Today marked the introduction to the second project in our first module; Paint and Purpose. Essentially, the project is about looking at the language of paint, and the creation of a vocabulary using the medium. When the question 'who here hates painting?' was put forward to the group, an internal struggle commenced; painting is one of my least favourite methods of work, yes I will combine it with a number of practices but sat in front of a canvas for hours on end? No thanks. In spite of this I was optimistic in my attitude towards paint and restrained from throwing both arms up in the air and running away as fast as possible.
What settled the feeling of dread in my stomach however was the emphasis on making discoveries, not art. These introductory projects are designed to be an opportunity for experimentation, and ultimately making mistakes. Phew. The key points that we are encouraged to look at are Lines and Marks, Areas and Edges, Layering, Borrowed Language. I hope by being thrown into this experimental stage with these themes to focus on I will have some way of creating marks in response. I am quite thankful for the body of work that I produced last week, with some luck I should hopefully be able to develop some interesting work from the themes which I have already begun to uncover.
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AuthorThird Year BA Hons Fine Art student studying at Falmouth University Archives
April 2017
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