I have been far more focused this week working with old plastics and canvases from at home. I used latex and dye on semi-transparent paper and plastics. The most interesting thing is they creases and marks that are formed. I also used the sewing machine this week to make large wall collages. I re-visited the stencils and spray paint on the canvases and plastics too.

Aside from the plastics, I was also also working with a piece of aluminium and practising my ideas on tin foil with the spray paint to create a dripping mark...

Experimentations...

I tried lots of different methods to interpret my photos. The Spanish Artist, Tapies, influenced me to try plaster. However, all I found was that I enjoyed mixing the plaster more than the finished pieces. I mixed in some paint with the plaster for colour. This part worked well.

 I tried using washing up liquid. I got this idea from looking at the cars' dirt marks and envisaging what would remove dirt. It wasn't that effective on the white paper but it is an interesting medium and I could create marks in it easily.

 These are some photocopies of the marks on cars blown up. The marks changed into something very effective. I places two of them together and they complimented each other well as one's eye continuously bounces from one to the other.

 These were some coffee marks on grey paper... When the coffee was spilt, it left uncontrolled marks...

I used red plastice and paint between two sheets to create marks. The front (below) created what I typically thought it would but the reverse side of the plastic (above) I discovered to be far more interesting...

 My preferred medium so far is spray paint which Tauba Auerbach uses in her work. I used stencils influenced by the photocopies to make marks with the spray paint...

PAINTING!!! We finally are in a discipline and I am in Painting for the remainder of first year. I am so happy about my decision. We got started immediately by doing lots of contextual research. I found this very intensive and at times laborious but at the same time realised how important it was to instigate this project especially. I looked at artists such as Kiefer, Tauba Auerbach, Ruby Sterling, Alexis Harding and some more too!! They all had one thing in common which was there use of materials other than just paint. This past week, I collected lots of primary research for this project. I took photos this week of what interested me...

I took photos of cars at the start of the week. I liked the shiny, metallic surface and the reflections it created.

I later noticed that the dirt marks and the scratches on the metal also interested me.

I found the idea of metal rusting intriguing as well..

As well as the way the paint peels back off the surface...

I started experimenting yesterday with materials like paint, coffee and washing up liquid. I also tried some plaster inspired by the Spanish artist, Tapies. I found that I enjoyed making the plaster more than the finised look of the plaster itself.