Exploring Media
No, I’m not gonna talk about electronic media (this time). Today’s post is about art media.
Taylor donned her smock and set to painting as usual. But when I took a closer look, I noticed that she was experimenting with a new technique. Taylor dabbed some paint on the paper and stuck a large piece of a coloring book page onto the wet paint. She then saturated the coloring book page with paint, removing some of the pigment with a paper towel. From there, she carefully peeled the wet page off of the paper and placed it in a different location to repeat the process.
Sometimes, she would vary her technique a bit and layer the saturated coloring book pages on top of one another. I thought that this might turn into a mixed media piece, with all the layers she was applying and re-applying, but instead, she used the pages as masks to create these colorful framed edges.
Although never attempted before, Taylor’s method was very deliberate, and she even asked me to assist with paint application. Like a well-known artist supervising an enormous installation, she sometimes guided her faithful apprentice on color choice and on exactly where color should be applied. She was also very particular about the direction of my brush strokes.
Once we completed this piece (above, left), Taylor moved onto something more graphic, a “design” as she called it. (above, right) ”It’s a sea dragon!”
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