Tag: palette knife
Painterly palette
My work the last while has been moving in a more painterly direction relying more on colour, texture and stroke to express form. Using a palette knife and colour shapers have made this a natural progression in my work. Detail now needs to be simplified, and alternative solutions found to creating shape rather than using…
Miniature apples
Acrylic on canvas board 10.5 X 15 cm Painted with a palette knife A series of apples done on a very small canvas board. These can either be framed and hung as a group or individually in a small little space that is begging for something. Another option would be to frame it and place…
King Protea
Acrylic on canvas board 40 X 30 cm Painted only with a palette knife The King Protea – one of my favourite proteas from the protea family. It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of South Africa in the fynbos region and looks so striking in flower arrangements, or in the garden. My father was a horticulturist…
Nguni cow
The Nguni (a type of breed of cattle) is unique to southern Africa. A hybrid of a number of Indian and later European cattle breeds, they were introduced by Bantu-speaking tribes to southern Africa during their migration from the north of the continent. They are characterised by their multicoloured skin, which can present in many…
Painting with a palette knife
Reference photo – A little village on the Scottish coast I have zero experience with painting with a palette knife other than wielding it with gusto when applying the mixed media textures for all those camel paintings. I always felt a bit like I was icing a large cake with butter icing, which is all…
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