Painting Elective Week 2

I continued with the palette knife painting and icorporated the credit card to master the straight lines. I grew in confidence with the palette knife and was delighted with my newly learnt skill!

I upped the scale and began using the credit card because it allowed me greater scope and I enjoyed this more.

I moved to another installation because I felt I had exhausted the possibilities in thumbnail form from my angle in the first installation. I moved to my second installation:

I learned about the colour wheel and did some experiments in my sketchbook.

I learned how mixing brown and orange created both a cold and warm brown:

Likewise with green and red:

And similarly with yellow and purple:

I also did some mark-making in my sketchbook...

This is a black and white photocopy of one of my paintings with large brushstrokes on top...

Painting in different saturation...

The paintings  from the second installation were far bigger. I found this more enjoyable! I found a palette of colours which I liked and realised how important it was to step in and out of my paintings as I did them. I researched Frank Auerbach among other contemporary artists and his paintings really inspired me and directed me in a direction which I felt was right. This helped me to enjoy the experience!!