Before They Left II

As a follow up to "Before They Left" I decided to repaint the same canvas. I left "Before They Left" unfinished before assessment and when i came back to it I felt as if the painting was no longer appropriate to the way I was working now. While the first was more about the content of the painting and it's story the way I had progressed focused more on the painted surface and the qualities with in that surface than the conceptual background of the painting. Although I allowed parts of the original show though and kept the name of the painting to link it back to its original state.

Before They Left II
240 x 240cm
Acrylic and Chalk on Canvas

Screen Printing

This is an attempt to try out screen printing, which is a technique I hadn't tried before. Screen Printing involved cutting a separate stencil out for each colour in news print paper. I then attached these separately to a silk printing screen, which I scraped printing ink through uniformly in order to create a flat area of colour.

I then used some of the prints I created to make a larger painting.

Stencils and Original Plan

Print - Paris
42 x 30cm
Printing Ink on Paper

Recuring Print
120 x 130cm
Printing Ink and Wood Sealant on Paper and MDF

Oil Painting

Two oil paintings based on the previous sketches using Wax medium to create an impasto effect. The wax medium allows the paint to be spread on thicker and unless used in overly large quantities does not effect the colour produced. The problem i found with it is the wax needs to be mixed completely or the surface of the painting can become grainy. In addition to this the wax medium is better to use while it is heated slightly.

Wisp
70cm x 50cm
Oil and Wax on Board

Wisp II
90cm x 65cm
Oil and Wax on Hardboard