Although almost all of my paintings are related to wildlife and nature, once and a while I break away from this subject matter to hopefully improve my skills in someway.
Recently I found some old tools that belonged to my wife’s father. They are well used and show some character. A pair of pliers, a screwdriver and a wrench… Perfect! So I placed the three tools on a dirty table (which I dirtied up) and sketched the tools individually onto three small gessoed Masonite panels. The only technique that I used that is unusual for me; I used my fingers and old rags to scrub the painting periodically during the painting process to create texture and give the painting a worn look to emphasize the real character of the tools…..I guess you could say, I painted their portraits.
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