This still life was a very quick and simple exercise in combining the texture of a palette knife with the smoother more even texture of a brush.

Flowers in a teacup
Acrylic on canvas panel
20 X 25 cm

The petals of the flowers naturally lend themselves to the thick, impasto application with a palette knife which is in contrast to the smoother more controlled application of the brush in the teacup. A lighter less impasto application with a palette knife was made to the background to act as a transition between the smoother look of the teacup versus the splodgy feel of the petals.

The colours used in this still life are as follows:
•Titanium white
•Burnt Umber
•Phthalo Blue (green shade) – Used to mix that lovely turquoise colour
•Cadmium yellow light
•Permanent alizarin crimson
•Quinacridone Red

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