experimenting

lemons and blue pitcher

 It's been an experimental month for oil painting around here. the painting above was started on a red-painted canvas, which i think inspired the bold and loud colors and feeling of the painting. it was fun to paint, i like the size and roundness of the pitcher in front of the lemons.

I spent some time using a palette knife to apply paint, which is extremely fun. it seems that once i start applying paint with a knife, i have to continue with a knife. i have not been successful using a brush on top of the knife applied paint (yet). the three paintings below were started with a brush for laying out the forms and then continued and finished using various palette knives.

pink flowers

 

kettle with red background

kettle with blue background

 

 

potted succulent

 i'm not sure how i feel about the painting of the cactus/succulent plant above. I do like that i'm experimenting. here, after initially laying out colors and form, I scrubbed on and off paint to create interesting color areas.. hmm...

flower bouquet -work in progress

the flower bouquet above is just starting out.. not sure where i want to go with this. i started by painting the whole canvas red-orange which i think helps the painting progress quickly, because there is already color and inspiration waiting for you on the canvas!

we shall see... :)