Techniques and surfaces experimentation - gesso board,

Today in skills week, Sam showed us how we can change the texture of the surface we want to paint on or what we can add to the paint to change its texture. At the beginning, we used a thin wooden board and glued aluminum foil to it, trying to crease it as much as possible so that it protruded significantly from the surface of the board. In this way, we achieved the effect as shown in the figure below. Then the foil was painted with acrylic paints in an abstract way and we used a sponge dipped in paint. In some places, when the paint was slightly dry, I removed the excess to show the color of the aluminum foil.

Another method to obtain the structure was to add sand to the white paint. You can add it to any paint in as much as you like. The more sand, the more structured the surface. Then, using the same sponge, we applied paints in the colors of our choice. Again, an abstract composition was created that reminded me of a sunset at the ocean. 

The following methods no longer concern the structure, but the technique and various tools thanks to which we can obtain interesting shapes and compositions on our work. 

At work below we used toothbrushes on which we applied the selected paint and using our finger sprayed on a piece of paper. At the end, I poured paints diluted with water and moved the sheet in different directions so that the paint flowed in these directions on the sheet.

Another work was done with a drinking straw. I mixed the paints with water, added them to a piece of paper and, blowing into the straw, directed the stream of air at the paint. Funny blots and very interesting shapes were created. 

In this work we had to play with colors. Use the sponge to create colorful patterns and shapes.

On the last work, the painting technique looked like this: at the beginning of the card I put dots of 4 different paints and rubbed them with a piece of cardboard.

My summary:

I believe that these classes were very helpful in my project. Abstraction and the right composition of shapes on the work is a very important and useful skill. Thanks to these classes, I also know how to get a different structure of paint or what types of tools to use to obtain interesting shapes.