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How to create a minimalistic artpiece like Schoonhoven

How to create a Cobra painting like Karel Appel

From the series Inspired by

Christiaan Karel Appel (1921 - 2006) was a Dutch painter.

Thanks for the lesson about creating a CoBrA style painting, Ruud Lanfermeijer!

Reference: Square Man, Karel Appel

Material list:

  • Canvas

  • Water-based or oil-based oil paints

  • Bleached linseed oil

  • Turpentine

  • Siccative as a medium for ordinary oil paint

  • Large round brushes

  • Splitters

  • Flat brushes and round brushes in various sizes

  • Cloth

  • Palette knife

  • Putty knife