This class is an introduction to painting with palette knives! It will cover some fundamental techniques and solutions which are useful for working with palette knives. In each lesson, I will explain 1 technique and together, we are going to make a little exercise to give content to your booklet.

When I was a teenager, my Art History Teacher let us make a small booklet in which we practiced different art styles such as Pointillism, Cubism, Art Nouveau or the styles in which different artists, like van Gogh, Rembrandt, Miro or Kandinsky worked. I will never forget this booklet! But more importantly, I never forgot the lessons I learned about the art movements we practiced, simply because I MADE IT!

This class will be very useful if you want to feel more comfortable before starting a new painting.

You will need no experience at all. So, students can vary from experienced painters who want to add palette knives as another tool to their tool-belt or beginners just jumping into it.

We are going to cover the basics of palette knife painting techniques as

How to hold the knives
How much pressure you need to use and the effect this will have
How to make real fine lines
2 ways of mixing colors
I will give a lot of insides on finding solutions, how to visualize an object
And we are going to bind a BOOKLET

For this class you need:

A set of palette knives (5 or something)
A few colours of acrylic paint
A mixing palette
Paper at A5 size between 80 and 300 grams
A container for water
Some wiping paper

At the end of this class, you'll have your own library of techniques and solutions which you can use while working with the palette knives. The little practices and samples, you made while taking this class, are bundled and full of your own unique style and energy! Whenever, in your future work, you run into a challenge.. make sure you take your booklet to find some inspiration.

Make with For you, by YOU :-)

And you will be comfortable enough with this technique, to start a painting of your goal ..or to follow my other class about making a Portrait with palette knives, which you can also find here on Skillshare.

If you need any help or feedback, at any time you can upload your progress shots to the “PROJECTS & RESOURCES” SECTION and I will be more than happy to help you with your questions or give you more tips on your work.

In our ‘PROJECT & RESOURCES’ field, I will also provide some detailed pictures of my work and links for your use. At any time you can go back to this!

Let’s Enjoy Together, because in Joy most Wonderful things Will Happen.

HOPE TO SEE YOU IN CLASS !!

If you want to see more of my work you can visit my website and get inspired to learn this Skill yourself

https://www.charlene-art.com /

https://www.instagram.com/charlenevde/

And also take a look at my Class 'Palette Knife Acrylic Painting, Make Your Portrait Step-by-Step'!

https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Palette-Knife-Acrylic-Painting-Make-your-Portrait-Step-by-Step/960865641/projects?via=search-layout-grid

If you need some extra help with your bookbinding you can for example look at this class:

https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Bookbinding-Make-a-Japanese-stitch-album/1069150815/projects?via=custom-lists

Olivier Quets

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