I attended a spontaneous painting workshop last weekend in Derbyshire with some most unexpected results.
I documented the process of 10 hours painting one single piece with poster paint.
What I expected;
I wouldn't like poster paint
To make mud with the paint
I would be able and happy to do it
What I didn't expect;
Extreme frustration
Realisation that I don't quite finish anything
I do more 'thinking' than 'doing'
To write words on the painting
To be so pleased to find a biro in the bottom of my bag!
The end result of 10 hours and lots of layers of paint
The idea was to paint the same picture on one piece of paper for hours without any pre-planning or reference material. To work solely from what appeared on the paper, sparked inspiration and lead to the next part. I struggled to cope with this way of working. I generally work very fast and this seemed slow and laborious in places for no reason.
However I have had so much learning from trying to work this way, this is a completely new 'style' for me, it feels somewhat 'all over the place' whereas I tend to work in a quite ordered neat, hoovered way. This has shown me how to layer paint, leave scruffy edges, see under the top layer rather than obliterate the first layers. This is also the first time I have painted on folded paper, I like having clean stretches of paper when the paper is unfolded.
I will add a video of the book I have made of the process of painting this picture.
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