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Experimentation With Materials

27/04/16

Continuing on with last weeks experimentation, I started looking more into ways to apply paint. 

The aim for this experiment was to find a good colour combination that was bright that I could then use in another experiment where I would use string and begin to make something 2D into something 3D. 

The colours I chose to use to this experiment were yellow, green, pink and blue. 

The green that I had used when watered down had the consistency of PVA glue, which made for really good control when applying, and also allowed me to make patterns. The yellow I had watered down the most and so I was only able to drop it into the piece of grey board I was covering, however it was still opaque. 

I enjoyed this experiment more than the previous one that I did using tris technique because of the colours I had used and because I was able to layer the colours up and make patterns because of the brushes and paint thickness. 

At first, I was only using yellow, green and pink, however I felt like blue would make the experiment brighter.

For the first small experiment, I was mainly testing out the paints that I was using to see how they would apply. The green I applied first, as it was one of the thickest and darkest colours, which would mean that the colours I layered over the top would not blend as easily. To apply it, I just held the paintbrush I was using and slowly moved it over the grey board. I applied the yellow on next in a tapping motion, since it wasn't thick enough to dribble across the grey board. Lastly I applied the pink. To apply this I had to flick the painbrush as it didn't have the same PVA like consistancy as the green, but was still thick enough to not have to force the colour off of the brush.

After the first experiementation, I then started to switch the colour around, and applied each colour in the way I had before, but made a different pattern. I liked this one more because the green makes a delicate pattern across the yellow because of the fine lines I could make when applying it.

For the third one, rather than going in lines across the grey board, I decided to try and create a spiral pattern. I was unable to get the spiral like pattern using the yellow and the pink because of their consistancy, however when I applied the green, I was able to make the pattern I wanted.

After these three experiments, I then started to add in blue.

While the blue is barely visible in this pattern, I do feel that it fills in some of the empty space and adds a bit more depth. With his pattern you can see the layers of colours more than in the first three.

The last design I switched the colours around, however because of the thickness of the green and blue paints, you cannot see the pink, which I had applied first. 

Overall, this experiment was very helpful and allowed me to find some colours that I was happy to work with for my later experiment using wool.

The only downside to layering up the colours is hat t will take a long time to dry.