Thursday, January 13, 2011

Friendship - SOLD

Next in the series: a yellow rose. I began this one as I had the other three but it went south - I lost my value range. Argh! Second time: same thing. The third time I picked up the palette knife and tried very quickly to block in the values. For each attempt I had been squinting and very conscious of value and colour shifts, but for some reason this one threw me on my backside ; )
6" x 6" / oil on panel / SOLD

15 comments:

isabella kramer - veredit said...

wonderful light and reflections. I love it Kim!!!

Linda Popple said...

Beautiful and vibrant! Love it, Kim!

Kathy Cousart said...

I like this one best now! Gorgeous outside soft edges and the inside center- wonderful! Great job. Yellow roses are special:)

Neiley Harris said...

I love this one! It's really beautiful.

Unknown said...

I like it. The pallet knife is making for some SWEET texture.

SUSAN RODEN said...

The thick strokes Kim enhances regardless of you limited values - I love it!

Katie Wilson said...

Well ya did the right thing by slappin' on the paint with the palette knife, because that's what I love about it. ;)

Celeste Bergin said...

you don't like it? I think it is great! it has a sculptural quality

Polly Jones said...

I love the texture too. And the use of yellow is great, such a hard color to get right.

Dewberry Fine Art said...

Really nice Kim.

Kerri Settle said...

Some paintings are born to give us painters a hard time, but the end result on this one looks like it would be worth it. I LOVE the texture you built - every stroke looks just right. It's one of those paintings you just want to touch.

Dana Cooper said...

Beautiful Kim, the texture adds a nice element, now get off your backside! :)

Virginia Floyd said...

I don't know why sometimes paint just flows onto the canvas and other times it's a wrestling match! You wrestled this one into submission, Kim. I like it!

Gwen Bell said...

Absolutely GORGEOUS! The subtle shifts in values are so great. You really inspire me to try some palette knife work.

Karen Appleton said...

Wow, just love this painting Kim!