Today I started combining techniques from the past 2 weeks. I started by making some backgrounds using blue acrylic paint for both. For the one on the left, I used a smearing technique with a rag and the paint to cover the whole paper. I then tried to use water to smear and smudge the paint to make lighter marks, however, this didn’t work as well as I had hoped. Instead, I used nail polish remover to remove parts of the paint and create marks through it, which worked better. I then used pastels to create the figures from one of the childhood drawings that I took inspiration from last week.
For the image on the right, I used an empty can to create circular shapes all over the paper, smearing some of the paint in the process. I then used watercolour paints to add a wash of colour to the background, also inspired by the childhood drawing I took inspiration from last week.
