I urgently need to introduce a thing here because I'm very excited about it! It's about paintings I've started calling every-last-drop paintings.
How it started:
As an artist, you somehow need to deal with the fact that the materials you're using can be harmful to nature. For example, acrylic paint is basically liquid plastic. So you need to do your best to avoid rinsing even a single drop of paint down the drain.
Well, that's quite a challenge because even if you try to estimate how much paint you need as accurately as possible, most of the time there will be at least a little something left. Even if it's just on your paintbrush – which you also somehow need to clean in the end.
So I started doing two things:
1. Putting any leftover paint from my palette or paintbrush onto paper – most of the time in my sketchbook, but sometimes also on small pieces of paper, cardboard, or whatever I can find and like. Every tiny last drop.
2. Using as little water as possible in my rinsing glass to clean my paintbrush. Why? Because the rinsing water shouldn't go down the drain either, so I collect it and leave it outside to evaporate (and of course, dispose of the remaining residue properly, I reuse the container every time, though).
And the best thing? I really looove the outcome!
Somehow, just putting leftover paint on a piece of paper takes away a lot of the pressure to achieve a certain outcome. And I think you can feel that when you look at these paintings. To me, they express freedom, experimentation, and fun... Maybe that's why I love them so much.
So, I want to start sharing some of them here (Sorry. Not sorry about the wild mix of unprofessional photos):
To be continued for sure!
If you're as excited about them as I am, have any questions, or just feel like exchanging thoughts, I'm always happy to hear from you.