Category: Palette Knife Oil Painting
A single tree with a solid, thick sturdy trunk, Freedom… “in a wide-open green space where heaven and earth overlap, by a swimming stream where the water endlessly refreshes and the shade is safe.
Five Loaves and Two Fish or the miracle of the feeding of 5,000 is a powerful narrative and a personal one. This painting is a visual reminder that I truly cannot out-give God and He is an abundant provider.
and shadow to create depth and definition. In life, it is the tension necessary for us to grow in compassion, kindness and understanding.
This narrative about a woman healed and restored is recorded in three out of the four gospels and this one from Mark 5:24-34 inspired this painting. I loved this woman’s faith and the fact that although there were crowds around Jesus, she found a way to get to him just to touch his cloak. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” And she was! But there’s more! When Jesus realized that power had gone out...
Look at the birds Look at the birds of the air and learn to rest in the truth that we have a good good Father. Do you ever do that? I do. I am in awe of how they have everything they need and are completely dependent on God for providing their needs. I’ve never seen a bird have an anxiety attack, have you?.. or freak out because another bird is flying too fast. They don’t compare themselves to one another, to see who has the best nest or finest feathers. Why do we worry over so many things? I’m...
This page lists the palette knife oil painting supplies needed for your first class. I’m so glad you are joining me in the journey of palette knife oil painting. “Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do” – Edgar Degas Palette Knives Any set of 5 palette knives should give you what you need, but as long as they are metal (stainless steel) with wood handles and not the plastic kind. Metal palette knives hold up longer and are much easier to work with. The two I use most are size 11 and size 25...