Palette knife painting lends an intuitive freshness to your paintings. In this workshop you can learn to create unique effects in your paintings, and develop an impressionistic and expressionist style with paintings that convey the spirit of the scene.  Using a palette knife is a great way to build up thick texture and create broken color effects.  We will teach you to use a variety of knife shapes and sizes to create lost and found edges.

This workshop will cover techniques of knife paintings and , how to incorporate the key elements of land and seascapes including sky, clouds, water, rocks and grass, and how to paint lines for fences, tree branches and sharp edges. 

Materials will include your favorite paints and painting surface, 3 flexible painting knives of different sizes (including larger sizes), and a mixing knife. Bring as large a mixing palette as possible, and try to avoid a paper palette or a palette with edges if possible.  You can use a painting panel, 11×14” or larger as your palette.