M1: Process Week 5 (27 May)

Phone call with Dane 10.45 am Tuesday 27 May

Things we talked about: Acknowledging what you and the work is doing

ReSEARCH

Drawing, Painting and Sculpture - print outs

https://www.piet-mondrian.org/

Paul-Klee-biography

SCLERODERMA OF PAUL KLEE, PART I: THE AFFECT OF THE DISEASE ON THE MAN AND HIS ART

ACTION PAINTING

Artists
Franz_Kline: Large brush strokes
Franz-kline/artwork

After reading up about Frank Kline's painting techniques and watching some YouTube videos I felt very inspired to experiment with large brush, strokes something I've not done before. It was so very liberating and freeing!

Then I squirted in a swirling motion the remaining white paint I had left in a tube. As the paint ran out, it came in spurts and splodges, creating interesting patterns over the paper. 

Whereas the paint initially flowed in a fine stream, as it ran dry it fell as globules which was most interesting to observe.

Finally, I took a clean paint brush and with a sweeping motion, swipe it across the white paint.

I love the energy it created!

The next idea I had was to pour red onto the black and white marks. By diluting the paint with a little water in a cup with a small lip, I found it easier to tip out. The mess it made as it splattered was astounding and had me panicking and running out to grab some wet rags to mop up the paint on the floor and walls!

I was intrigued to notice how stressed it (the mess on the floor/walls) made me feel, but loved all the patterns made on the by the splattered red paint. 

When it came to editing the images for loading on the TLC workroom I had a bit of fun rotating and mirroring the photos. To me, the cup appears to be floating in mid-air.

Here, I drizzled red paint in a continuous line striking out the letters of my name. Not sure why, I think subconsciously because it felt irrelevant because letters are representational symbols.

Module 1: Process: Week 3 (13 May)

Week 3 (Week beginning 13 May)

Readings 

The Crisis of the Easel Picture - Rosalind E. Krauss

Lectures

Mentor Discussions

Group Discussions

Research (Theoretical)

Jackson Pollock - He was widely noticed for his technique of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface (‘drip technique’), enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles. It was also called ‘action painting’, since he used the force of his whole body to paint, often in a frenetic dancing style. 

Research (Practical)

Experimenting with dripping and flicking black acrylic paint on a horizontal surface. Paint was thick and undiluted and pooled in "blobs" as it hit she surface of the paper.

This time I diluted the paint with a little water which induced fluidity particularly when the paper was titled upright. 

Additional water mixed in with the paint and a peg produced interesting patterns as it rolled across the surface of the paper. The pouring of the aqueous medium allowed it to spread outward more liberally.

My favourite action was using a piece of twine, coated with paint which was repetitively flicked against the sheet of paper. 

Dropping paint. Using textured netting and a paper-weight (heavy book) to transfer paint from one sheet of paper to the next.

Black, white and red sequence.

Paint-coated twine flicked repetitively.

 

"Blobbing/dabbing" paint (using my fingertips) which I later discovered was a textured gel.

The textured gel formed peaks similar to that of beaten egg-whites.

With the addition of primary colours - red, blue and yellow paint, splattered with a brush.