Did my first palette knife painting today.

[LiberalLoner]

Struggling with trying to lay down paint smoothly, I need lots more practice. Following instruction from Paul Apps on Patreon.

https://pin.it/4Ezae8I

[Peregrine Took]

1. Wow -that is gorgeous!

I've never tried the palette knife.

Beautiful!

Thanks so much for posing the link

[LiberalLoner]

3. Thank you so much! Maybe it wasn't a complete failure, then! 😍

[blm]

2. I like it. A lot.

Mr blm uses a knife quite a bit. He’s a texture guy.

[LiberalLoner]

4. Thank you so much! 😍

[shenmue]

5. Very good!

[LiberalLoner]

6. Thank you! ❤️

[MN2theMax]

7. That is absolutely beautiful!

If this is an early attempt, I look forward to what happens after you practice.

[LiberalLoner]

8. Wow, thank you so much! 😍

[leighbythesea2]

9. Gosh

That is gorgeous!

[LiberalLoner]

10. Oh, wow, thanks! 😍

[lunatica]

11. I love painting that look like thick icing

on the canvas. So much so that I love when you can’t really tell if there is a subject matter or if it’s the artist just enjoying the smearing motions and the scratching and layering. I can get completely lost in that. It’s sensuality and candy for the eyes.

Now I’m looking forward to seeing much more of your work with this particular method. Does it feel natural to you? It looks like it does.

I love it!

[femmedem]

12. Beautiful!

I haven't used the palette knife yet except to mix colors. You've got me wanting to try it!

You sure do have a way with light and sky.

[LiberalLoner]

15. Thank you so much! ❤️ It was kind of fun to do, you should try it! You know what was

The hardest part for me though? Putting out those tablespoons of paint on the palette instead of just little dabs of paint. Made me cringe to use so much! I had to stop and tell myself that I can buy new tubes of paint when these are finished, not to worry.

I was a whole lot more conservative with the small dabs of the cadmiums, though, because those are costly paints compared to the others. The ultramarine blue, titanium white, burnt umber....those colors I can definitely afford to replace when they get used up. The cadmiums, you can’t help but go “ouch” when you have to buy a tube of those. You know how it is.

Some artists use liquin or cold wax or things like that to extend the paint some so they don’t end up using as much. Maybe a teaspoon of paint instead of a tablespoon of paint.

[Hoyt]

13. Nice. Love the colors.

[LiberalLoner]

16. Thank you! ❤️

[bif]

14. Beautiful and inspiring!

I think I need to try that!

[LiberalLoner]

17. Thank you! ❤️ It's so fun to do! I hope you do give it a try! I'll be honest, now that I've done

One, I can’t wait to try another!