I made a trip out with classmates to Guerra Paint on 13th and Avenue A after class today and have never been drawn to color as much as I was when I walked in. On one wall of the store were all these strips of paint in their various permutations (with a thickener, with a metallic compound, etc.). It was cool of one of the store personnel to explain the difference and to demonstrate the effects of solutions to the pigment to create depth and texture to a hue. Bottom line is: in painting, it's not just about hue. It's what you do with the hue. Do you want to make it glossy, or make it matte? Do you want to thin it out, to show the canvas underneath or do you want to thicken it and create peaks? Do you want to add other media into it - glitter, glass beads, rubber tire tracks (apparently so)...? Painting is really about construction. And while it's outwardly artistic, it's really also existentially scientific. You have to know how pigments interact with solvents, with media, and then you make the call.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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