From the Artist: After experiencing a gamut of emotions, I ended up deciding that knife painting isn't half bad. What is bad, is using a palette knife for much of it. Knuckle painting is no fun.
There were many "firsts" for me in this painting, not the least of which was gessoing my first board. Even though I did a poor job of sanding the gesso, I was happy with the way the sky turned out.
The stucco was absolutely fun! After lightly smacking the surface with the flat side of my knife and letting it dry, I then applied several layers of glaze.
From the Painting Guide: Glad to hear you had some fun working with a knife! You've got some great texture happening here. I confess, if I'm using with a painting knife, I use it to mix my paint, I don't put it down and pick up a palette knife... but I do keep a cloth to hand to wipe it clean before mixing.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Composition: I find myself wanting one of two things with this composition. Either for something to be added on the left to balance the weight of the house, such as a clump of trees, or for the canvas to extend by half as much again to the left so the sheer amount of "empty" space balances the house (something like this). At the moment the house feels lonely yet squashed into the scene.
There were many "firsts" for me in this painting, not the least of which was gessoing my first board. Even though I did a poor job of sanding the gesso, I was happy with the way the sky turned out.
The stucco was absolutely fun! After lightly smacking the surface with the flat side of my knife and letting it dry, I then applied several layers of glaze.
From the Painting Guide: Glad to hear you had some fun working with a knife! You've got some great texture happening here. I confess, if I'm using with a painting knife, I use it to mix my paint, I don't put it down and pick up a palette knife... but I do keep a cloth to hand to wipe it clean before mixing.
Things to Consider When Looking at This Painting:
Composition: I find myself wanting one of two things with this composition. Either for something to be added on the left to balance the weight of the house, such as a clump of trees, or for the canvas to extend by half as much again to the left so the sheer amount of "empty" space balances the house (something like this). At the moment the house feels lonely yet squashed into the scene.