think the contrast in the roses makes them pop next to the diffuse table and background.  It is always a little hard to stop when you just want to know how it will look when finished; kind of like a good book!  Tomorrow maybe I will tackle the greens and the vase?