Pastels
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
This drawing was done as a class demonstration on how to use pastels. Pastels have a lovely luminosity. If done on white paper, they require a charcoal under drawing to produce the richness of hue.
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Showing posts with label Char Fitzpatrick. Show all posts
Friday, June 26, 2015
Tulips in Crock Jug by Char Fitzpatrick | Floral Still Life
10"x13"
Pastels
This drawing was done as a class demonstration on how to use pastels. Pastels have a lovely luminosity. If done on white paper, they require a charcoal under drawing to produce the richness of hue.
Pastels
This drawing was done as a class demonstration on how to use pastels. Pastels have a lovely luminosity. If done on white paper, they require a charcoal under drawing to produce the richness of hue.
Friday, June 12, 2015
Fiesta Flowers by Char Fitzpatrick | Floral Still Life
14"x10"
Mixed media
I painted this pot of flowers several times on the same paper. I washed it in the shower three times and finally got something I could work with. It became quite lively and messy. I tried to create some kind of order with gouache and black ink but it still wants to be naughty!
Mixed media
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
I painted this pot of flowers several times on the same paper. I washed it in the shower three times and finally got something I could work with. It became quite lively and messy. I tried to create some kind of order with gouache and black ink but it still wants to be naughty!
Friday, May 29, 2015
Italian Soda by Char Fitzpatrick | Dessert Still Life
42"x32"
Oil
I love food and particularly Italian food. I worked in a family-owned Italian deli for years, appreciating the look of the food as well. I enjoyed the challenge of pouring an Italian soda in one of the beautiful reflective glasses and rapidly painting it. I painted it lovingly large.
Oil
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
I love food and particularly Italian food. I worked in a family-owned Italian deli for years, appreciating the look of the food as well. I enjoyed the challenge of pouring an Italian soda in one of the beautiful reflective glasses and rapidly painting it. I painted it lovingly large.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Bouquet in Yellow Room by Char Fitzpatrick | Floral Still Life
14x17
Oil crayon
This was another experimental bouquet in which I was getting the feel of oil crayons, while maintaining a scratchy drawing feeling.
Oil crayon
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
This was another experimental bouquet in which I was getting the feel of oil crayons, while maintaining a scratchy drawing feeling.
Original: SOLD!
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Want to see more? Visit CharFitzpatrick.com
Friday, May 1, 2015
Party Cake by Char Fitzpatrick | Dessert Still Life
30x30
Oil
This cake got way out of hand. I think I must have been lusting for a piece in my mind.
Oil
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
This cake got way out of hand. I think I must have been lusting for a piece in my mind.
Original: Available Here
Print: Shop Now
Want to see more? Visit CharFitzpatrick.com
Friday, April 17, 2015
Wild Flowers by Char Fitzpatrick | Floral Still Life
10x14
Watercolor and gouache
This painting is done in wet-in-wet style watercolor. I worked into the painting while the surface was still watery. I work fast in this style and the paint has a mind of its own. It is a very free form technique, lots of fun. I then drew white marks over the surface when it was nearly dry to create quite a different and random type of bouquet.
Watercolor and gouache
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
This painting is done in wet-in-wet style watercolor. I worked into the painting while the surface was still watery. I work fast in this style and the paint has a mind of its own. It is a very free form technique, lots of fun. I then drew white marks over the surface when it was nearly dry to create quite a different and random type of bouquet.
Original: Available Here
Print: Shop Now
Friday, March 13, 2015
Party Bouquet by Char Fitzpatrick | Watercolor Painting | Floral Still Life
18x24
Watercolor
Another experimental painting in which I was trying to capture the vivaciousness of dahlias. I crazily threw in the color and then applied zig-zaggy outlines to express the gaiety and movement of the hues. I was particularly entranced by stems in the water through the transparency of the vase.
Watercolor
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
Another experimental painting in which I was trying to capture the vivaciousness of dahlias. I crazily threw in the color and then applied zig-zaggy outlines to express the gaiety and movement of the hues. I was particularly entranced by stems in the water through the transparency of the vase.
Original: SOLD
Print: Shop Now!
