Please meet Bella!!! She is much prettier than my painting.... she adopted us jumping over the wall from my neighbors yard. She gets along OK with Lily our new dog we adopted from a shelter and Gingy a yard cat that also adopted us... sometimes we even get a visit from my neighbor's Peacock but haven't been able to get a good reference photo of him.....
Oils on cloth covered corrugated cardboard 20 x 20 cm..using a palette knife. I had made these formats quite a while ago and will not make any more... they are very difficult for the knife work
I am learning quite a bit with this challenge... what subjects,size, formats that are compatible with the tools I use mainly palette knife..
I am learning quite a bit with this challenge... what subjects,size, formats that are compatible with the tools I use mainly palette knife..
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Bella oh belisima
Thank You Ruthie!!!!
I love Bella and seeing what you can do with your limited palette. I hope you will write more sometime about what you are learning (details), so I can learn from your lessons...
You are so right... I should jot down, at least for myself what colors I was using on the palette. Its not so limited ... I think I used a black that I made from indigo blue and raw umber.... also had ultramarine and Prussian blue ... I used for red a Venetian Red I had which I mixed with yellows... had both a lemon yellow and cadmium and yellow ochre... browns were mixed from combinations of oranges and blues... thanks for your comments... It was difficult with the knife on such a small format....
What size do you normally recommend as the smallest for palette knife?
I think it really depends on the subject matter and how detailed..... landscapes were easier than the birds... I ordered 10 wrapped canvases... 30 x 30 cm... 12" and will be trying these out.... still have a few of my homemade formats too!!!
I see that Leslie does 6" x 6" ... with quite a bit of details.... baby shoes....
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