USING OIL PAINT

 I used a flat ended metal tool to smoothen the oil paint onto the emulsion painted page as I wanted to experiment with the layering of colouring and whether it would smudge just as deep as it would've done if it was acrylic paint. I applied this very burgundy dark, rich red colour as it is very warm in a  sense that if I were to layer it with a warmer, a lot brighter colour it would maybe make a similar effect to the colours shown on the photographs taken from the fireworks display that I visited.
I decided to use the same tool to smudge marks as I dragged it on top of the red, however, the red has not dried so overall the exaggerated yellow colour has slightly blended in with the background, but I really love how it has mixed together to create such a beautiful pink shade, similar to the sparks of pink found in the visual inspiration. I think that I am going to re create this experiment in with the collages I have been creating, except that I will add aspects of brighter pinks and blues with a black background. Overall I am very impressed with the coverage from the oil paints as it creates a thick coat of colour on top of one another.
when it eventually dries I would like to work on top of the smooth texture with oil paints to see whether the recognition of lines transferred from the tool will be portrayed, I think I would use a white or gone off white shade to do this.

For this experiment I was aiming to incorporate layering of oil paint to see a blemish of different tones, for example, I think I wanted to explore the use of movement which can be re created by the movement of moving the tool from one direction to the other, my aim was to make it obvious about the marks I was creating.

Also, I started with a black background as I then began to experiment free handily to see if the marks would show through it I were to add a lighter but dark colour on top, in which in this case it was a deep blue tone, although the colour is very rich I believe it is a perfect colour to add white to it. As I began to move the metal tool I noticed that the harder I pressed on it, the more colour would be scraped as the colours underneath the current ones would be presented. I really loved this idea as it began to create this effect of slightly being able to see through the composition whilst exploring the nature of line and gathered texture.

Overall I am really impressed with how it turned out as a final product because I have learnt that with oil paints, it is so thick that even when your technique of applying it changes, the colour underneath will still show through.

For this experiment I have decided to compose different tones of colour to see if it would create a feeling or emotion that would link to the rough feelings that occur when I think about dying, when I think about there being an after life I become excited at the thought but then I think about reality and the world that we live in and I automatically feel guilty and sad. These colours to me symbolise the fate of being warm and happy (yellow tones) in comparison to the very cool colour which in this case is the dirty, ashy blue shade. I really really love this composition as it makes the viewer feel a certain way about the colours clashing with one another. The strokes made by the tool where inspired by the other experiment above as I put more pressure on it whilst moving it.

For this experiment I took inspiration from the visual inspiration I gained on fireworks night as the colours exploded into the sky as I captured them movement by taking pictures, I just wanted to re create the images by using this medium on white emulsion. I actually used one of my own images that used such colours as pink when exploding into the sky, I used red as a background and did quick movement gestures with my hands, locating the paint from down to up onto the top of the page. I then used a white colour and deeply pressed into the background as I knew that it would smudge and create a lovely warm prink colour.  I also added a tiny pea size dot of yellow (mustard yellow) to exhibit the shade of pink and to add brightness to the experiment. I love how you are still able to see the dark red tone as the background, its almost like it has created a sub tonal shadow.

I have used red and a burnt mustard yellow which has been layered on top of a dried emulsion paint and although I liked how the two separate colours didn't mix and blend completely, the pattern from the emulsion brush strokes have really shown up as duplicated lines. I decided to see if the composition would change if I were to scrape the wet medium away from the surface, overall I believe that the juxtaposition between the thick paint being shown next to a mark where there is no paint, it really takes away the definition of movement as it breaks away the contrast of line.

For this experiment I decided to use black cartridge paper as a background because I wanted to see if the colours would appear to be more defined in the line of brush strokes and if they seem to have a warm of cold effect on the viewers thoughts towards it. Also, I took inspiration from the fireworks photographs in relation to the colours used and the movement of colour, For this I used a smoothing tool to see if the colours red and white would mix when layered on top or whether the black cartridge paper would differentiate the two very opposing tones.When brushing the two separate tones in an upwards motion similar the visual inspiration of the fireworks going up into the sky, The colours merged and created a very sparking pink shade in which my opinion, I believe relates very much so to the colours shown in my visual inspiration. Overall, I like how the white shade is very defined as you are able to recognise the brush strokes made but to improve I think I would begin to work with another material to really grab a detail of texture, I reckon I would use a black oil pastel or a black charcoal.                                                                                                                                                                                             

For this experiment I had only just begun to look at the exploration of oil paints so I want really just playing around with building colour on top of one another, I purposely chose to use warm colours because I wanted to build upon a dark tonal yellow to white being the brightest and warmest colour. I applied the paint with a textured blue roll cloth so I was able to freely move my hand whilst allowing the paper to apply the colour as much as it wants to until there is no more paint left to mark. I liked the feel of the colours slightly merging but if I were to use a brush the spread of colour would mix together due to the amount of pressure. To improve, I would like to try this on another material as a primary background to see if the white would still be as vibrant as it is on this piece.

MINI EXPERIMENTS THAT SHOW WHEN I FIRST FOUND OIL PAINTS

MIXING TURPS WITH OIL PAINT

I have acknowledged that if you mix turps with oil paints the oil paint will become almost watered down as it is more malleable to move around the primary surface, For the first experiment I used a very vibrant yellow oil paint to take away the capture of texture from the emulsion on the background. I used a medium sized brush to smoother the paint around the page until there was nothing left on it. Although the turps has lessened the thickness of the paint I still believe that the pigmentation of the colour has not decreased. I then chose to use a dark blue paint to experiment whether the wetness of the yellow mixed with turps would combine with the blue tones to create a brown, gone off green colour. But I was very surprised to see that even mixing the blue shade with turps it surprisingly didn't mix as the colours stayed independent.

The movement of the brush is used as a powerful tool because the yellow colour even shows through where the blue paint has ran out on the brush and the strokes appear.

For the second experiment I decided to use the same colour blue and the same technique by using a brush but I have decided to smoothen the tone by making a tonal build up of dark tones to light, To improve I would add on top of both experiments to see if there is a change in the use of texture and thickness.