Palette Knife Painting in Oil or Acrylic

In this workshop brushes are set aside, and palette knives are used to make a complete small, slightly abstracted landscape painting. Instructor will demonstrate and discuss paint application, color, value, perspective, palette organization, and so much more.  This is a casual and fun class and students often say their palette knife painting is their favorite painting.

Instructor Barbara Bailey-Porter holds a Masters of Fine Art, has been an Open Studio artist and has maintained a professional painting studio for well over 20 years. She has taught at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, through Cabrillo and DeAnza Colleges, and in the elementary schools in the past. She works in her studio as well as en plein air. Barbara’s work is in various private and corporate collections in the US and abroad.