Foundational Painting Exercises – USQ VIS1010 2022 – Semester 1 – 2D Foundations

Module 3 – Abstraction

Exercise 1 – Abstract Landscape/Tree.
As it was done on paper (despite being “canvas paper”) the tape tore the paint off the page.
Exercise 1 – 2nd attempt
Repeated on canvas, to much cleaner result.
Applied crackling medium to negative space where tape was placed as an experiment for my resolved work).
Exercise 2 – Abstracting Fore-Mid-Backgrounds
The same issue as exercise 1 presented, to much more dramatic results.
Exercise 2 – 2nd attempt
On canvas board. I did not seal the tape (didn’t have the matte varnish), so there is pain bleed. However, I like the effect.
Much less disastrous!
The crackling medium makes another comeback…
Exercise 3 – Abstract Portrait
Rather than repeat randomly (it’s completely unintelligible given the dramatic expression), so anchored the image on the mouth.

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