My favourite
process was the dye and bleach because of the contrasting negative and positive
colours they created when added together.
I like that I was able to achieve an almost glowing effect by lightly
painting streams of bleach onto the dye.
Using the powdered dye on wet paper also gave an effective reaction,
reminding me of the shots you see of galaxies in space because of the way the
dye bled outwards, leaving specks of the powder in the center.
Charcoal and ink
Masking tape, ink and acrylic paint
Acrylic paint - Ink dragged down the paper using a piece of cardboard - Ink and acrylic paint
The three
pieces I chose to frame were the ones which I felt had worked the most
successfully, but also the ones which complemented each other, mainly because
of the similarity of the vertical wavy lines each of the three pieces had. The techniques and materials I used were all
very different, which I think makes the pieces more interesting. For the first piece of mark making I squeezed
UHU glue in wavy lines, almost like tree branches, and then grated a piece of
black chalk on top of the glue, giving it a soft black texture. I tried to make the bottom half very black
and blended the chalk upwards so that it gradually became more subtle. I then used a straw to dip into black and
white acrylic paint and created small circles around the lines, once again
making the bottom half darker than the top.
I created all three marks in this way, using the materials to make a
gradual transition from dark to light, with dye, bleach and acrylic paint for
my second piece, and acrylic and black chalk dusk for the third.
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