Day Sixty Nine: The Last Gleam by Charles Appel
Hello and welcome to day 69 of 100 days of Tonalism.
Today study is 'The Last Gleam' by Charles Appel.
We've done a few studies after Charles in this series. He was fairly well known in his day but not so much now. Today's video features a track off my latest album Lost Horizon so please check that out.
Continuing on with our current assay regarding my Tonalist painting process; today I would like to discuss the palette knife and how I use it.
It's no secret that many painters paint with these knives and some of them quite effectively. I have given it a try for painting but palette knives do not lend themselves very well to working on wood panels.
Occasionally I might paint something very straight with the edge of a palette knife. I have experimented with using them for the limbs on trees and that can work. Ultimately though I prefer to use the clean edge of a brush to do the same sorts of things. If necessary I will resort to using a new brush that has a good crisp edge before painting with a palette knife.
So, what do I use palette knives for? On my palette I use them for cleaning and scraping the palette. Also, as I mentioned in my post about raised peaks of paint and scraping thereof, I use palette knives to scrape down those peaks.
In my actual painting process I use palette knives for one thing. It occurred to me yesterday while I was writing about edges that I do quite a lot of blending and picking with the point of the knife, generally right before finishing for the day. At times I will even do some swirly mixing with the knife through the wet paint.
This is a small part of my painting process but it is something I do (almost unconsciously) all the time. A little thing you can do add to the painting but all those little things add up.
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A bit about 'The Last Gleam' by Charles Appel ; I really like the rich over saturated colors in the sky in this painting by Appel. I enjoyed painting the sky and I'm glad that I did a study of this piece.
To see more of my work, visit my site here
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| Painted after - The Last Gleam by Charles Appel, Study by M Francis McCarthy - Size 5x7, Oil on wood pane |
Today study is 'The Last Gleam' by Charles Appel.
We've done a few studies after Charles in this series. He was fairly well known in his day but not so much now. Today's video features a track off my latest album Lost Horizon so please check that out.
Continuing on with our current assay regarding my Tonalist painting process; today I would like to discuss the palette knife and how I use it.
It's no secret that many painters paint with these knives and some of them quite effectively. I have given it a try for painting but palette knives do not lend themselves very well to working on wood panels.
Occasionally I might paint something very straight with the edge of a palette knife. I have experimented with using them for the limbs on trees and that can work. Ultimately though I prefer to use the clean edge of a brush to do the same sorts of things. If necessary I will resort to using a new brush that has a good crisp edge before painting with a palette knife.
So, what do I use palette knives for? On my palette I use them for cleaning and scraping the palette. Also, as I mentioned in my post about raised peaks of paint and scraping thereof, I use palette knives to scrape down those peaks.
In my actual painting process I use palette knives for one thing. It occurred to me yesterday while I was writing about edges that I do quite a lot of blending and picking with the point of the knife, generally right before finishing for the day. At times I will even do some swirly mixing with the knife through the wet paint.
This is a small part of my painting process but it is something I do (almost unconsciously) all the time. A little thing you can do add to the painting but all those little things add up.
Cheers,
M Francis McCarthy
Landscapepainter.co.nz
A bit about 'The Last Gleam' by Charles Appel ; I really like the rich over saturated colors in the sky in this painting by Appel. I enjoyed painting the sky and I'm glad that I did a study of this piece.
To see more of my work, visit my site here
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| Original painting, The Last Gleam by Charles Appel |