Skin!

Originally my project was going to deal with the relationship between colour and how this can be used to describe and convey human emotions and thinking. However, I found this was extremely difficult to get ideas from so I have decided to change to looking at the human being in a different manner. I have decided to look at skin and how this translates to paint. I am interested in how human beings approach skin and view it. This is an experiment I did. I mixed paint with toothpaste and it created a lovely consistency. I used toothpaste because it is a cleaning product. It is used to clean teeth and refers to the cleaning of the body and how we have such a preoccupation with it. I wanted to combine both concept and medium without being pretentious or overt about it.

This is just latex poured on top of it. I was trying to recreate the texture of skin and perhaps the appearance. Not sure if it is entirely successful but it is rather interesting none the less. 

This was made by applying a layer of PVA on a sheet of white card. I then applying toilet roll and a further layer of PVA. Then, using a strong piece of plastic card, I stretched blobs of paint across it. I really like affect and how the paint mixes with the PVA. However, if you do too much work it can cause the toilet roll to combine with both mediums and it all becomes a repulsive mess. Restraint is key.

I was interested in recreating the look of stretch marks but in a very free and abstract manner. I don’t want to necessarily recreate a photograph. That would be rather pointless to me at the moment. It serves no purpose in the context of my project.