Sumary of Painting and New Media Project.

I feel that the paintings i have done may not be what i would've chosen to paint but i have learnt a lot about technique from each one. Painting on raw canvas was a challenge but when i got used to the surface i enjoyed it. Also i could see what Laura meant about the black looking more lively when it is mixed from burnt umber and cobalt blue. The response to the Soutine painting taught me to work out how an artist has worked, by building up layers of tone and colour. I used this technique for the colour collage painting. Working this way meant i tackled the whole painting at once and the composition could be considered for some time, especially using oils.Thinking about colour and not form made me think about brushstrokes achieving light and dark.I wanted to use white to try to match the colours but realised i didn't need to. I achieved light by leaving less paint on parts of the shapes. These lessons will stay with me and be useful for my next paintings.