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For my last painting class at the Stutz, my students had requested flowers in a vase. I painted along with them to show how we may stretch a little in the September class. With that in mind, I used the palette knife and was more liberal with the brush work.
Right up front I want to acknowledge Richard Schmid as the master and those that follow fall a bit short of this master painter and teacher.
My theory has always been that a work, no matter what media, should first attract the viewer because of the image and good design. Other factors would be color, composition, contrast, yada, yada and of course technique. I have observed painters that rely heavily on technique and what I would call overuse of the brush or palette knife. In some cases they just can't draw and this liberal use of the knife is simply a cover up. My other pet peeve is brown paintings, but that is another entry.
2 comments:
Incredibly beautiful. I don't think I've seen the palette knife used as adeptly.
Brown paintings?? Looking forward to the next post.
Liz...thanks for the comments. I didn't want to mislead, but I used a brush in combination with the palette knife. I used the knife mainly to spread the paint and create soft and hard edges. I believe there should be a balance in the use of both.
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