Adding a Touch of Colour!

I decided that it was time to introduce some colour to my mainly black and white project! I chose purple because the more I looked at my paper sculptures, the more  I began to see purple and blue hues.

I also engaged with the colour through the medium of paint/mark making. It was no longer the time for typical painting with brushes so I learned some innovative ways! I researched the work of artist, Beatrice Milhazes. She paints on plastic and metals and then, cuts these into shapes to make a collage painting. I was working on this during the week and will continue with it next week. I also attended a mark-making workshop with two tutors, Sylvia and Grainne, who encouraged me to use tools such as rollers and bamboo canes to make marks. I am fascinated by transparent paper which I used to make the marks. This type of paper works excellently because it reminds me of the original concept of the dandelion and its transparent nature when it is in the clock stage.

I also left paint at different thicknesses and various shades of purple splash on a page. I loved the result because the splashes gave the effect of the dandelion clock's movement when they are blown.