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Drips (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 months ago by kendg@lemmy.cafe to c/artshare@lemmy.world

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Tinkering with something. Water colors from a dropper. Comments appreciated.

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[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

I'm quite interested in what you're potentially doing here.

You've posted a few over the last few days, all very minimal, small range of colours, simple forms, quite sparse composition.

They're all (I think?) watercolour based - though being used in fairly bold, fairly solid flat planes of colour, rather than the thin, watery washes traditionally associated with the medium. A couple of them have an interesting 'cracked surface' texture in the paint.

They seem like a set of watercolour explorations or experiments - though your motivations are unclear.

So... tell us a little about what you're trying/thinking/doing/interested in/working towards etc (it doesn't need to be in 'fancy art language') :)

[–] kendg@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago

I using something like this https://www.hobbylobby.com/art-supplies/painting-supplies/watercolor-painting/watercolor-paint---24-piece-set/p/81073667 They're in tubes and allow using it thicker than trays of watercolor paints. I like horizontal lines, like you would see in a far off sunset, with a big sky above. I started scraping the paint across the paper, and found using an old spackling blade seemed to get the paint spread how I envisioned it. Each composition is something I think about for a while, and figure out the colors as I go. un. Is one I pictured with a white background and the gloppy bottom in thicker white, the middle of the page two colors are, I feel, adding tension, like it is on its side. I didn't notice that until I was done with it, though. Colors 3 I had the idea of opposites coming at each other, and when I was making it, I staggered the opposition. Color Strips I did with a single pass of all the colors at once with a wide spackling blade. I'm mostly seeing how the stripes of different colors are arranged from some idea that pops into my head. Not a lot of rhyme or reason, but I enjoy making these and looking at them later.

[–] kendg@lemmy.cafe 2 points 3 months ago

The drips are just an opportunity piece. I had just emptied a medicine dropper and wondered what I could do with it and some watercolors. Not sure what to do with it.