"It Wasn't Me"

I enjoyed painting this 8"x10" cat portrait today with my dear friend, Audi Stanton.  I used a palette with black, white, magenta, cerulean blue, yellow ocher, cadmium yellow pale, viridian and cadmium red light.  I painted this with a number 2 flat and a number 6 flat.

"It Wasn't Me" By Eva Marie Tanner-Klaas 8"x10" Brush on Board

Brush Versus Palette Knife

I painted a still life study using a brush and then painted it, again, using  a palette knife in this week's workshop. I love way you can capture the light with the palette knife. The color is cleaner.

Brush

Palette knife

Keeping Things In Perspective

It was COLD this morning so I bundled up with several layers to practice perspective. I spent about two hours on this 8x10 before calling it quits.
Oh and I used my new mini Strada. It quickly became my favorite setup. What a wonderful, lightweight piece of equipment. I bought the two additional trays and use my Easy L tripod.  With a couple of essential, small tubes of paint and two, flat brushes to keep the carrying weight down, it is now a perfect setup.
Also, instead of gamsol, I use Utretcht safflower oil.  I took a tip from an artist to use a plastic, zip-lock bag inside my brush canister. The reason for the bag is to make it easier to clean by just pulling out the bag and replacing it with a new one. . 

Now all I have to do is purchase a RayMar art box with a lightweight backpack and I will be all set.

Plein Air Study - 8"x10" Oil with brush on canvas board

All Aboard!

Here is my palette knife painting of pears.

"All Aboard!" Oil on Canvas Board 8"x10"

Looking Back On My 2014 Art