Using different ‘brushes’

So while I was doing the small 2 minute experiments where I split the page into squares and using different techniques and medias, one technique I could have done is attaching something to the end of a pencil like a stick. But as I didn’t have enough squares on my page, I wasn’t able to do that so I was thinking of doing it on a separate page, but whilst I was thinking of what to attach to the pencil, I had lots of ideas and didn’t know which ones to choose. The result was just collecting whatever I found in my garden and using them all to see what the results would be.

So I decided to use the same green acrylic paint for all of them and see what each one looked like when drawing a straight or wiggly line. I actually found it very difficult to paint with because unlike a paint brush, the paint didn’t get into all the little gaps, it was mainly just on the solid surface ad as soon as it touched the paper it just wiped off in the first second. Now I know why we use paint brushes and sponges to paint with instead of sticks and other solid tools.

The result was going to be me choosing one or two of the best and doing a piece of artwork with them but I have worked out that this will be very time consuming and it doesn’t relate to my project enough for me to do that so I’ve left this. But, I had to try it to learn 🙂