First time in oils with palette knife in plein aire

Beaucastle · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 483 Location: Vero Beach, FL

Am taking a two day workshop with a wonderful fine artist. So different using a palette knife with oils. Live models in an oceanside park. So nice to be painting so differently than my usual realistic style. Am doing two more tomorrow. Will post.

Linda Topel · Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 2039 Location: Chicago Area

... Amazing..... lov it

Brian_Bullard · Joined: 11 Jan 2012 Posts: 197 Location: Houston, Texas

Wonderful, I really enjoy the palette and signature, you should definitely frame this!

Ron Francis · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 3:54 am Post subject:

Nice choice of colours, and a surprisingly sunlit effect without much contrast.

1st year apprentice · Joined: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 2043 Location: Scotland

Realy like this, and look forward to the challenge of using a palette knife one day

brian

paintchick · Joined: 13 Aug 2007 Posts: 779 Location: Canton, GA

Barbara,

That is beautiful! Can't wait to see more.

Janie

vitold01 · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:08 pm Post subject:

This is great...really great effect.

patty_artist · Joined: 10 Jul 2007 Posts: 1122 Location: Oak Ridge NJ

love it! it looks like you are having fun!

Beaucastle · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 483 Location: Vero Beach, FL

The second day paintings ended up being painted in the studio due to weather. I mixed oils on a mahogany colored wood palette in poor lighting then painted with a palette knife. Not so wonderful to look at. Colors are not good. Plus I wasn't really doing what the teacher was trying to teach so he would be horrified if he knew I respresenting these as what he is teaching.

However, painting in the impressionistic style was uniquely liberating.

I will share these because this is a forum of professionals and our failures are often more informative than our successes. Hard to believe these were painted by the same person.

anita · Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 2737 Location: upstate New York

absolutely love the plein air painting. I would hang it in my bedroom. Are you selling it?

Pat · Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:38 am Post subject:

That looks like so much fun. I have never painted like that but it looks like there could be a lot of satisfaction in dealing with the application and color in this way.

d. neri-renner · Joined: 22 Jul 2007 Posts: 326 Location: Tampa Florida

I tried to do something like this a couple of years ago with a group of "fine" artists friends of mine and I failed miserably. You are doing a wonderful job and I really like the feel you are achieving

dawn

Bonnie Lecat · Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 403 Location: Northbrook, IL

Those are wonderful, Barbara! I have been wanting to try my hand at plein air painting for a while. You have really inspired me! I love the fresh and intuitive feel to these. Your talent really shines through Very Happy

Thanks for sharing these!

southpawsue · Joined: 05 Sep 2007 Posts: 1113 Location: New Jersey

That first study is to dye for!!!!!!!!! Really I'm very impressed especially that it is a total opposite from your tight work gotta love it Very Happy