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BERNARD JANSON FRENCH ARTIST PAINTER PRESENTS HIS CONTEMPORARY AND ORIGINAL OIL PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING

My newest palette knife paintings, click on the choosen picture to see it in a larger size and also to see other artworks on the same topic.

workshop of Benard Janson contemporary french artist painter with palette knives studio modern palette knife painting artwork of Benard Janson french artist painter my studio showing a colored landscape painting artwork

Partial views of my workshop.

I use as painting atelier a small room of my house. It is not very large but enough for me.
On the photos you can see my palette and my painting tubes of the left of the easel because I am lefthandler, nobody is perfect..
Under the easel you can see a garbage bag where I put the empty painting tubes and the soiled paper used for cleaning the knives.
Sometimes I paint outdoors, but when I paint in my studio, I listen to music, it makes a good mood for painting and for my inspiration.

MY WAY OF PAINTING KNIFE.

AN AUTODIDACT ARTIST PAINTER.

As many autodidact artists painters, at the begenning, I've tried several ways of painting, such as charcoal, watercolor, acrylic and oil on canvas. Little by little, I found out I prefered to work with substential material. Therefore I've choosen to paint with oil rather than acrylic and to work with palette knives. I think oil painting is more appropriate with the use of palette knives because I can easily paint wet on wet.

A VIBRANT AND PERSONNAL STYLE OF PAINTING.

I have always had a fascination with a characteristic of the impressionists artists painters where we can see their vibrant strokes of brushes. With the palette knives, I try to show the marks of my artwork produced by the palette knives. With a thick paste applied on the canvas, I strive to provide to my artwork an energic and singular style enlivened with a hint of poetry, and also to strucure the details.

CREATING VISUAL SENSATIONS, USING WARM AND HARMONIOUS COLORS.

When I paint, I strive to create visual sensations, by using warm, harmonious and vibrant colours, searching for a personnal style, sharing with the viewer the emotional experiences felt before the light and the colours of my artwork are my main sources of inspiration.

IMPROVING MY PAINTING SKILL.

I've improved my painting skill with palette knives by taking part in courses organised by a famous contemporary french artist painter, and I'am always searching for new hues, subjects and styles.

EVOKE EMOTIONS.