This past week has been all about sketching and getting my ideas down onto paper and following on from my tutorial I have been doing research on different artists and sketching out painting compositions. I am really keen to experiment with scale, colour and shape and above are some small pencil drawings and gouache tests for possible future projects.
I really like how the middle gouache sketch worked out so I decided to give it a go on a larger scale. I already had a square canvas frame made from the wood workshop so once I had stretched and primed it I was ready to go. One thing that worries me when increasing scale is my technique of using masking tape as a stencil because as it gets larger the stencil becomes much more delicate. Fortunately for this canvas it was okay and didn't cause any problems but if I want to go any bigger I will definitely need to reconsider the process.
I am delighted with how this painting went and I fully believe I am going in the right direction with my practice. I love the colours, shapes and textures within the painting and building it up from separate layers of stencilled colour works well for me. I do however need to work on getting that really crisp, hard edge to the shapes; more often than not the paint is slightly seeping under which is something I don't want. Maybe upgrading the quality of tape and with a bit more practice I will get the effect I desire.
Currently I am working on some more sketches and I have a couple of bigger canvas frames so hopefully within the next few weeks I will have more impressive artwork to show you!
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