Finish This Hydrangea Painting
This three part series is coming to a close today. I let the painting sit for several days as I pondered over it. I thought about what I like and what I didn’t like and let it talk to me about what it needed.
When I went back into the studio I saw several glaring problems that I knew I needed to fix.
Well Sharon, so what were the problems? So glad you asked.
- The right side of the jar was almost caved in so that needed to be corrected.
- The water line was fairly non-existent so that needed to be fixed.
- I didn’t have a focal flower in front and as a recovering florist, there had to be a focal flower.
- I also hadn’t put a shadow under the jar and it really needed one to increase the 3D look of it.
So let’s get busy and make those corrections and see how it goes.
Hopefully all that made some sense to you and that you’re going to give palette knife painting a shot. It truly can help you loosen up your paintings in the future.
I usually paint relatively realistically, but would like to paint much more loose and painterly. I start out with that goal in mind, but then somewhere in the midst of the painting, my mind switches to a different gear and before I know it, I’ve got details all over the place.
Painting with a palette knife absolutely forces you to forget about the details and paint the shapes you see. It’s a fun experiment and often when I complete a palette knife series I struggle going back to brushes.
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As always, my goal is to help beginning painters get a good foundation under them so they can move ahead in their art journey quicker and with more success.
Have a great day and let’s paint together real soon.