5X7 Landscape Study #6 Palette Painting

I put together this landscape study with a palette knife. 

5X7 palette knife painting

Final of House Portrait

I spend a month on this baby.  It's 18X24 (I think).  I haven't done a painting this larger that is realistic.  I did an abstract painting that was large, so this was new.  The owner is very happy, and I'm pleased with that.  It was a great project and I'm glad that I learned a lot while I did it.  Now on to the next project.

 

Major April Project: House Commission

I've been putting almost all of my efforts into a house portrait.  I've been taking my sweet time.  I spent a lot of time setting up the composition and trying out colors.  I did an 8x10 study of the house to figure some stuff out.  This is the study below.  When I'm finished with the larger piece, I'll post it.

5X7 Boat Study

Here is a quick boat study that I loved.  I was happy how it worked out.

Landscape Study #5 - Green Couds

I tried copying a landscape painting and I really struggled with this at first.  I debated if I should even finish it.  I decided to go for it and put some time.  Anything you do is great practice.  I was listening to an interview with artist Jane Hunt and she said that everyone has 200 bad paintings in them, and the sooner you get them out the better.

But then I turned it into a palette knife painting, and it looked really great, especially the clouds.  In the past I've just done a palette knife painting without much underpainting, but I think the underpainting greatly enhanced the painting.  It added a lot of depth and more interesting detail.  The underpainting also helped me work out the color scheme.

A couple of flowers

I just love these.  I did this version of flowers about 3 times, and my favorite was the first set.  That seems to be a trend.  If I try to repeat subject matter, the first time is the best.  But then again, the 2nd and 3rd attempts isn't that bad.

Black and white pears

These are awesome. I just sort of love these pears, and have done a couple more sets of them for fun.  They are just fun.  Bright red in the back, and then blues, grays, blacks and whites.