Thursdays, March 5 – March 26, 9:15 am - 12:00 pm - 4 Sessions
Palette Knife Painting with Oils
Add Texture and Loosen Up by Painting with a Palette Knife!
Holly paints primarily with palette knives, enjoying the experience of applying thick paint to make a beautiful work of art. Holly will do a short demo, then answer your questions while you paint.
Learn how to:
- Draw a simple sketch to work out your composition
- Create an underpainting that will help you
- Look for texture patterns in nature
- Work in layers - from bottom to top
- Apply paint in a variety of ways
- Become comfortable using more paint
LEVEL
All Levels - a bit of experience painting with oils helps.
SUPPLIES THAT INSTRUCTOR WILL BRING
Sketching Paper
Masking Tape
Blue Paper Towels
PLEASE NOTE: Students are required to bring a container for acrylic and/or oil paint waste and will need to take it home to dispose of properly. It CANNOT be poured down the drains at our new location. Students are also encouraged to wipe brushes clean.
SUPPLIES TO BRING
· Reference pictures for your painting. Any type of scene you’d like.
· Panels or canvases: small size, from 8x10 to 12x16. Recommend Ampersand Gessobord.
· Oil paint: bring the paint you have, and your favorite palette colors. Recommend a Warm and Cool of each primary. These are the colors I use: Cad Yellow Light Cad Yellow Medium Cad Red Light Quinacridone Violet (Alizarin Permanent also works) Ultramarine Blue Cerulean Blue Hue or Cobalt Blue Titanium White Chromatic Black (Gamblin)
· Palette knives: bring the ones you have. Recommend Teardrop and Diamond shape in different sizes, and one with a square edge, about ½” wide. (See picture above.)
· Wet panel carrier
· Brush for initial drawing: recommend size 4 or 6 filbert.
· Portable easel and palette, such as a pochade box.
· Odorless paint thinner for drawing and underpainting: recommend Gamsol. If you don’t like to use thinner, you can use colored pencils to sketch on your panel, and paper towels to rub on the paint.
· Disposable gloves
· Paper towels
· Plastic bag for used paper towels
· Small plastic paint cups for storing unmixed paint between sessions. About 1” round and ¾” deep. One for each color on your palette. I use Artist’s Loft from Michaels (see picture above.)
QUESTIONS
Email or call instructor at hkernes@msn.com or
720-935-1379 (text or call).
About the Instructor
Holly Kernes studied Graphic Design at Colorado Institute of Art, and Botanical Illustration at Denver Botanic Gardens. Over the years, she’s studied with many of today’s best artists.
She has painted with oils since 2009. She started painting outdoors, from life, in 2010. She painted her 400th plein air painting in 2023.
Holly started painting with palette knives in 2019. She won three First Prize awards and two Honorable Mentions at Plein Air Events in the last three years.
