Just a quick little palette knife landscape study. I took about an hour to bang this out, most of the time talking on the phone while painting, which isn't always a bad thing.
This is the sixth quick-sketch palette knife portrait painting I've done pairing women with updo hairstyles and indeterminate little birds. I've tried to set a time limit of 2 hours to complete them, but a few went over that limit. I got halfway through this one then had to abandon it for days, which made it hard to complete the way I wanted to, working wet on wet.
Only had about an hour today to myself, so I snuck over to the studio and pushed some paint around.
Adding another to this series of abstract studies. I see a pattern emerging. These are good little exercises for me during times like this where I have so little time to get stuck into art-making. I find it just too frustrating to start a larger piece and then have to abandon it for days at a time. Much more satisfying to do something I can stick with from start to finish, or almost finish.
