The overall quality of the finish using the board and tape wasn’t that good. Also on Tuesday and back at uni after bank holiday weekend only to find the mountboard had unstuck itself from the window (due to the heat and sun) and someone had walked on it.
Looking at the footprints was a bit ironic as my work is about identity and exploring how adding and removing layers of paint changes the way a portrait could be read so perhaps I should put the mountboard back and see how the footprint changes how I think about the work? Or perhaps not.
Anyway, decided to go with the option of masking and painting the windows black rather than cutting and taping board back onto the window as I think it would just come away again.
I have measured and set the bottom of the acetate pieces to sit on the window at the same height as the bottom of the paintings in the space to give a sort of panoramic view, a way to incorporate them into the group.
First coat of paint and it already makes a brilliant frame for the trees outside the window.
The paint brush made interesting marks and lines with the paint in the corners.
After waiting for the second coat to dry I layered the two layers of painted acetate sheet together with tape and then stuck them to the window. The black paint gives a lovely finish to the surround, much better than card. I am glad I went for it and painted.
And here they both are in place on the window. All I need now is some sunshine to backlight the sheets!
These look and sit well within the whole composition of paintings I have hung. They also draw the window and corridor into my space making it larger!
