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Friday, 4 October 2024

Out of the comfort zone

You get into a set way of painting, generally, and there’s no reason why not.  Artists keep to their own style and don’t deviate.  Their work is recognisable because of that.  But sometimes it is good to do a different style, if only to see if you prefer it, or perhaps to use a snippet of the other style in your own work.

This is where I found myself the other day.  Painting in a very different style, more towards abstract-meets-contemporary (ish).

Heather on the hills of exmoor using mainly a palette knife plus lots of thick textured paint.


Click on the image to see a 6min+ video.

Hope you enjoy.





12 comments:

robin cox walsh said...

Different style yet I still recognize you in it! Striking painting! ❤️

Debbie Nolan said...

Ann this is lovely...enjoy seeing the texture you captured in this painting. Hope you have a great weekend.

Eileen H said...

Interesting to watch Ann and to see it all come together with your brushstrokes.

Marie Smith said...

Love the texture!

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Robin. It is strange how a style carries into different artworks :)

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Debbie….Have a good weekend too :)

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Eileen…Glad I set the camera up (I almost forgot to press record!) doh

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Marie…I enjoyed all that juicy paint :)

Shammickite said...

I'd like to be better at using the palette knife. The results never seem satisfactory for me, too blobby, but you seem to have conquered the technique. I need lessons from you!

Shammickite said...

Could be that I'm too mean with the paint.

ann @ studiohyde said...

It’s a case of keep trying. I was too ‘careful’ in the beginning. It was one day when a painting failed and I was so frustrated I took a larger palette knife and just put some positive strokes on the piece, unbelievably it worked. In fact, very often I find that working with a brush can make my work tight, but the palette knife does all the work for you.

ann @ studiohyde said...

I heard a saying once, paint is no good in the tube! ;)