Acrylic on Canvas
16 x 20
I have been working with a Palette knife for a few years now. Starting to get a little more comfortable with application but my paintings, although full of colour, light and shadow have been absent. I am a super fan of Julie Dumbarton's work , which not only explodes with colour but her application of a strong light source is fabulous. This was my push to try to capture the play between light and shadow.
My first attempt started off as trees in a fallen forest , one of my favourite subjects: love the natural landscape when walking through a forest.
What started as a forest soon took on the look of water reflections and so I modified my painting. This meant changing the reflected angles of the trees . So I basically redid the bottom two thirds but tried to do so without making too bold a change and losing some of the original light. I don't like to fiddle too much as you lose the spontaneous fresh look achieved with the palette application. As I gain more experience with the palette knife, the fear of losing what was more spontaneously created will lessen...I think anyway.
Have a Super Weekend! Keep Learning! Keep Practising!
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