My Art

Paintings

Here I would like to share a few of my paintings. As a student I enjoyed sketching. Later, when I started teaching, I used to sketch book characters as I imagined them. I encouraged my students to do the same. That way we combined art with language coming up with some amazing activities. Today, as a parent of three, I don’t have much time for painting. However, whenever an opportunity presents itself – I seize it. For me, painting, like poetry writing, is therapeutic.

The Palette Knife Painting Technique

You can use your palette knife to mix paints, but you can also use it to create some magical bold strokes. Maybe that’s the reason I like painting with the palette knife so much!
My first acrylic painting was painted with the palette knife. (see “Folk Dancing” under “MY ART” section). I had a set of brushes, of course, but I wanted to try something new – something more challenging – so I decided to paint with the palette knife. (That’s me. I like challenges.) So, if you want to try something different, try painting using this technique. Just like with everything else: the more you practice, the better you become at it. Take a look at what Dan Scott from Draw Paint Academy has to say about the palette knife painting.

https://drawpaintacademy.com/palette-knife-painting/

To Frame or Not to Frame

If you purchased a stretched canvas painting you can display it right away, even if the sides of the canvas are left unpainted.

(To paint the sides or not: Some artists paint them, but others prefer not to. Leaving the edges unpainted suggests that the work can, but doesn’t have to, be framed. Some artists never paint to the edge of the canvas. They even leave an unpainted border around the front of the painting. It all depends on the artist. Personally I don’t like to see a painting where the subject matter has been painted on the sides.

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