Field of Light Palette Knife daily painting by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel

Field of Light Palette Knife 
Daily Painting 
by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel

8x10" oil painting

  Original is available for sale

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Another French Street Oil Painting by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel

Another French Street Oil Painting by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel 8x10"

I love this quote as it sums up how I feel about painting. The feeling that the learning process just doesnt end. At least one  painting hero felt the same way

“Painting is very easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do”
Edgar Degas

My latest small  oil painting is called "Another French street" for want of another name, would appreciate someting more quirky form any witty readers.
It is 8x10" in oils.Lots to challenge, the perspective, scattered light, simplifying all those bits.I would like to be able to keep the fresh colour of the first step in the painting, It seems to have been lost in the final more finsihed painting at the top. Overuse of white seems to do this, ie deaden  the colour. Its is good to leave the warm transparent shadows untainted. Something I will try to do next time!
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Italian village Palette Knife Painting Step 3 by Chris Hobel

A little more progress in the foreground trees, sorry this should be seen after Step 2!

French Cafe Scene Avignon Palette Knife Painting by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel

12x12" oil on wrapped canvas

Ive added more highlights and used some Red Gold plus White for this.A Lover of colour, Ive pushed the brights. My new camera  is 14 mega pixels but I preferred the colour from my old camera, this one seems to burn out the lights and I have to  do extra processing to try to portray the real thing.

Not a single brush stroke except for the signature

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Tamarama Beach, Sydney, Australia acrylic painting daily painting by Chris Hobel Noosa Artist

Tamarama Beach Sydney Australia Acrylic Painting by Chris Hobel

24x36"

I completed this painting over the last few days as a  birthday present for my son who likes to surf at this  beautiful beach . A bit rushed and done in Jo Sonja acrylic as its needs to be on a plane in a few days. The urban back drop was challenging as I rarely paint city scenes. I loved the colours of the sky

Original Oil Painting, Poppies and Tuscan Remains, Daily Painting by Chris Hobel

Poppies and Tuscan remains 17x24cms

on loose canvas 

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Tuscan oil painting, daily painting, Abandoned barn by Chris Hobel, Noosa artist

Abandoned Barn, Tuscany
Oil Painting on loose canvas

6x8"

For Sale 85$US includes freight
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Another from my Tuscan series, these buildings are so inspiring to paint conjuring up imaginative stories of times past back beyond comprehension. This is the photo I took to create the painting from, the light was very soft.

Montelupciano Vinyard Oil painting, daily painting by Chris Hobel

Montelupciano Vinyard Oil painting, daily painting by Chris Hobel

is a smaller version of an earlier painting

6x7.5" oil painting on loose canvas

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Cypress Trees Tuscan Hillside painting 8x10", acrylic palette knife painting, daily painting by Chris Hobel

 

Cypress Trees Tuscan Hillside painting 8x10"

acrylic palette knife painting,

painted on artists canvas, 

sent unframed on looose canvas 

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Small Tuscan Village Painting Original on Canvas, Painting and Mixed Media by Chris Hobel,Step by Step painting,Oil and acrylic Painting

Step By Step Painting 6x6 inches
This small  palette knife acrylic painting  went through many steps to reach its final
Small paintings are really good way to face problems and solve them in a short time, after all this is the fun part of painting, the obstacles we put up for ourselves dont you agree?

Take time to consider the composition you have before jumpimg in to finish it and then decide to change the size of the roof as I later did with this one. Being a small painting it was relatively easy to do but could be quite a drama on a full size canvas. This is similiar to an earlier posting but the foreground and backgound are a bit different

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8x8inch original tuscan village scene on loose canvas
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Tuscany Tree Painting, Acrylic Palette Knife Painting ,Daily painting, Oil and Acrylic Painting by Chris Hobel

Cypress Trees lining the road to a typical Italian villa took my eye on an afternoon walk back in May 2008 .I just had to paint it. It measures 8x10 inches and Ive used only a palette knife and artists quality acrylics on loose heavy canvas which Ive stapled onto a frame inorder to paint it. This allows the buyer a choice as to how they would frame it.The painting will be removed from the stretcher bars and has a wide border of canvas around the edge. This is a great way to save space and also makes freight inexpensive saving money for the seller and buyer
The buyer can choose the best frame for their needs  using the money they save  on freight costs.

