French Cafe Scene Avignon Palette Knife Oil Painting Step 1 Noosa artist Chris Hobel

French Cafe Scene by Chris Hobel

Palette Knife Oil Painting

Step 1

I painted a terracotta underpainting in acrylic, 12x12inch box  canvas.

A bit of a challenge with so may bits of colour and using just the palette knife. I love not washing brushes and with my painful knee, Im doing as little work as possible.( agood excuse I guess) Each  step is a separate post.
Colours I tend to use are French Ultramarine, Cad Red, Crimson, in this one Thalo Blue for shutters, Yellow Oxide, Cad Yellow,White, Veridian, Burnt Umber

next step  will be on the next blog

until then 

au revoir

Australian Birds, more visitors Noosa Heads Black Cockatoo

On my coffee and painting break I heard the raucous sound of this noisy large beautiful bird generally difficult to spot as its so well camouflaged.
Its a Black Cockatoo with yellow touches on head and tail. I dont know the exaxct name, but is not a glossy.
That huge beak cracks open the hardest of banksia fruits and is a pleasure to watch

Noosa Spring garden visitors by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel

Down the Garden Path

Inspiration is easy to come by at this time of year with many  Australian native plants in full bloom, I never tire of the  my garden view. Currently working on a few palette knife paintings, french and italian inspired not quite there yet . They need to dry a bit to continue

Birds are in abundance in my garden,

A Kookaburra, eyes peeled for a feed

always welcome

Hot Pink Summer Mixed Media Abstract Painting by Noosa Artist Chris Hobel

This one matches my previous post,

its 8x8" mounted on a box canvas

it is a selection from the above larger mixed media painting

Here is the first step of the painting

Mixed Media Abstract by Noosa artist Chris Hobel

Mixed Media abstract  8x8"

mounted on box canvas ,created  on paper  using acrylic, pencil pastels,lots of layering

It looks a bit whitish on the top right side due to shine from the varnish.

The cut this section from a larger painting. I particularly like the colour combination

I saved this thoughtful  passage recently and had to pass it on

"To live content with small means; 

to seek elegance rather than luxury, 

and refinement rather than fashion, 

to be worthy, not respectable, 

and wealthy, not rich; 

to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly,

 to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, 

to bear all cheerfully, 

to all bravely await occasions, 

hurry never. 

In a word, to let the spiritual unbidden and unconscious 

grow up through the common. 

This is to be my symphony." 

William Henry Channing (1810-1884)