More Palette Knife Project Writing Commissions

Im busy doing some more instructional palette knife  projects for Fine art and Decorative Painting Magazine so expect to see how I painted these two projects  above Tuscan Vineyard and Joyful Flowers  published  in the next year. I will keep you posted when they are available,

Small Tuscan Village Painting Original on Canvas, Painting and Mixed Media by Chris Hobel,Step by Step painting,Oil and acrylic Painting

Step By Step Painting 6x6 inches
This small  palette knife acrylic painting  went through many steps to reach its final
Small paintings are really good way to face problems and solve them in a short time, after all this is the fun part of painting, the obstacles we put up for ourselves dont you agree?

Take time to consider the composition you have before jumpimg in to finish it and then decide to change the size of the roof as I later did with this one. Being a small painting it was relatively easy to do but could be quite a drama on a full size canvas. This is similiar to an earlier posting but the foreground and backgound are a bit different

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8x8inch original tuscan village scene on loose canvas
If you would like to see the steps to compete this painting please comment

Palette Knife Acrylic Painting Tuscan Village, by Chris Hobel, Oil and Acrylic Painting, Daily Painting, Original framed painting

Today the poor fish lost out as I caught some nice Bream and a whopper Greenback Tailor, a real exciting catch off the beach, it was a perfect day, no wind, overcast and a warm serene ambience.

Unfortunaltely no painting today.
I dont paint every day but  I certainly try to squeeze it it between Bushwalking, (tomorrow mornings activity) and keeping fit as well as the usual household chores..... But I do have a cute little painting to show you . I really enjoyed doing this one  with the palette knife in  acrylics

It measures 8x8 inches on deep sided professional artists canvas.

It is for sale,

click on the images for a closer look

85$US 

to Australia and the US including freight

email me for details on purchase

freight to other places, it may be included

Step by Step Palette Knife Painting Tuscany Stage 3 by Chris Hobel

Palette Knife Painting by Chris Hobel

Finally the red poppies and dark centres  are added

Tuscany Painting Step by Step Palette Knife Painting by Chris Hobel Stage 2

This is the next step in the painting from the previous post. I allowed the painting to dry to keep clean colour.The purple hills, darks and foliage are  added and a few  highlights. The scene is set for the poppies in the next stage

If you would like to learn to paint please show your interest in my 2010 classes by emailing me

Step by Step Palette Knife Painting Tuscany Stage 1 by Chris Hobel

Acrylic Palette Knife Painting
This is the first step of my palette knife painting of Tuscany shown in the previous blog using Aetelier Acrylics,

the basic shapes are blocked in medium valued muted colours, I allow this to dry before continuing to reduce the muddying effect caused by overmixing colours . .
If you would like to learn to paint please show your interest in my New year classes by emailing me

Acrylic Palette Knife Painting Tuscany by Chris Hobel

Another 8x8 painting

I really enjoy painting these with the palette knife , the paint is so thick it takes some time to dry so you can blend directly on the painting.

for sale at Kenilwoth Art Space

Palette Knife Painting by Chris Hobel

Roses Palette Knife Painting in Acrylics 8x8 inches,close up of detail,

love the thick texture and warm colours, really Christmassy

the painting front view slighlty cropped

Side view on my easl

Another close up

Tulips and Roses paintings by Chris Hobel

Tulips (sold ebay 21/5/09)


Roses (sold ebay 21/5/09)

Two small oil board canvases 8x10inches bids start at only 99cents
I like to paint on these to use up my oils at the end of a painting session

Colour Journey Acrylic Abstract Painting 61x91cms (sold 23 May 09)

My love of colour is unstoppable, I completed this painting some time ago, it has a layer of impasto medium. I use this in most of my acrylic paintings and build on this with layers of opaque colour applied with a brush and palette knife followed by layer upon layer of glazes . Please add comments and add me to you favourites. This painting has just been listed on ebay

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