This class hit me like a bolt of lightning. It was awesome. Jesse Reno had us painting with our hands, wrecking it, painting over it again, wrecking it again, turning it around, painting it and wrecking it 3-4 more times, adding oil pastel scribbles and details, and so on. It was tough until I just gave in and changed my attitude – not being attached to what I’d created, and letting it become whatever it wanted to. And this is what emerged (images show the paintings in stages)…
The nomad
I really didn’t like this one at first, I wanted to throw it away half way through, and then I started painting hundreds of little squares on it with a rubber brush, this nomad emerged and he ended up being my favourite!
Layer 3:
Layer 6 (I turned it 90 degrees clockwise after layer 3 – you can see by looking at the green area):
The space child
This one was a bit spacey, quite cute, not sure where it came from:
Two people
This one is quite spacey too. Here are some of the base layer details:
Later layers:
And the final(?) painting:
Silenced
This one is a bit scary. I didn’t really like the fact that something so dark looking emerged, but it was really interesting to try not to control the painting.
Layer 2:
Layer 4:
Layer 6 (flipped 180 degrees):
Final layer:
Wierd creature!
And this one looks like a five-year old painted it! So interesting…
Layer 2:
Layer 3:
Layer 5 (flipped 180 degrees, not finished!)
So what do you think? I’d love to know…
[Update: Part Two of this post is up now over here]
I had an awesome fortnight in the US, reconnecting with old friends at An Artful Journey, making new ones, and taking a road trip down the beautiful California coast. Will post more about Jesse Reno and his crazy style, all the lovely girls at the retreat and about the rest of my US adventure soon…
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