A Turn For The Indifferent.

Acrylic paint on acrylic paper, A4.

I took a different approach with this one. I'm not sure if it was for the better or worse? There was no mixing the paint to change the colours and I included pattern to see what effect it had. The way this has been painted, I would say is very tribal, which is what other people have also said. I had a tutorial last week and was told that I should not use “colour straight from the tube” as my teacher would say, I should use more of a variety of colours. So now I have invested in a few other colours of paint, which made me quite excited about  more work. Although, the limited colour palette was partially the point for this painting. The bright blue of the eagle/owl totem helps to make the viewer concentrate on it and once that has been taken in then the background pattern comes to focus. I suppose this was not purposely created this way, the colours tend to be whatever I have to hand, however, I wanted to have the limit so as to not get too carried away with many colours, therefore, making it feel overwhelmed.

Below are photos of stages to get to the final piece:

First Step.

Acrylic paint on acrylic paper, A3.

This is the first painting I created for the project. It is also a style of mine which first came about in my Painting workshop at college. You may be able to tell that I use a very limited colour palette of red, yellow, blue as well as the mixing of these primary colours into oranges, greens and purples. On the odd occasion within this sort of work I sometimes use black and white. Since the start of University, I have used many different ways of working which I appear to have. Hopefully one day, I will have found my own recognisable look within my art.

Below are photos of stages to get to my final piece: