For this exercise I used oil and a palette knife. I began using a sponge and covered the whole paper to make my back ground. I then begun using as many colours but never mixing them, I felt I need to find what they would all look like on there own first. This is however my first time using a knife, sponge and my fingers. Not really knowing what i wanted to get from this I decided to go for a tree like effect. Overall I was happy with what I done but not happy with the picture. This will certainly be something I take a lot more time in doing. Using oil is a lot of hard work, taking an age to dry.
I then moved on by trying to use old credit cards, fingers and tooth brush. Again not happy with the picture. I went for a waterfall effect. But looks like something my 8 year old would do. I wasn’t so sure to add this to my blog but felt it could be something my tutor could help me with in the future.
Garry Wakefield 