todays palette
il torrente at the end of my painting day today
3:23 PM: I continued work on illusory city and il torrente today. having run out of titanium white; an unusual occurrence, I squeezed he very last bit from a couple of tubes and mixed it with indian yellow and brilliant yellow pale, which I then proceeded to layer over what I had done yesterday. I then worked into them, and the result is, I think, rather hauntingly beautiful.
illusory city at the end of my painting day
they each, in their own way, sing a tune of mountains, plant life and distant memories of adventures forgotten. my large palette knife has always been as important to me as my fan brushes. it allows broad dance-like sweeps into wet oil paint in a way no other tool could. this particular palette knife is very dear to me, and has been since I purchased it years ago on one of our trips to my gallery there. a relatively new addition to this mix ar emu oil sticks. i’ve been using them for a couple of years at least. there are fat one and skinny ones, and they all form a skin when not used for a few days, needs to be peeled off with a mat knife. I love that I can draw with oil paint in a way no brush can accomplish. all these tools make it possible for me to dream up new avenues.
