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after the acrylic paint pouring with colour, I continued and experimented with dripping black and white on a canvas and moving it around randomly with a pallet knife. I did this until I liked what I saw. I photographed a few stages and used my laptop to outline and label parts I could see objects/aspects in to take this further and make a new image out of the aspects I labeled. this will link back to the surrealism research I did for my blog and in my independent research file. I could use the labeled image above to make a new surreal image

results of acrylic paint pouring. dropping the colours on the canvas and letting them run. changing their direction. scraping the canvas. repeat with different colours. using a palette knife and tissue paper to get different results

starting the acrylic paint pouring with random lines of warm colours letting them run across the canvas into each other

example of the aforementioned Melissa McCracken’s work

after trying out the synesthesia painting & seeing how messy and disordered the results were, it made me think of acrylic paint pouring. the images I posted before from the synesthesia painting were from only listening to a song once and creating the image in a few minutes from what I saw. I think I might try to go further with it like Melissa McCracken who produces large scale oil paintings. McCracken explains: “Each letter and number is coloured and the days of the year circle around my body as if they had a set point in space.” McCracken enjoys the many creative experiences of synesthesia, especially when it comes to music. “The most wonderful ‘brain malfunction’ of all is seeing the music I hear,” she says. “It flows in a mixture of hues, textures, and movements, shifting as if it were a vital and intentional element of each song.”

Second ‘body’ oil painting using impasto technique with a brush and palette knife

these are the results of me trying to paint using my synesthesia when listening to the songs :

1 - say goodbye - monty Datta & snow

2 - late night thoughts - Belfa & Kayli Marie

3 - tell me - Finding hope Feat Cehryl

4 - there's no need - Towerz Feat. sosi

I used acrylic paint for all of these, with either a palette knife or my fingers.

this was an interesting exercise since I hadn’t tried anything like this before. before coming across Kandinsky, I never considered using how I see or hear things to produce an image. they are all quite simple and quick, as I aimed to complete them as I listen to each song, not overthinking anything

after coming across Wassily Kandinsky, a Russian painter who used synesthesia to create abstract art, I decided to try and use my type of synesthesia - grapheme synesthesia - to create abstract art. grapheme synesthesia is usually where someone associates letters and numbers with colours. for example for me, the letter ‘A’ is red, and the numbers 3,5&9 are yellow. Kandinsky used colours that he associated with various sounds. this is something I hadn’t tried before. I listened to songs I hadn’t heard before and painted, usually with a palette knife or my fingers, what I saw when listening. to someone without synesthesia or who hasn't heard of it before must think this is very strange, however I found it interesting and a new challenge.

note to self - directions to take after looking at my revised context map-

The body + impasto + quick gestures

Colour as sound + synesthhesia

Surrealism + painting my dreams

Experimentation

Unfinished pieces

after looking at each element of my contextual map I've ‘highlighted’ the aspects which interest me most and would like to go further with, and done the opposite for aspects I can leave behind. I intend to do more research on the highlighted areas and see how I would potentially show this in my work.

The start of my context map.

I wanted to use sticky notes to put down any ideas that came to mind when thinking about my influences/ what I think about when making art . They can then be moved around or replaced as I go further with each piece ive written down

little note to self for the independent module-

post context map

research folder: picasso, angela moulton, impasto technique, the female body , surrealism, expressionism, salvador dali, collage

presence/absence portrait

The past couple of paintings made me think more about spontaneous paintings& not really planning what I’m about to do, just starting and seeing where it goes. That lead me to painting this image, still including facial features , though not realistic, and adding in random strokes of colour. The end result got me thinking about surrealism . I think next I want to try creating a collaged image from photographs and pieces of paintings , and perhaps surrealism painting

After trying out the style of painting of putting brushstrokes on the canvas and not blending I painted another image, leaving it unblended

After doing some sketches and looking at different styles of portrait painting I started trying out some different styles. For example, this painting below was done by mixing skin tones and brushing them on the canvas not really paying any attention to detail , just seeing what the results would be like . After putting down lines of colour I blended it all , leaving the picture looking slightly fuzzy/unclear.

Here are two of the three self portraits I was asked to make. On the left is for the ‘body’ portrait , a quick pen sketch that I’m going to finish with watercolour . I chose to draw this because it’s part of a larger photo from a night before lockdown where a group of us got dressed up and played poker. On the right is for the ‘possessions’ portrait. I’ve chosen a selection of small objects that are from small trips or from travelling

Progression of my final piece. Using oil paint on canvas . An unidentifiable woman losing herself in darkness, trying to be seen. I stuck with the ‘theme’ or idea of using a face but put my own style on it

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