Tea Tree Bay Noosa Heads Queensland Print by Chris Hobel Daily painting

Tea Tree Bay Noosa Heads Queensland Prints and cards now available on red bubble and fine art america. 

This  is a famous iconic surfing beach which I walk buy often as Im lucky to live close by

Australian buyers will find red bubble a saving on freight. 
The original was commissioned for a local surfer

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
If you would like to see the steps to compete this painting please comment

Tuscan Village Oil Painting Step by Step Painting by Chris Hobel

Tuscan Village Oil Painting Step 4

Ive  worked on the  foreground vineyard and worked on the perspective of the posts to  lead the viewer back  into the painting. The background grey green trees and hills have been given more detail

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