Negative space pour: Blow & Kiss

Negative space pour: Blow & Kiss

W.A.L.T: How to pour, blow and kiss an acrylic painting

Introduction:

During shared book and art, Mr Pickard gave us another art project for the tops of our desktops named, Negative space pour: Blow & Kiss, with a childish like technique: using paint, straws (for the blowing part) and balloons (for the kissing part). Before we got into the project, the class (including me) had to prime our boards (meaning to put a base coat on the boards, preferably the colour white) to stop the paint from just sitting in one place and sinking into the wood. 

What we did:

After that he made us watch a video showing us the techniques used in this piece of artwork, using the blow and kiss techniques. If you would like to watch the video just click the link: Negative space pour: Blow & Kiss. Then we lined our desktops with no longer needed newspaper, and we were given an ice-cream container (that we flipped upside down), a plastic cup (to hold our coloured paint), a serviette (to clean the paint off the balloon to stop the paint turning into a muddy mess), two straws (for the blowing) and a balloon (for the kissing). Then we got straight into it.

The colours that were available were: Blue, Yellow, Black, Red and White. As we lined up to collect the colours that we thought were the best, there would be an option to either add Rubbing alcohol or not (Rubbing alcohol gives your paint cells, which adds depth). First we were given a cup full of white paint to dump on our canvas (this helps your paint to spread easily on your canvas) then we lined up again to collect our coloured paint. As we went through the line, once we got our colours we would dump the colours on the canvas, then line up again for more colours. After we went through the line for paint, and we were satisfied with our colours, we went straight into the kiss and blowing techniques. 

First we would of blew the paint toward the middle of the canvas, trying to spread the paint as far as we could, then we would get the balloon and start dabbing the balloon on to the paint on the canvas, and after every dab, it is best to clean your balloon with your serviette to stop the canvas from turning into a muddy mess. 

Here is what my piece of artwork looks like.

Reflection:

I really liked this artwork. It was really fun and really easy to do. I really loved the outcome of my artwork. But the down side was the limit of space that we had. We only got the space on our desktops, which is really limited.

Question:

Would you like to ask me a question on my artwork, any feed forward and feed back would do.

I hope you enjoyed!