painting development
When I created paintings onto canvas I noticed that the surface was distorting the tones of the coffee. The primer made the coffee pale and wasn't providing me with deep rich tones that I had gotten when working in my sketchbook.
I decided to develop onto a surface that shared a similar colour as my sketchbook, MDF boards. With the boards I was able to access much larger scale surfaces which meant I was able to develop the size of my paintings also. The boards shared a similar colour to the sketchbooks I was working with and that I wouldn't have the problem of distortion that I had when working on canvas.
Just as I had done with the canvases I created a textured surface, using gesso paint and coffee. What I noticed with the boards was that I was able to have more freedom with the movement of the coffee due to the amount of space I had. There were less restrictions with where the materials could go and the bled across the surface freely. I tried not to have much involvement with the materials as they moved across the boards. I wanted there to be a natural element within the work.
The surfaces dried with grainy textures and weren't distorted like they had been previously.
I continued the same process as I had done with the canvases. I felt that the process I had used before for making the work had been successful in it's outcomes, it was just it's surface that needed developing.
With the paintings on MDF boards I noticed that the belemnite fossil sank into its brown surface, just as it had done within the sketchbook. This was what I wanted for the pieces, they looked as though they were hidden within a space, being excavated from the landscape.
I decided to develop onto a surface that shared a similar colour as my sketchbook, MDF boards. With the boards I was able to access much larger scale surfaces which meant I was able to develop the size of my paintings also. The boards shared a similar colour to the sketchbooks I was working with and that I wouldn't have the problem of distortion that I had when working on canvas.
Just as I had done with the canvases I created a textured surface, using gesso paint and coffee. What I noticed with the boards was that I was able to have more freedom with the movement of the coffee due to the amount of space I had. There were less restrictions with where the materials could go and the bled across the surface freely. I tried not to have much involvement with the materials as they moved across the boards. I wanted there to be a natural element within the work.
The surfaces dried with grainy textures and weren't distorted like they had been previously.
I continued the same process as I had done with the canvases. I felt that the process I had used before for making the work had been successful in it's outcomes, it was just it's surface that needed developing.
With the paintings on MDF boards I noticed that the belemnite fossil sank into its brown surface, just as it had done within the sketchbook. This was what I wanted for the pieces, they looked as though they were hidden within a space, being excavated from the landscape.