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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Another French Village Oil Painting by Noosa artist Chris Hobel daily painting

Another French Village 8x8" oil  by Chris Hobel

A painting I did recently and forget to show you,
Feeling comfortable  modifying a scene to suit your needs sometimes take a while for an artist to learn. Maybe it is that we think we are not being truthful, that we are in some way being a fraud.Overcoming  these feelings can take some time.When it happens it is very liberating. In this painting I added the flowers in the foreground to enhance the dream

French Street Oil Painting, Daily Painting by Chris Hobel

What i love about oils                  8x8" French Street scene

This week Ive been painting more, I think its the cooler weather plus Ive been  thinking about the  beautiful  old romantic street scenes of italy and france, here is one of them........
Ive been using my box of 8x8" canvases. I just uploaded it on FAA to sell as a print also.  More and more Im enjoying painting with oil rather than acrylic, I just like the feel of them and the flexibility and a big plus is that they dry slowly and dont change colour
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European hillside Village Painting 10x14" oil by Chris Hobel

Ive done several versions of this image, I keep being drawn back to it
Oil on hardboard painted entirely with a painting knife 10x14"
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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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French Village Oil Painting Step 4 by Chris Hobel

 

Daily Painting  by Chris Hobel

Are we there yet, not quite, still  few more steps until Im happy to call it quits

Green greys are added to the distant trees and more details added to windows, there is so much to see... do we see too much.?

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

French Village Oil Painting Step 2 by Chris Hobel

 

Cool Lavendar shadows on the buildings,and more warm highlights are added on the rooftops. 

The front trees are painted in the warm pastels of the walls keeping to the blue/orange complementary palette

French Village Oil Painting by Chris Hobel

French Hilltop Village Painting by Chris Hobel
The story began when I saw this great photo but it did not print out so well, this seems to be the story with my printer, If you know of a good one, please tell me in your comments