Above St Oran’s Chapel 1, Iona. Oil on 5×7″ wood. Rose Strang 2023

Working with a palette knife brought better results today. So this will officially be the first finished painting of this series!

Once I move on to canvas I’ll explore some dry brush work but the palette knife seems to suit the scale and texture of wood just now. I’m using a palette of white, lemon yellow, medium  yellow, ochre, cadmium red, crimson and black. I’ve been looking at the beautifully subtle work of Jan Mankes, but his technique was very painstaking – slow build up of layers in oils –  which doesn’t suit my style so much.

More tomorrow ..