For this final In depth project I wanted to try a technique I learned several months ago in my drawing II/ mark making class using shaving cream and acrylic paints. With this piece I wanted to experiment more with psychic automatism, technique of the subconscious drawing which the artist allows their unconscious mind to take control. Automatic painting is a style of painting in which paint is applied directly to the canvas without any planning or preconceived ideas.
When creating this piece I used my left hand to be less in control of the gestural movements and marks that were being applied to the paper. For the first layer I applied the technique with the shaving cream and acrylic paints. The second layer was when began to apply
psychic automatism to my artwork, using my left hand instead of my dominant hand (right) to paint with white gesso, black India ink, and apply bleach and salt using various objects to assist my gestural movements and marks making process. In addition, for my final layer I went over the gestural marks with the same technique I used in my first layer. After I applied drippings of bleach and dashes of salt on the painting.
Creating this painting was tedious with the process of mixing the colors, drying time, and layering the paint, overall I really enjoyed making the piece because it allowed me to relax and have more freedom, spontaneity in gestural movements and marks that I was applying to the paper. During the whole process of making this painting I was nervous about how it was going look once I completed the last layer, with each layer I saw the piece becoming what I had pictured in my mind.
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