{"id":1855,"date":"2018-09-28T18:20:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T22:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maryahernartist.com\/art-blog\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2018-09-28T18:20:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T22:20:56","slug":"studio-glimpses-the-making-of-the-pink-peony-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryahernartist.com\/art-blog\/studio-glimpses-the-making-of-the-pink-peony-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Glimpses &#8211; The Making of the Pink Peony Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All of my paintings start with the garden, mine or other gardens. On a trip one spring day in May as I wandered around the peony displays at the New York Botanical Garden, with my phone I took snapshots of many of the unbelievable peonies in their collection in full bloom.<\/p>\n<p>Later that year on a cold winter day in December, sifting through my stash of photos, a particular pink peony image jumped out at me and demanded my attention. I knew we could develop a relationship together. It often takes months to complete a painting so I really have to love my subjects in order to spend that much time with them. We need to love each other.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Studio Glimpses-The Making of the Pink Peony Oil  Painting\" width=\"1778\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8k16UyuBIEc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once deciding on the size of the canvas I want to use I sketch, using vine charcoal, to give the general outline of the final layout onto canvas prepped with multiple layers of gesso. Then I block in the areas of color, working on my lights and darks. Then I paint using many layers of thin glazing in order to get the vibrancy of color I crave.<\/p>\n<p>Oil paints need a few days of drying times between layers and some of my paintings have 15 to 30 layers of glazing. In order to continue painting every day, I usually work on multiple paintings at a time. Each one a different day. A different palette of colors. A different stage of completion. I like the continuous challenge of picking up where I left off. I keep extensive notes at the end of each day for each painting. A sort of diary of each work.<\/p>\n<p>I paint quite slowly and quite neatly. I don&#8217;t like to feel sticky so I&#8217;m cleaning brushes and washing my hands constantly. Gloves don&#8217;t work for me since I don&#8217;t like the barrier they put between my brush and my hand. Rolls of paper towels help with the tidiness of my style of workflow. In fact &amp; have two different brands for two different uses.<\/p>\n<p>I listen to music while I paint. During the duration of this particular painting, I was listening to many CDs of van Morrison music. I don&#8217;t know why. I just was. Sometimes I&#8217;m in a classic rock groove for weeks on end and other times might be jazz, classical or even new wave relaxation. I don&#8217;t plan it. It just happens.<\/p>\n<p>I usually paint with just brushes, fan brushes in fact, but the center of this painting demanded a palette knife. It&#8217;s not something I usually turn to but since the painting had a mind of its own I complied. Glad I did since the center of this painting is rich with texture while the petals are completely without texture but rich in nuance.<\/p>\n<p>I named this painting Centering &#8211; Pink Peony. The reason is that it represents two different views for me. I can see with my eyes that it&#8217;s an interpretation of a pink peony but in my soul I found it centered me. Made me contemplate the meaning of this painting, this flower, this world it had lived in and now lives in again but in a different way. One ephemeral, one eternal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All of my paintings start with the garden, mine or other gardens. 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