Today I decided to do a whole painting with my palette knife. I wasn’t planning that initially but all my paint brushes were dirty and I didn’t want to clean them out (haha). So to the palette knife I went. It actually turned out to be the perfect technique for the job becuse I had chosen a photo to work from of the Chimney Bluffs. If you are not familiar, the Chimney Bluffs is a state park in Walcott NY. It is 597- acres on the shore of Lake Ontario east of Socue Bay. The park has hiking trails where you can see the large clay formations at the water’s edge. These amazing clay fromations are where the park gets it’s name. And since these formations are full of rocky, sandy, rough tecture the palette knife would easily achieve lots of texture. Texture also happens to be one of my favorite painting methods.
I’ve been wanting to paint this breathtaking place ever since my family and I went hiking there in the fall. Here are a few photos of the finished painting! Let me know what youthink of it! And have you been to the Chimney Bluffs? If not you should definately check it out!!
