PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING

I have been asked so many times to show my process.

Some of you may already know that I don't sketch before starting a painting.

There a some very few exceptions, but I start out blocking colors and shapes without a sketch.

For these pink hydrangeas I painted my ground blue because I wanted some of the color to show through.

 

I block the background in and the hydrangeas.

I never really think about it, but I'm pretty sure I go from dark to light in all of my paintings.

 

Now, this is my "sketch".

If I like the composition, I just go ahead and lay on more color starting

to create the texture and some definition.

I've added some leaves, mostly for placement at this point and 

defined the hydrangeas.

In the next photo you can see a lot more paint has been applied to the hydrangeas

in order to create highlights, light source and shape.

 

these are going to be more pink than purple, so here I load my knife with  brighter colors and apply

the highlights as well as more texture.

 

This is my last progress photo. At this point, I will add highlights to the leaves

and perhaps fine tune making small corrections and adding details.

I don't have the final photo yet, but it is coming as soon as the rain stops.

And Voila!