Oil Painting "Tears of Happiness"

I have tried a new technique while creating this painting. First, I started it as an ordinary painting in "a la prima" technique, but noticed that the idea of the painting was not matching it. The idea was deeper. So, I repainted it and made it in two layers: monochrome umber painting and then the color layer. This experience was very interesting to me. Thanks to it I decided to study multi-layer painting technique that old master were using, when they applied many thin layers of oil paints to achieve deep and harmonious painting.

This painting is currently for sale.

New paintings from Kazakhstan

Recently I came back from my vacation in Kazakhstan. I was lucky to catch beautiful spring time and the beginning of summer and to enjoy beginning of nature flourishing. These paintings were painted from nature:

Tulips in glass

30 x 40 cm

Oil on canvas

Lilacs

18.5 x 27 cm

Oil on canvas

Lilac in Garden

22.5 х 15 cm

oil on canvas

White Wild Roses

22.5 х 15 cm

oil on canvas

Plain Air Painting

This is my new plain air painting of Suez Canal. I was painting while my husband and son were fishing. It was a great family holiday!

I truly enjoy plain air painting! It is like breathing in fresh air and breathing it out on canvas.

Painting in Kazakhstan

Here are the pictures that I have painted during my vacation in Kazakhstan.

Above Clouds

60 x 80 cm

Oil on canvas

2012

Apple Blossoms

30 x 40 cm

Oil on canvas

2012

Bouquet of Lilacs

30 x 40 cm

Oil on canvas paper

2012

Golden Heart

20 x 30 cm

Oil pastel

2012

Stairs

30 x 40 cm

Oil on canvas paper

2012

Tulips

30 x 40 cm

Oil paints and oil pastel on canvas paper

2012

Sunset painting

This is my latest painting (40 x 30 cm, oil on special paper for oil painting):

I have painted this sunset using only three colors: blue, orange and white. It was very interesting to mix these three paints in different proportions to get different shades.

Shell with Pearls

I am happy to present my new painting of the sea shell. I painted it with pastel few months earlier. This time I painted it with oil. I find this shell very interesting. You can study it for hours enjoying every little detail and when you turn it, you see it from another interesting perspective.

This is oil painting:

And this is pastel: