Palm Beach from Bible Garden (Palette Knife)
In this lesson we explore scumbling (broken paint) with a palette knife to create realistic cloud textures.
We also learn how to create an effective composition from a photograph.
The source image is a composite of photographs I took from Bible Garden.
In this painting we will learn how to:
- Create skies using chromatic greys
- Glaze
- Use the palette knife
- Paint from a photograph
After sketching we block in with thin paint, then glaze, then apply impasto (thick) paint with a palette knife.
Blocked in and ready for another glaze.
Another of my versions. I paint and rethink these scenes many times before putting them in the syllabus.
Detail of the sky. Notice the thick impasto paint.
The location
There is a very small park (only 3 parking spaces!) on the headland at the south end of Palm Beach. Have lunch there and enjoy this view of Palm Beach, the lighthouse and headland, Lion Island and the Central Coast beyond. Then book a session and paint it!
Location.
Paint this!
ebook: Palm Beach from Bible Garden, Sydney
Related lessons: Palm Beach from Bible Garden - ala Monet
"It gave me enthusiasm and opened a window into art. Thank you!"
- Rosemaree Richardson. Van Gogh's Starry Night, May 2014, Kununurra, The Kimberleys, Western Australia.