High key painting….with palette knife, for a change:)

11x14 inches

oil on canvas board

Quiet.

Today we painted a High key still life (high key means that all the value are lighter than the middle gray) .

I really liked the simple composition and I decide to use the palette knife to add more movement and texture to it.

Here is a detail:

detail

 The set up:

My work in progress:

Our class:) 

Normally we paint in a dark room, black blinds down and lamps lighting up the still lives. 

Not today though, to create a hight key painting you need a LOT of light, so no blinds! Nice :)

My friend Xiaoxiao sketching. 

The most important color in our palette today was white  and of course…. I didn't have mine!

 Thanks Xiaoxio for sharing yours!:)