Sofie Skapski
Welcome
No Time Like the present
Summer is Here!
This spring I took some time off for an amazing family trip to England and Poland. Catching up with all my cousins and exploring new places was such fun , but now I am home again and settling in to studio time and trying to make the most of our warm summer days when we get them. I am concentrating on smaller works – a series of Gulf Island scenes and another of poppies just getting underway. I am looking forward to an enjoyable summer and I hope you have a great one too! My new works page has been updated. Enjoy!
Amelia's Poppies
New Works
Oil and Cold Wax
Cold wax medium is a mixture of white unbleached beeswax and odourless mineral spirits. When mixed, it gives oil paint a buttery consistency for painting thickly with texture, and hastens the drying time. I use palette knives and have developed a few distinctive painting methods including mosaic, contour, and layering. These methods can all be combined in one painting or used on their own depending on how the subject speaks to me.
