Blue and Gray...Palette Knife Painting by Peg Whitacre

I once read an article that said you could make photos more "impressionistic" by using a 16x20 piece of shower glass (plastic) and place it in front of the subject!  Well, I tried it and really liked the photographic results.  I only used this method when photographing flowers and it does give an "unusual" appearance.  So......I thought this might work with the palette knife and this is the result.  The original photo was  just blue wildflowers growing out of the cracks in some rocks.  This is the result of using the palette knife to reproduce the photo.  It looks to me a bit impressionistic and also a bit abstract!  Have not yet decided if I like it but thought I would post it anyhow.  Comments anyone?

New Bluebonnet oil painting by Niki Gulley

New Bluebonnet Oil Painting by Niki Gulley • 7" x 5"

These Texas Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush are created with extremely thick oil paint and palette knives.

If you'd like information on my bluebonnet paintings, e-mail me at Niki@NikiGulley.com.

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