Continuing Painting- As many as Possible
After my tutorial with Jane I decided that I would try to make as many paintings as possible over the course of the next week. The reason being I was getting to caught up on one painting and kept re-working and re-working it. At least if I work this way I will be able to see the evolution within my work- instead of that evolution taking place on one canvas.
So that’s what I’ve done I’ve produced around 10-12 paintings/ experiments in hope of taking my work somewhere different.
The results have been quite interesting- with more paintings working better than I expected.
Over the next couple of blog posts I will try to analyse what was successful and what wasn’t, why somethings worked and others didn’t and how I might take my practice further.
These first four paintings are on hard board and are around the 50 × 40 cm size. Like the my other works I had no preconceptions about particular colours but I was very interested in creating a sense of ‘structural space’ within each painting by using masking tape.
In my opinion these painting are my most successful to date and I believe this was down to two reasons. Firstly the harmonies between the colours and the lines and second the scale of the brush strokes and masking lines relative to the board size. The second reason requires a more detailed explanation and so I will save it for another post, but I believe the first reason is down to me becoming more instinctively aware of how colours and lines react together due to the volume of painting I’ve produced.
Of this series I believe Untitled 3 is the most successful. What works for me the most in this painting is clash of similarities between the colours and lines. In some instances the under painting almost completely matches the top layer, only with some subtle tonal differences. I have never seen this before and to me it creates quite an illusionary and discerning effect, which in turn creates a different sensation of space that would be created by contrasting colours and clearly defined lines.
