Painting

​By exploring themes of suppression and expression, using the body as my subject to depict through various methods of painting e.g. watercolour, acrylic, paint pens and gouache, looking at what each can bring property wise representing the idea of stimming and movement in our bodies.
I’ve tried various experiments exploring techniques when painting, from applications of colour, to exploring substrates and applications of paint whilst working into collaged bases.
I now have a variety of resolved and unresolved paintings that explore these ideas whilst revolving around the topic and essence of expressions of movement, and the suppression of self.
The most effective pieces came from my watercolour paintings, with the less layers of paint bringing the best results, which stemmed from of studies I did from references that I gathered when doing yoga.
I feel this could be explored more in depth when it comes to form and the body through larger pieces in the future.

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