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This was an experiment. We went outside, and found this small area beside the woods that had a little circular path, so we sat down and started painting, for about an hour. We couldn't do anymore, or have done it earlier, because it'd been so damned hot. In fact, it'd been so humid the first 3 days, the paint wouldn't dry properly (well, in a reasonable time). Anyway, as i sat down, the light was coming down between the leaves, so i painted that, so i painted that, stylistically. The leaves and such were moving, so i tried to do it fast, to match the sensation. The drips (which are red, yellow, blue and green), well, there's crap and bugs and such... but we had been talking about bleeding. Another student in a different class had cut herself and fainted at the bleeding. Plus, i wanted to try flinging paint. This wasn't a fling, so much as tapping. On canvasboard, 14" x 10". |
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Uh oh, another still life, this one from the evening class. Another case where i backed up from just going at it. I repainted the whole thing blue, then concentrated on the fruit. I also got into the texture of painting with just the end of the brush and dabbing the canvas. I think it worked out okay, though it would've been interesting if i'd used it more on the blue drapery. On canvas, 9" x 7". |
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Another evening class piece, in the case, i had a small canvas, and a little bit of time, so i just played around with the dripping technique. This time, yellow, white and blue. On canvas, 8" x 6". |
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This piece took a number of days - it's a 'faux fresco' (odd mix of languages there). First, we took a board, and textured it in polyfilla. That took a day to dry. Then we painted an image on it. This is based on a photo i took. The next day, when the paint was dry, we used sandpaper to remove the ridges of paint and even polyfilla. Then we put a wash on it (mine's a goldy orange), and put a coat of varnish on it. Anyway, it's supposed to look like a worn fresco, although my colours are so intense (the teacher said they'd become more pastelly), i don't think it looks it. But i still like the piece. The fresco texture and painting could work together better, maybe. On pressboard and polyfilla, 12" x 9". |
