ROSE OF SHARON by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'82/100

'Rose of Sharon'
6 x 6
82/100

Day 82


I did this painting for the Daily Paintworks 'Nature's Arrangement
Challenge'.  The instruction was to paint some flowers plein air using
a very limited palette of one blue, one red, one yellow and
white.  You were to use only a large, medium and small paintbrush
and you had to stop after painting for one hour and call it
'done'!  This worked out well for me because it also fulfilled
my own '100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge - Inspirations from a
Back Yard' Challenge, and also provides me with a new
plein air painting to post on the SVPAP blog - and most of
all was just a lot of fun to paint.  Can't ask for better!!!


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here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

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Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

CONEFLOWERS by Claire Beadon Carnell SOLD 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'77/100

'Coneflowers'
Oil on Panel
6 x 6
77/100

Day 77

Back to my painting challenge!  One of my favorite
summer flowers is the coneflower, and I usually have several colors
of them growing in my garden.  Because of all the rain we had
in the spring, only my purple coneflowers came up this
year, and even they are scarce.  I am hoping my
daughter will share some of her baby coneflowers with
me next year!

If you would like to see more of my work,

please visit my website or my blog. If you are

interested in purchasing any of my paintings you see

here on this blog, please contact me.

Claire Beadon Carnell

Member of:

Oil Painters of America

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania

Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters

BLACK-EYED SUSAN by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'34/100

'Black-Eyed Susan'
Oil 4 x 4
34/100

Day 34

Another summer garden standard - the

black-eyed susan. It's always a surprize to

see where they are going to pop up because

they re-seed themselves so freely each year.

My grandson has loved these flowers

since he was very little, so I have a feeling

this one is going to be confiscated.

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WHITE CONEFLOWER by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'32/100

'White Coneflower'
Oil 6 x 8
32/100


Day 32

These flowers are from my daughter's garden.
I liked the abstract qualities of the foliage
behind the flowers, and tried to keep that in
the painting - what do you think?

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TIME FOR LUNCH by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'31/100

'Time for Lunch'
Oil 5 x 7
31/100


Day 31

This bumblebee is headed straight for
a luncheon buffet at the purple coneflower
cafe! This flower (aka echinacea) draws so
many butterflies, bees and other insects
when it is at its peak. When
it starts to dry out in the fall, then
the birds flock in for the seeds it produces.
It's always a nice plant to have in the garden!

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please visit my website or my blog. If you are
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here on this blog, please contact me.

BITS OF SUMMER by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'30/100

'Bits of Summer'
Oil 6 x 8

30/100


Day 30

Even with the intense heat and lack of rain we have

had here on the East Coast this past few weeks,

there are some flowers that just shine in the garden

this time of Summer. The purple coneflower, zinnias,

black-eyed susans and butterfly bush all manage

to make their way into a vase at my house so that

I can enjoy them inside as well as out!

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please visit my website or my blog. If you are
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ANNETTE'S GARDEN by Claire Beadon Carnell 100 Paintings in 100 Days Challenge 'Inspirations from a Back Yard'11/100

'Annette's Garden'
Oil 6 x 12
11/100

Day 11

For this day's painting I got my inspiration

from a garden other than my own.

Annette Braught very generously allowed a

group of plein air painters to set up in her

beautiful garden. The day was overcast

but the flowers were still brilliant.

I was especially attracted to this area of the

yard where the iris daisies, and poppies were

growing together. The poppies were just starting

to come out, and I liked that there was only

one brilliant poppy blossom completely open.

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please visit my website or my blog.
If you are interested in purchasing this painting,
please contact me. Thank you.

VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS

'Virginia Bluebells'
Oil on 6 x 8 Stretched Canvas

I look forward to these Virginia bluebells blossoming
at the far end of my yard each year. I planted them
in the corner under some large hemlock trees, and
enjoy the range of blues and pinks they display when
they bloom. The blossoms don't last long, so I know
there's a very limited time-frame to get them painted!

Started this today. See a couple of small things I may
tweak before I call it completely done.

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Landscape Commission - Final

"Name to be determined"

12 X 16 Oil on archival canvas board

Today I finished this painting! It was such a

pleasure to work on. When I first saw the

photographs of this place, I instantly got that

little tingle at the back of my neck that I refer

to as my 'great painting material meter'! There

just were so many elements about this place that

I love to paint: the cabin, dappled sunlight, split

rail fence, wildflowers...

Thanks again to everyone for your comments.

I will be posting this up on the

Daily Painters of Pennsylvania Blog as well, so

don't feel as though you have to comment both

places!

Landscape Commission - Step 5

Almost finished! Have some glazing I want to do once this is dry, then will see if any more bright spots have to be attended to. So much fun to paint the wildflowers, but I really had to restrain myself - especially since my client sent me a different picture of them at their peak, which was nothing but a gorgeous riot of color (future painting...).
I've really appreciated your comments along the way. Working with this limited palette (prussian blue, alizarin crimson and cadmium lemon) was a challenge, but so educational in terms of mixing the different colors. Even though I have worked with limited palettes before (the Zorn palette...), I really learned a lot from this one. I was truly amazed at the range of colors I was able to mix. You really don't need any other colors but the prmaries and white!

Landscape CommissionStep 1 - Underpainting

This is a landscape commission I have started working on recently that is of a log cabin in Wyoming. The light will be filtering in through the trees on the left, creating some great sunny areas as well as deep shadows. In the foreground grasses, there are many summer wildflowers, which I am am really looking forward to painting!

There is a rocky run-off area that starts just off center at the bottom of the canvas, and curves slightly left before disappearing. The fireplace is stone. It's a gorgeous place, and holds lots of happy family memories for the owners.

There may be a glimpse of a log cabin workshop behind the left side of the cabin - checking with my client to see if they want that there (my notes were taken months ago, and are not clear in that area :( )

I thought it would be interesting to post my process in steps. This is the underpainting, which maps out the dark and light areas. Doing this first helps nail down composition as well as the values and is very helpful when starting to block in color. In this particular painting, my underpainting is more detailed than I would normally have because I want the client to get a good idea what this will look like at the onset.

See you when the next step is complete!

Day Lily Farm

'Day Lily Farm'
8 X 10 Oil on archival canvas board
$175.00 plus $10.00 shipping
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This Summer, the group that I paint with outdoors went to this Day Lily Farm in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. I never saw so many different colors and varieties of day lilies. The home and the barn were made of this rich, brown stone - it was difficult to settle down and find just one location to paint. I decided on this view of the house, greenhouse and outbuilding because of the flowers growing amongst them, and also because I really liked the ladder leaning up against the tree.

A View of the Garden (Kings Gap State Park)

'A View of the Garden'
8 X 8 Oil on archival canvas board
$150.00 plus $10.00 shipping
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This is the painting I did while attending the Kings Gap State Park Garden Harvest Day. Because of the rain and nice weather we had this past Summer, the flowers were still gorgeous even though it was early October. Had such a good time that day!

Flowers from My Garden

'Flowers from My Garden'

6 X 8 Oil on archival canvas board

$125.00 plus $6.00 shipping

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Last evening I decided to do a painting of some of the flowers in my garden. It was late when I started - around 6:30, so I had to work really fast. I thought the orange zinnias were really pretty in among the softer colored flowers.

Field of Poppies Oil 6 X 8

This is a small one I just finished not long ago. Any kind of flower (or even flowering weeds) growing randomly in a field is something I love to see, and to paint.