This was my first real oil and pallet knife painting. I have recently been going through an art rut. Nothing really seems fun to make because I am considerably bored with the subjects I have been assigned to create. The idea of an "everyday objects" project bored me to death. I mean nothing against still lifes and everyday object art, but I am very conceptual and how in the world was I supposed to make an everyday object conceptual. However, I made the decision to use the pallet knife for this painting. This was the best decision I could have made. The pallet knife sparked an interest in me and made making the piece a lot of fun. Knowing I planned to use the pallet knife, I chose to paint nail polish bottles because they are basic shapes and there isn't a lot of fine detail work. At first it took a little bit of getting used to the thick layers of paint and having to be careful not to smudge. Also, the fact that oils take FOREVER to dry was also very irritating, especially because when using the pallet knife layers of paint tend to be thicker. Creating clean lines with the pallet knife was also quite difficult, but I think I did a fairly good job in doing so. I really like the color choices I made. However, I wish I had used a slightly brighter pink to stand out more from the deep blue. In general I think this is quite good for my first pallet knife painting. I am super excited to play around with it more and find new texture techniques and work on getting cleaner lines.
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June 2017
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