MORE HENRY FONDA (ROSES)

22 DAYS OF THE 30 IN 30 PAINTING CHALLENGE---

I've done several painting of my roses that are named after the actor Henry Fonda.  They are just the most beautiful yellow and they always offer a "challenge".  This painting is a little larger than the 6 x 6's I've been painting and it was great to be able to "stretch out" a little.  Hope you enjoy.

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Thanks for looking at my blog on this lovely Sunday!

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ROSES AND COPPER-Sold

DAY 16---------

Well, we are now more than halfway through the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.  It has been quite all-consuming.  Not just the painting, but the figuring out what to paint, then doing a Notan and a value study, then painting, clean-up, photograph and uploading to this site and the Leslie Saeta blog sitel  I don't know how Leslie does it with moving into her new Ventura Beach digs and all that goes along with that.

Anyway, these roses are called Floral Scent and I've painted them before.  I have trouble getting the correct color on my iPhone, so am now back to using my Cannon.  The "vase" is a glass with the Desert Rose pattern on it, but including that was going to make the painting too busy so it will have to wait for another time.  I'm finding painting roses to be quite a challenge, but think I'm getting the hang of it.  

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SIZE:  6 X 6

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ROSE BOUQUET

This painting started as a "disaster" (maybe it still is?).  My husband said he liked the single rose and loved the detail.  After that it (the rose)became "precious".  I had to go back to the words of my wonderful watercolor teacher of long ago, Robert E. Wood.  "Nothing is ever precious in your painting, you have to be prepared to wipe it out if it doesn't work even though it may be the most beautiful piece of paint in your painting."  So, I didn't wipe it out but did loosen it up a lot and worked the background around it.  --Another no, no, as I should have worked it all together.  Ah well, I'm happy with it now and hope someone else will be too.


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HENRY FONDA YELLOWS-SOLD

This is another painting of what are rapidly becoming almost my favorite roses.  The rosebush is ablaze with yellow.  Even at dusk it looks like there is a spotlight on it.  Just amazing so how can I resist trying to paint some of them.  I put them in my antique sugar bowl and decided to crop the bowl so I could emphasize the roses.  The dark background makes them sing, which they almost are anyway.....(I think I can hear them?)

Original Oil on prepared wood ground
Size: 6 x 8
Price:  $55 + 10 shipping in US only

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Rose Impression #2

We just got home from seeing the movie "Seven Days in Utopia". Really nice movie with a parallel to art. Very uplifting.

This painting is of a rose named after Lady Dianna. It's been a beautiful strong rose with lots of blooms. I don't know if it was named after her before or after her death, but I love it. The vase is from a collection I inherited from my Mother. I've tried incorporating it in my paintings before but haven't been happy with the result until now. It's not 100% accurate, but is fairly representative.

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Oil Painting
6" x 6"
Price: $65.00 (includes shipping in Continental U.S.)
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Rose Impression #1

I have some beautiful rose bushes in my backyard, so decided it was time to paint some of the roses. It's getting toward the end of the season so it's probably not a wise time to start on this endeavor, but we shall see. This one is called Floral Scent and has the most wonderful scent of any other rose I have. I can almost imagine the fragrance just sitting here looking at it!

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Size: 6" x 6"
Medium: Oil on oil-primed panel


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