Different painting techniques.

 This is a colour mixing exercise that I had to do. To do this I first started with all the primary colours; red, blue and yellow. I then mixed a small amount of all the colours together to create a starting point. I gradually kept adding amounts of the primary colours to create a range of different colours. Doing this is helpful because it gives you the skill to create realistic paintings as these colours help create highlights and shades.

Colour mixing relates to the work of David Hockney. As you can see in his work he uses a range of different tones of colours. Although his pieces seem more cartoon like because of the vibrant colours he uses the same method still applies.


These are examples of mark making. I tried to use as many different marks as I could while thinking about the composition and the colours.

My mark making samples link to the work of Fiona Rae. As you can see she uses a range of different marks, they all overlap and interact with each other. Her paintings are very abstract and animated with the images she uses. The colours she uses all contrast and stand out against each other. In a lot of her work she repeats the mark of dripping paint down the page. In my work I have tried to use similar marks and colours.

This is a piece I made experimenting the technique of painting with palette knives.

 

These are examples of the work of Nicolas de Stael. As you can see his work is very abstract. To create his pieces he uses simple blocks of colours in a variety of thin and thick layers, this is because he uses a palette knife which makes it more difficult to create realistic images as it is hard to blend the colours together and create intricate detail. I have used the same technique as to what he uses, just using blocks of colours to create an image.