No. 761 Palette Knife Poinsettia 2

Palette Knife Poinsettia #2

Oil on Canvas Panel

6" x 6"

Good grief! Could Christmas really only be a week away? 

More experimenting with the palette knife. It's easy to create a lot of interesting texture with this tool.

~Susan

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No 760 Ruby Red Poinsettia

Ruby Red Poinsettia

Oil on Canvas Panel

6" x 6"

Another palette knife painting. Considering how very awkward a palette knife in my hands can be I'm surprised how well this came out. One thing I've noticed is how it encourages me to see more abstractly in shapes instead of lines. If you can get yourself in an abstract, shape making state of mind it usually ends up in a better painting even if the goal is realism.

No.667 Plein Air in Tadcaster

Plein Air in Tadcaster

Oil on Canvas

5" x 7"

So what do you do when you finally have the opportunity to paint in plein air, you pack up all your gear and hike to just the right spot only to find you've forgotten your brushes? You've got it, you use your palette knife! You know, the one you normally only use for mixing paint. I once heard an artist say she used her credit card when she found herself without brushes or palette knives.

This painting, by the way, was from my wonderful trip to England this summer.