Palette Knife Painting

I painted some more tangerines today, but this time I used a palette knife! This is my first painting using only a knife.  I watched some of Leslie's palette knife demos HERE and then I gave the technique a try.

5x7 oil on canvas

Here's what I learned today:

I am a messy painter when I use a brush, but I'm even messier with a palette knife. 

Too much paint is not always a good thing.

Painting with a knife is different, but I think I'll try it again!

It's Day 6 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge and I'm lagging far behind those artists who finish a painting every day.  That's okay; I'm having fun!

A Bowl of Tangerines

We've been enjoying those sweet little tangerines called Cuties. I brought a big bag of them home from the grocery and put them in a blue and white bowl. 

They looked pretty enough to paint... so I did.

They looked good enough to eat... so I did that too. Yum!

"A Bowl of Tangerines"
8x10 oil on canvas panel

This is another quick painting for the 30 in 30 days challenge at Leslie Saeta's Slices of Life blog.