Thursday

 Another layer of spray paint. A bit of sanding back into the surface. Below are some details.

This is another image transfer in the Ford sketchbook. It is part of the "fighter" series.

More White Paint

Admittedly there is a lot more to work out with pushing back imagery whether it's using white paint or any other method. But the experiments and results from the past evening were engaging enough to encourage me to try this on something larger with an image rather than just texture.

The panels were originally set with binder clips on the floor to apply the paint as illustrated in the first image in the post. However, it was difficult to apply the paint well working hunched over so the entire configuration was lifted into an upright position to continue.

Unlike the experiments this panel did not end up with a  relative all encompassing coat of paint. It started off that way, but as the paint began to set I could tell that not much of the original image would show through if any. So out came a few old t-shirts and water to remove some of the paint. The evening was spent adding, removing and diluting the paint to allow some of the past work to remain while still toning back the majority of the configuration.

Here is an illustration of the potential of this sort of activity, a stronger contrast between panels when rearranged. There will be a lot to consider with this moving forward. I want to be aggressive with my painting at times, but currently I hold on too tightly to the work that I have done to cover much up of anything. Moving beyond this will take more time and panels, but in seems clear that in order to make the work more engaging something has to happen. 

White Out

With more panels visible in the studio everything seemed to be heavily color saturated to me this week. Almost out of the tube saturated. So in an effort to inject some subtle color back into the panels I experimented with applying white paint back on top of some panels in both a opaque and semi-transparent fashion. In the image above the configuration on the right have more of an opaque application while the one on the left is a mixture of white latex house paint, water and matte medium. 

More experimentation will have to take place in order to not only tone back color but to preserve some of the past work. Ultimately it would be beneficial to the work if images and texture could be obscured while still peaking out in bits and parts of the panels.