Want to see more? Visit CharFitzpatrick.com
Friday, March 6, 2015
Cubist Bouquet by Char Fitzpatrick | Watercolor Painting | Floral Still Life
14x11
Watercolor and gouache
Sometimes in attempting to paint a subject, it just goes wrong no matter how hard I try. In this case, I over painted these flowers about 3 times until they became murky and lifeless. I used one of my favorite last-ditch techniques and put it under the shower head in the bath tub. Most of the image washed off leaving a lovely soft painting. I then enhanced it with opaque gouache, heavily describing the background and the table, but leaving the delicacy of the flowers. It seemed to want to be a cubist painting, with small lines and angles that offset the fuzzy flowers.
Watercolor and gouache
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
Sometimes in attempting to paint a subject, it just goes wrong no matter how hard I try. In this case, I over painted these flowers about 3 times until they became murky and lifeless. I used one of my favorite last-ditch techniques and put it under the shower head in the bath tub. Most of the image washed off leaving a lovely soft painting. I then enhanced it with opaque gouache, heavily describing the background and the table, but leaving the delicacy of the flowers. It seemed to want to be a cubist painting, with small lines and angles that offset the fuzzy flowers.
Original: Available
Prints: Shop Now!
Friday, February 27, 2015
Dark Dahlias by Char Fitzpatrick | Watercolor Painting | Floral Still Life
24" x 18"
Watercolor
This is another in a series of interpretive floral paintings. The dahlias intense colors are offset by jagged lines and the spotty background suggests a wall behind the table. I like to work with transparent vases and how they distort stems.
Watercolor
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
This is another in a series of interpretive floral paintings. The dahlias intense colors are offset by jagged lines and the spotty background suggests a wall behind the table. I like to work with transparent vases and how they distort stems.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Zigzag Geranium by Char Fitzpatrick | Watercolor Painting | Floral Still Life
15x13
Watercolor and gouache
Gouache is an opaque substance with the consistency of toothpaste. It is water-based and acts like a very high grade poster paint. In this painting I struggled mightily to get the feel of the geraniums, one of my favorite flowers, and failed. Out of desperation I blocked out most of the under image until only the glowing pot and geranium head were visible. It has a magnetically mysterious effect I never planned on.
Watercolor and gouache
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
Gouache is an opaque substance with the consistency of toothpaste. It is water-based and acts like a very high grade poster paint. In this painting I struggled mightily to get the feel of the geraniums, one of my favorite flowers, and failed. Out of desperation I blocked out most of the under image until only the glowing pot and geranium head were visible. It has a magnetically mysterious effect I never planned on.
Original: Available
Prints: Shop Now!
Friday, February 13, 2015
Sundae by Char Fitzpatrick | Food Art | Oil Painting Still Life
Friday, February 6, 2015
Jan's Bouquet by Char Fitzpatrick | Floral Still Life | Oil Painting
20" x 16”
Oil on canvas
My sister grows a marvelous garden every summer. She loves all kinds of flowers and has a gift for arranging them. I passed this bouquet in her entryway and was mesmerized by the color control and the textural variety of flowers. I often see a "trick of the eye" when I paint, in this case a spatial puzzlement where the shadow of the vase meets the gray of the wall, which should appear to be behind it. I like to tweak those things if I see them.
Oil on canvas
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
My sister grows a marvelous garden every summer. She loves all kinds of flowers and has a gift for arranging them. I passed this bouquet in her entryway and was mesmerized by the color control and the textural variety of flowers. I often see a "trick of the eye" when I paint, in this case a spatial puzzlement where the shadow of the vase meets the gray of the wall, which should appear to be behind it. I like to tweak those things if I see them.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Pie on a Pedestal by Char Fitzpatrick | Dessert Still Life
26" x 22"
Oil
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
One of the things that most entranced me about painting this pie was the look of the reflections in the pie plate. The silver server was gratifying to render, its color was rather elusive.
Friday, January 23, 2015
White Rhodie by Char Fitzpatrick | White Rhododendron Still Life Oil Painting
20" x 16"
Oil on canvas
I wanted to do something dramatic with these white rhododendrons. They were particularly lush. I enjoy the challenge of painting white objects, their shadows and reflected colors. I love the drawing control required in painting flowers.
Oil on canvas
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| ©2014 Char Fitzpatrick |
I wanted to do something dramatic with these white rhododendrons. They were particularly lush. I enjoy the challenge of painting white objects, their shadows and reflected colors. I love the drawing control required in painting flowers.
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