Process into Image Week Three

In week three I pretty much ran out of materials to create with. I focused on using the same techniques from week 1 but in different ways, and seeing how I could use two different methods together.

Press/lift

For this image, I used a strip of bubble wrap and applied a thick layer of red paint to one side and pressed it onto the paper to create a print. Then on the other side, I painted it blue and pressed it over the top. I wanted to see if the different sides of the bubble wrap would have any effect on the pattern, but It didn’t.

Carve/smear

For this one, I took the same carve method I used in week one, but then I smeared the paint as much as I could with my finger. Since there was only a very small amount of paint and no water, it didn’t spread much as it did in other works.

I enjoyed that when I was scraping the paint off with a ruler, it left the colour on the page but with far less texture. I purposefully left gaps in 2 so you could see the texture and also where it had been removed. With number 1, I purposefully scraped the paint into each other to see how they would mix as I removed it from the paper. It created a very interesting streaky pattern as the paint was pulled down the paper.

For the dripping piece, I used the same water droplet technique from week one, but then I shook the paper from side to side to see how the water would flow. After letting it dry, I liked the way that the pigment had settled around the edges of the shapes, more than in the middle. It was also interesting to see the pattern of how the water spread across the paper as I shook it since none of the shapes are the same.

Flood/dot

This was my favourite result from my experimenting. I brushed a small amount of water over the paper and used a paint marker to create dots. I wasn’t expecting the paint to spread in the way it did. I found it especially interesting how that it spread the most in areas where the water had pooled more, and then you can see the clear cutoff like where the water had not spread. I also found it interesting how the “branches” from each dot seemed to spread away from each other in some ways, and many of the branches seemed not to want to touch.

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