Refinement

Refinement of exhibition pieces.

only small sections here covered in emulsion.

After reviewing my work from the exhibition I initially wanted to leave the pieces as I wasn't particularly happy with their outcome. However after talking to many of my peers I decided to work back into the larger of the three pieces with emulsion. At first I was hesitant applying the paint and only made small marks often scrapping them back off, however this wasn't making a big enough impact to the image. I then decided to take a larger brush and make many expressive movements to leave some parts of the piece exposed and still cover the majority of the paint.

I had someone take pictures of me while I was doing this to show the work process.

The emulsions muted the colours that I had initially layered onto the board leaving a trace of what was originally there. Different marks were made by the way paint had hit the board, leaving both thick areas of paint and a wash in other areas. However after standing away from the piece and reflecting many of the marks from a distance looked the same causing the overall piece to look flat.



It was at this point I decided to vary the materials I used to apply the paint. I used a sponge to layer the paint in thick sections to cause the emulsion to drip down the board, contrasting to the flat wash the brush had left. I also used cardboard in a similar fashion to that which I had done within my sketch book to drag paint across the board, incorporating the element of line into my piece. Varying mark making gave dimension to the painting, causing it to have a more satisfying appearance.

I want to continue to work back into this piece maybe to the point where it could be used as part of my final outcome. I want to look at maybe bring colour back over the emulsion layer and experiment in my smaller sketchbook with different styles of mark making techniques.