We are fortunate enough to have enjoyed a few cruise holidays on the Eclipse. Indeed it was on our second holiday on the Celebrity Eclipse that I started to try to paint. Eileen Brautman (the artist) was on board, and I fumbled along in watercolour. The next cruise holiday painting experience was on the P&O Aurora last year when it sailed around the Meditaerean with a sister duo taking art classes.
I seem to understand watercolours, pastels, and various types of pencils. But I have never (that is until now) grasped acrylics. Here is my current Palette Knife selection. Which is a bit bonkers as the palette knife that I have used was bought for me by one of our daughters just for applying Acrylic Gesso to wood to create structure (waves, rocks etc.,) for overpainting in watercolour when dry. Now that I've begun my self taught 'acrylic journey'; it seemed natural to progress from the eight brushed images into using a palette knife. This particular one is a 'Daler Rowney' 2020. My first attempt with the palette knife was the Venice image shown on the left. This was followed by an image of Gibraltar. The third palette knife image, is of Malta, and is work in progress. They are all roughly 22 x 15cm on plywood.
The images are representative of places that we have been or intend to visit.
