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Exploring the Palette Knife with Robin Wellner – Raleigh, NC

Painting Nature’s Glory in Palette Knife

The Centerpiece – May 8 – May 9, 2024, 10 am – 4 pm, $325

7400 Six Forks Road, Suite 19, Raleigh, NC

https://www.thecenterpiece.com/services/workshops

Join us for a two-day workshop exploring the use of the palette knife in your artwork. explore the looseness and freedom the knife catheterizations knife can add a looseness and freedom to your paintings. The palette knife is an incredibly flexible tool and learning to use it effectively will help you gain the confidence to experiment with it in so many creative ways. From increasing texture and distinct edges and lines to infusing clean color into the mix. You can use it a small amount to add tactile interest or do your entire painting with the knife…or something in between.

Day one will include an introduction to the knife and the limited palette we’ll use. Together we’ll do color charts and paint a small still life or landscape from a photo, using both a brush and the palette knife. Day two we will start a landscape from a photo and expand upon your palette painting techniques.

I’ll be working in oils, but feel free to bring acrylics if that’s what you are familiar with. Feel free to contact me with any questions you might have. Hope to paint with you soon!!!

Palette Knife Plein Air Workshop

Florence Thomas Art School

http://www.florenceartschool.org

June 17-19, 9-4 pm, West Jefferson, NC, $300

White Water Linville, 10×10-SOLD

Come join us for three days of palette knife painting the beautiful scenery around West Jefferson with a palette knife. Your paintings will be looser, bolder and simpler — full of texture. We’ll talk about composition, values and color — and of course using the knife. We’ll start with a demo, then lots of hands-on attention while you paint. In case of rain, bring some of your favorite landscape photos.

If you’ve never done a workshop at Florence Thomas Art School you are in for a treat! If you don’t sign up for my workshop, please peruse the other ones. There is a wide variety! The school is incredibly well-run. West Jefferson is beautiful, friendly and very supportive of the arts.

You’ll find a supply list and other information on the Florence Art School website. http://www.florenceartschool.org

Feel free to email me (robinwellner@yahoo.com) or call or email Florence Art School if you have any questions! Hope to see you in the mountains!!!

Small Works Show

“Clouds Gathering over Grandfather”, 12×12, Oil/Panel

This scene was painted in one of my favorite places to paint in the Blowing Rock area. Up Shoals Mills Road you can pull off and get the most spectacular views of Grandfather Mountain. This particular day, we were dodging thunderstorms all day. I was lucky to get a span of time to paint!!

Hope you can join me Saturday, August 11th from 5-8 pm for “Small Works”, a group exhibition of works smaller than 14×18″ at Blowing Rock Frameworks and Gallery. The show will run from August 6 through the 20th.

Plein Air Painting on a Bike

Maiden Voyage

Today was my maiden voyage — riding my bike to plein air paint. I uplifted my bike with some big baskets so I could fit all my gear.

Painting by bike

Fun! Makes it so much easier to look for places to paint. Not trying to drive a car and scope out possibilities!! This particular tree is one that I always look at in my neighborhood. I love the twisting branches — it looks like one of those trees on the coast that’s been windswept.

This is Day 2 of the 30 day challenge. Once again if you purchase this painting, half of the price will go to a charity to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey. Make sure and let me know which charity you prefer. I mentioned 3 in my first blog post about 30 in 30.

All the best to you and yours!!!

Blue Ridge Impressions: Brush and Knife Paintings

This is one of my favorite places to paint plein air at Bass Lake in Blowing Rock, NC. The view is spectacular and there’s plenty of shade. In fact, Bass Lake has so many wonderful places to paint that I never run out of options. You’ll run into lots of other painters there — as well as runners, walkers, hikers, fishermen, horseback riders, and lots of other lovely people.

I am so grateful to have the opportunity to have a show this summer with my paintings from the Blowing Rock area. “Blue Ridge Impressions: Brush and Knife” will open July 17th and run through July 27th at Blowing Rock Frameworks and Gallery. The reception is July 22nd from 5-8 pm.

The show will include lots of views of Grandfather Mountain, Cone Manor area, Bass Lake, Trout Lake, Price Lake and other landscapes from the area. I’ve had such a great time exploring some new areas to paint while preparing for this show. The views from Grandfather are so spectacular. I even painted on top looking at the Mile High bridge. I had to paint with one hand on my easel the whole time because of the wind!

Thank you to Tim and Alex at the Gallery for being so supportive! I so appreciate the opportunity! And I am so grateful for my patient husband, Michael, who’s been my cheerleader all along and picked up the slack while I was frantically trying to get paintings done for the show!!!

Hope you can join us on the 22nd!!!

Same Spot, Different Day – Day 25

Painting Freedom Park Again

I decided to go back to the same spot where I painted yesterday. I liked the composition, but still trying to get a painting I’m really happy with. Practice, practice, practice!!!

Day 25 complete! All the best!!!

Plein Air at Freedom Park – Day 24

Plein Air at Freedom Park

The weather here in Charlotte was glorious today, so I went to the park to paint today! Felt so good to be in the sun! Day 24 done with the bridge at Freedom Park.

All the best to you!!

Yeah Sun! Plein air of Garden Shed

Shadows on the Garden Shed

So grateful for the sun today! It was actually in the 70’s here in mid January!!! So I had to get outside and paint! As I was cropping this painting, I realized that I didn’t put the door on the shed. I was so captivated by the shadows that I completely missed it!!!

Anyway you get the idea! Day 13 done and a beautiful day it is! All the best to you and yours!

Painting my way around Blowing Rock, NC

My husband has been working on a project in the Blowing Rock/Boone NC area. As a result we’ve been traipsing back and forth between there and Charlotte. I’m spending lots of time painting landscapes or plein air in this area. I’m trying to capture some of the amazing scenery around here. It’s just so beautiful! This painting was on the trail around Bass Lake. It was my first experience of having folks come up and wanting to look. “Where do you sell your work?” was a frequent question. So I need to get in gear and either find a gallery or something. I have started giving people a photo postcard of one of my paintings with my contact info. Looking forward to hearing from some of those folks!

One wonderful addition to my plein air equipment is my new palette that my hubby made. It’s just a smaller version of my other one. Much easier to pack and I anticipate finding a backpack so I can hike with my equipment and paint some less accessible areas. This is all new to me so I continue to refine as I discover better options. I am told that I’ll be restricting my palette colors eventually. Still addicted to some of my colors even though I know many use many less than I do. It continues to amaze me how much there is to learn with painting. Good thing I love it!!

The Path

I painted this on a red undercoat. Another experiment. You can see a little warmth on the horizon from it. I didn’t use the knife this time. I also editorialized some and left out a large tree. That’s a new concept for me to edit reality. Guess we all do it anyway!