Loose and free are the strokes in this painting - just like the daffodils tossed by the wind today! Sometimes a mood strikes me - and I just want to explore a certain aspect of painting. The palette knife has been drawing me in these recent days, and I love manipulating the knife to create the different planes of this painting. The knife can add a very hard, raised edge to a petal or pull out and obscure background foliage - only hinting at the masses. I've used quite a bit of Gamblin's Radiant Yellow here - it is the strongest, most opaque yellow on the daffodils. Painting number 809 in 809 days.
Wow, what a fantastic painting! You've really captured the light and brought out the daffodils with the shadows behind.
ReplyDelete