Day 13, 4 x 8 watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold pressed paper. © 2018 Sheila Delgado
Palette knife practice. With watercolor. Just to see what would happen. I mixed puddles of paint, and then dipped the knife. Observations:
- Mix thicker paint next time.
- Mix more paint. (Larger puddle).
- Don’t go back into a wet area.
OK, that last one was an accident. I thought the paint was dry. But I am not upset by the result, the yellow with the bloom. I have seen halos like that, in a misty seaside sunset.
And those are all things I knew. This little practice just reinforced them. I used a long rectangular knife. It covered more area, and helped to blend the transitions.
Palette Knife
Fabulous art at Leslie’s 30 In 30 Blog!
Try a plastic palette knife. I find they work better with acrylics.
Thanks Sea, I will, I have a couple smaller ones 🙂
Love that you are experimenting! Beautiful gradations – I especially like the transition between the blue and fuchsia – I see a ‘land mass’ (the blue) isolated in the fuchsia.
I was wondering if anyone else would see that. A small, happy accident 🙂 Thanks Janet 😉
A nice job Sheila with a nice mix of colours. I think adding a sailboat in acrylic would make a completed painting although as you say – abstract and it doesn’t need anything else.
That’s an idea Val 🙂 I have seen videos on painting sailboats with the knife.
Learning something new everyday! Love the gradations but really can’t see any palette knife marks!
Maybe I will try that next Carol 😉
Gorgeous experiments!
Thanks Martine 🙂
Oooh! I never thought of using watercolor and a palette Knife! I agree with Laurelle’s interpretation and i also see eels swimming at the bottom 🙂 fun! You are so creative, Sheila ❤️
Eels… I like that Trang 😉 Look who’s creative 😉
Sheila, fun to find a new adventure when I opened your blog today! Thanks for the ocean/sun/watercolor/palette-knife collaboration! My eye is especially pulled to the yellow-with-bloom and the transition between blue and fuschia.
I like that spot too Dotty 😉 Enjoy your creative time today 🙂
Great practice. Nice colors and texture/depth
Thanks Christine 😉
Your tenacity is an inspiration, Sheila. You constantly are pushing your knowledge of the materials to new limits. The small experiment is a lovely sunset throwing its colors into a choppy sea.
So much to learn, and so little time, LOL. 😉 I need to experiment more with this. I have seen artists use the two together, to create representational work. Wonderful work. I was leaning towards abstracts. Love your description laurelle 😉