PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING
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| Ventura Harbor I 11x14 oil on gessobord |
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| Avocado Halves 6x6 oil on gessobord |
Ventura Beach Sunset
8x8 oil on gessobord
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| Carnation Beauty 6x6 oil on gessobord Many of you have asked me about my workshop in California with Leslie Saeta. Did I like it? Emphatically YES! Did I learn a lot? YES! The hardest part for me was painting en plein air boats and a full harbor scene. I am completely unfamiliar with boats. As you would expect of me living in the desert. And I learned the silliest things about matching color, something I should have learned with my first ever art lesson. THIS IS THAT LESSON Mix the color on your palette using your palette knife (of course). Now hold that fully-loaded-with-color knife next to the item you are about to paint. Does it match in hue and value? No more of this "You don't know what color you have until you put it on your canvas." Do comment but don't tell me how on earth I could have missed such common sense. SECOND BIG LESSON (aside from painting that is) My very supportive husband has listened to me for years tell him I am leaving him for a few weeks in the heat of the desert summer for a cool place. (He likes heat.) Year after year after year, I ask myself where that summer place is. Besides cool it has to be where I can't wait to paint every day. After being in California on the beach, I am now in the process of searching for my "few weeks of cool" in Maine on the beach. I have contacted someone and can't wait to hear back. |
