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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My Paintings

Like Flowers in the Wild

Palette knife painting – Acrylic painting on large canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Elephants

Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Palette Knife Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

October Rains

Acrylic Painting on Canvas
Palette Knife  Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

The Boat

Watercolor Painting
by Vedrana Vodopivec

The Boat

Watercolor Painting
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Windmill in Serbia

Palette knife painting – Acrylic painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Tribute to the Indigenous Peoples of Canada

Palette knife painting – Acrylic painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Mostar

Brush and Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

The Field Worker

Inspired by John Magne Lisondra (youtube)
Palette Knife and Brush Painting 
by Vedrana Vodopivec

S. Rachmaninoff

Acrylic – Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Folk Dancing

Palette Knife Painting Technique
Inspired by google image
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Romanija

Brush and Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

3 Sisters

Brush and Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

House in the Woods

Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Autumn Blues

Acrylic Painting
by Vedrana Vodopivec

The Golden Orchard

Palette knife painting – Acrylic painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Sarajevo

Brush and Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

The Musicians

Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

The Place Where We Once Roasted Chestnuts

Watercolour Painting
by Vedrana Vodopivec

MozArt

Palette Knife Painting 
Acrylic Painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Tanja

Palette Knife Painting
Acrylic Painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Countryside

Inspired by Will Kemp Art School (Youtube)
Palette Knife Painting Technique
by Vedrana Vodopivec

The Restless Blue

Palette Knife Painting
Textured Acrylic Painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Palette Knife Painting 
Textured Acrylic Painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Proljeće

Palette Knife Painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Uvala Šipova, Šolta

Palette Knife Acrylic Painting on Paper
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Uvala Šipova, Šolta

Palette Knife Acrylic Painting on Paper
by Vedrana Vodopivec

digital watercolour painting

Saborna crkva u Beogradu, 2022

Digital watercolour painting
by Vedrana Vodopivec

Maslinica, Šolta, 2023

Palette Knife  Acrylic Painting on Canvas
by Vedrana Vodopivec