OBJECTS TO ABSTRACTS

7. DEVELOPING OUR PAINTINGS

KEY POINTS

  • We will work on each painting in turn, adding a little paint and moving on to the next painting, building up rich and interesting paintings piece by piece

  • Explore the different paint techniques explored in the class including:

    • Scraping

    • Drawing through wet paint with a point

    • Glazing layers

    • Transparent and opaque paint

    • Moving paint with a wet paper towel

    • Negative painting and positive painting

  • Experiment with using different tools

  • Experiment with using different sized paint brushes

  • Keep going until you have an interesting painting and you are broadly happy with the composition

  • Consider whether you have enough variety and at the same time enough unity and cohesion