For my second attempt based off of my previous ideas for this project I worked more diligently on the work. I am a lot more proud of this work because I really like the way that it turned out and the process that I went through to achieve this outcome. I went out and bought a large piece of wood that I thought would make a better surface for the work.
I began with using watercolor on the wood and painting a tree, similar to the one from my previous work. After a discussion with the teacher and some more brainstorming I decided that I wanted to experiment with glue. Directly on top of the tree I poured Elmer's glue and then dripped brown acrylic paint in the wet glue. After a 24 hour period the glue had finished drying and the outcome surprised me. I then wanted to work with even more glue so in the bottom corner I used newspaper that I had distressed and covered that in a layer of glue. After that dried I applied another layer of glue where I stuck letters to include typography which I wanted to somehow incorporate in the work. Once again I applied another layer of glue and in this layer I dripped watered down paint of various colors to give the clear glue a tint. I also put in bits of leaves and wood chips I found outside to give the work a natural feel. The last part that I worked on was the "leaves" of the tree. I used citrasolv to transfer interesting patterns that I had printed online to make the design for the leaves.
Overall, I am pleased with the final outcome of the work and I want to continue with the techniques that I used in this project in my future works, as well as experiment with more various techniques. Many people liked the different aspects of my work however some thought that it was questionable to combine the two different parts of the bottom corner with the glue and the techniques that I used to design the tree. I think that in my next works I will work on improving both better and somehow trying to incorporate them to have a better visual appeal.
I began with using watercolor on the wood and painting a tree, similar to the one from my previous work. After a discussion with the teacher and some more brainstorming I decided that I wanted to experiment with glue. Directly on top of the tree I poured Elmer's glue and then dripped brown acrylic paint in the wet glue. After a 24 hour period the glue had finished drying and the outcome surprised me. I then wanted to work with even more glue so in the bottom corner I used newspaper that I had distressed and covered that in a layer of glue. After that dried I applied another layer of glue where I stuck letters to include typography which I wanted to somehow incorporate in the work. Once again I applied another layer of glue and in this layer I dripped watered down paint of various colors to give the clear glue a tint. I also put in bits of leaves and wood chips I found outside to give the work a natural feel. The last part that I worked on was the "leaves" of the tree. I used citrasolv to transfer interesting patterns that I had printed online to make the design for the leaves.
Overall, I am pleased with the final outcome of the work and I want to continue with the techniques that I used in this project in my future works, as well as experiment with more various techniques. Many people liked the different aspects of my work however some thought that it was questionable to combine the two different parts of the bottom corner with the glue and the techniques that I used to design the tree. I think that in my next works I will work on improving both better and somehow trying to incorporate them to have a better visual appeal.