Reflection
on the past week, 24th April 2017
I had the good fortune to go away
for a couple of days after Easter so I didn’t get the chance to work further on
ideas from last week’s mini-dérive. I did, however, go on a one-day painting
course led by Julia Borodina. The day looked at using collaged elements and large
areas of bold colour in landscape painting.
The basic premise was to use big
blocks of thick colour, starting by applying with a house paint brush and
moving down in brush size from there. Spattering, collaged elements that hung
over the side of the paper and scratching into the paint were all positively
encouraged. The idea of using these big, bold colour blocks was quite alien to
me, and I wasn’t alone! However, with a lot of help from Julia I managed to
produce this work.
It’s really too colourful for me
and I would like to try this technique out again with a limited palette. That
way I would be more confident about the colours and could give more attention
to the technique. I also wasn’t sure about the collaged elements – I didn’t
think they added a great deal, apart from perhaps the crinkled paper in the “mountains”.
However, other people had used this more successfully, to provide sculptural
elements to their paintings.
One thing I did really like was
the scratching to reveal colours hidden underneath. This scratching technique
comes in over and over again in my work. The techniques we used were something
I think I’d been aspiring too, but I hadn’t quite got there. It was a really
good day packed with lots of useful ideas and I expect it will provide a good
starting point for future painting projects.
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