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femmedem

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61. Sometimes I used it for foreground foliage, like the marsh grasses and their reflections, for texture.
Fri Aug 30, 2024, 08:01 PM
Aug 30

And sometimes I use it to layer one color over another almost like a scumble, with the lower color coming through. If the first color is more of a shadow and the palette-knifed color layered on top is warmer and lighter, it can look like foliage coming up through shadow and catching the light.

And sometimes I use the palette knife not to add paint but to soften edges if they're jumping out and drawing the eye to an area that I don't want to be a focal point.

I love these! Love the soft focus, subtle colors. Ocelot II Aug 30 #1
Thanks, Ocelot. femmedem Aug 30 #3
Stunning! SheltieLover Aug 30 #2
Thank you for looking! femmedem Aug 30 #4
They are truky beautiful! SheltieLover Aug 30 #6
The softness really appeals to me. MLAA Aug 30 #5
Thank you! Yes, I posted a self-portrait, maybe more than one. femmedem Aug 30 #9
Damn, if that's your secret weapon I'm going to start painting blindfolded! MLAA Aug 30 #15
LOL! femmedem Aug 30 #20
Holy smokes, those are good! ZZenith Aug 30 #7
Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #10
Love your water! Karadeniz Aug 30 #8
Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #11
Your paintings impart a sense of serenity. Lovely. Clouds Passing Aug 30 #12
Thank you so much! femmedem Aug 30 #14
Thanks 😊 Clouds Passing Aug 30 #19
Masterful. The top one could be mistaken for a photo. sinkingfeeling Aug 30 #13
Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #17
These are wonderful! Diamond_Dog Aug 30 #16
Thank you, Diamond Dog! femmedem Aug 30 #18
Nice. marlboroman369 Aug 30 #21
Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #22
Nicely done Auggie Aug 30 #23
Thanks, Auggie. femmedem Aug 30 #24
Really nice AltairIV Aug 30 #25
Thank you! femmedem Aug 30 #28
"" AllaN01Bear Aug 30 #26
Thank you! n/t femmedem Aug 30 #29
yw. AllaN01Bear Aug 30 #53
Just exquisite!!! ailsagirl Aug 30 #27
Thanks, ailsagirl! femmedem Aug 30 #30
Who are some of your favourite artists? ailsagirl Aug 30 #31
I love them both. I think seeing the Impressionists' and Post Impressionists' work in person femmedem Aug 30 #34
Unfortunately not ailsagirl Aug 30 #44
I love all your favorites! femmedem Aug 30 #48
She really did-- she also was quite a reader and I would sometimes read her books (tho' they were usually over my head) ailsagirl Aug 30 #52
These are beautiful! Very peaceful views. Oil? LoisB Aug 30 #32
Wow, those are wonderful! dgauss Aug 30 #33
Thanks so much! femmedem Aug 30 #36
Thank you! Yes, oil. femmedem Aug 30 #35
Those are beautiful! BobTheSubgenius Aug 30 #37
She sounds as if she and I would be best friends. femmedem Aug 30 #40
She is very easy to like. BobTheSubgenius Sep 1 #75
Looks like those Russian landscapes from the 1890s wolfie001 Aug 30 #38
Oh my gosh! Thank you! Those Russian landscape painters are amazing! femmedem Aug 30 #39
Ilya Repin wolfie001 Aug 30 #45
Thank you! I will look him up! femmedem Aug 30 #47
Go to Wikipedia for his biography wolfie001 Aug 30 #49
My word, he is an astounding painter. And yes, the boat haulers look as exhausted as any people I've ever seen femmedem Aug 31 #72
Oooohhhh Great!!! wolfie001 Aug 31 #74
Easily the best paintings I've seen here on DU. No, wait, too faint praise. Really nice done. Beautiful work..... EarnestPutz Aug 30 #41
Oh, thank you! But there are a lot of talented painters here. femmedem Aug 30 #43
You have a gift. Thank you for sharing irisblue Aug 30 #42
Thanks! Not so sure I have a gift, more like an interest that drives me to learn. femmedem Aug 30 #46
Since I was a child, I have always been drawn to impressionism. Mr.Bill Aug 30 #50
Oh, thank you! They were my first artistic love. femmedem Aug 30 #59
They are both gorgeous nuxvomica Aug 30 #51
Thanks so much, nuxvomica. femmedem Aug 30 #65
Gorgeous tonalist paintings! ❤️👏👏👏👍👍 I am always trying to make paintings like these and LiberalLoner Aug 30 #54
Thank you! I posted these because of you! femmedem Aug 30 #55
Thank you so much! I can't tell where you've used a palette knife, tbh, it looks very smooth! LiberalLoner Aug 30 #57
Sometimes I used it for foreground foliage, like the marsh grasses and their reflections, for texture. femmedem Aug 30 #61
Those are very nice! Rizen Aug 30 #56
Thanks! IIt was quite a revelation to me when I learned about "sky holes"--the areas between the branches where the sky femmedem Aug 30 #64
Those are really great oils. Not an easy medium. Great job. Thank you judesedit Aug 30 #58
Thank you! I find oils pretty forgiving because, unlike watercolors, you can keep correcting or adding to them femmedem Aug 30 #63
It's the drying time in between.. Have you used acrylics? Just curious. judesedit Aug 31 #71
When I first picked up a paintbrush after a decades-long hiatus, I started with acrylics. femmedem Aug 31 #73
What is the location for your paintings? Frances Aug 30 #60
The top one is on a path at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme, Connecticut femmedem Aug 30 #62
Thanks for the info Frances Aug 30 #68
Absolutely love them both. Bristlecone Aug 30 #66
Thank you, Bristlecone! femmedem Aug 31 #69
Really beautiful! bif Aug 30 #67
Thanks, bif! femmedem Aug 31 #70
Fantastic! flying rabbit Sep 1 #76
Thank you! femmedem Sep 1 #77
So lovely! Glad you're back at it! GPV Sep 2 #78
Thanks, GPV! femmedem Sep 2 #79
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