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Palette Knife Techniques
Published on 2012-02-10 11:34:00
Photo via Wallcoo There are many type of effects you can achieve using a palette knife and it allows an artist to create a lot of very painterly effects in a painting. Mixing paint and adjusting the values of a certain color is very easy with a palette knife. Unlike a brush which retains some of the pigments of the last color used, a palette knife can be completely wiped clean quickly, avoiding the contamination or cross mixing of different values as can be seen in the video below. I espe
The Rug Merchant
Published on 2012-02-09 11:39:00
Artist: Amadeo Simonetti Title: The Rug Merchant Medium: Watercolor and Pencil on Paper Size: 29 3/4 x 21 1/4 in (75.7 x 54.1cm) When I lived in Iran we would often go to the bazaar and spend time at the stores of rug merchants. I loved seeing how these big and heavy Persian rugs would be rolled out for visitors to inspect. The handlers made it always look so effortlessly. While the bargaining was underway, we would often sip tea and eat fresh sweets, making the whole exp
A new Horse Painting
Published on 2012-02-02 10:37:00
When I first started to work on this painting I was too busy to get the drawing right rather than making plans for the color scheme. As work on the horse progressed however, I soon realized that keeping everything in grey and black was rather boring. This painting called for a major punch up in the color department. Starting with a few blue tints in the darkest part of the painting, similar hues started to creep into the background as well, which I wanted to keep as ambigious as possi