The inspiration came from a photo I took around San Gimignano in Italy. Another cloudy day but I liked the atmosphere it created. A beautiful villa is hidden among the trees at the end of the road

Please comment..............If you would like me to post a step by step for this one

For Sale  85$US includes postage

Size 8x10inches

Palette Knife Acrylic Painting Tuscan Village, by Chris Hobel, Oil and Acrylic Painting, Daily Painting, Original framed painting

Today the poor fish lost out as I caught some nice Bream and a whopper Greenback Tailor, a real exciting catch off the beach, it was a perfect day, no wind, overcast and a warm serene ambience.

Unfortunaltely no painting today.
I dont paint every day but  I certainly try to squeeze it it between Bushwalking, (tomorrow mornings activity) and keeping fit as well as the usual household chores..... But I do have a cute little painting to show you . I really enjoyed doing this one  with the palette knife in  acrylics

It measures 8x8 inches on deep sided professional artists canvas.

It is for sale,

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French Village Oil Painting Step 3 by Chris Hobel

 

Daily Painting by Chris Hobel

Step 3

Dark shadows mixed from my palette added to thte roof eaves and trees in the foreground also on the window ledges

Tuscan Village Oil Painting by Chris Hobel

This is step 1, Tuscan Village  Oil Painting

I 've just found this photo of Step 1, it was  painted before the one in the earlier post.
I am still a novice at impressionist style and often I find I want to neaten things  or get distracted by details the more time I spend on a painting.
As I write this I have not yet finished the painting but  I have done a little more and added a few changes to the path way.

I think I should get back to the palette knife as it stops the tendency to be so precious with detail
I started on a gessoed board and drew  the  main outlines to divide the tones  with chalk  blue pencil .
Choose a colour that will blend with colours you will use in your painting .I find charcoal makes the colours muddy.

Limiting your palette also keeps you on the straight and narrow,  colours are naturally harmonious and you cant forget the colours you used that way!

Chroma Archival Colours used are Cad Yellow Mid, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Cad Red, Crimson, Veridian, Fast Drying White.with gum turps in the early stage of the painting

Tuscan Village Daily Painting by Chris Hobel

8x8 inch oil painting, Tuscany Italy

Seeing simply sounds so easy, but our brain constantly wants to concentrate on the detail, with a small canvas it leaves less space for detail so choosing a small format helps to eliminate the inclination to do this.  Give it a try... Ive tried to capture the soft filtered light by using greyed greens and blues for the distant hills, strong warm greens and yellows in the foreground to create perspective

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Abstract Acrylic Painting by Chris Hobel Australia

Textured Acrylic Abstract can be created in one of my classes using easy step by step methods

Abstract Acrylic Painting by Chris Hobel Australia, prize winner

Layered Textured abstract 8x8 inches

I love trying out new ideas on thse small canvases, they look great hung as a group. I teach these techniques in my classes using Atelier Interactve paints and mediums.

 This one has modelling compound, gold acrylic, burnt umber washes , irridescent colours and pearl paint
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Price Cut Paintings on Etsy by Chris Hobel

This is a sample of the canvases available  at my Painting Shop

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Tuscan Hilltop Town Oil Painting by Chris Hobel, Australia

Finished at last. This the final step in the Painting of the area near Montisi Tuscany Italy

8x8inch deep sided canvas.

I like the interesting roof angles and shadows. It is almost dry so if you would like to purchase , please contact me by email

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Daily painting by Chris Hobel Australia

Coolum Beach Oil Painting by Chris Hobel Australia

Coolum Beach Oil Painting 46x92cms

This painting took a while to complete.The reference was a very small picture about 2x1cm! I would not attempt from such a small pic again. Lots of artistic license needed

The finished painting  below measures 46x92cms Contact me at
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The picture below was the first step, notice how Ive cooled down the distant headlands and added more variety to the shapes in the middle distance in the final version

Daily Painting by Chris Hobel Australia