Saturday, November 15, 2014

BRENT RIDGE - NAC CLASSES 11-17-14


This week we want to explore an alternative processes of painting.  This includes, yes, using a squeegee instead of brush (or a slice of cardboard of some kind).  This will allow you to blur and change your surface in unexpected ways.  You can do this with a good paint knife too but the long span of the blade on a squeegee makes it ideal to change large area of your painting.





Cheap plastic or gold plated - either way it works.  Find at hardware store - an excellent alternative to the art store (cheaper for sure).  Or the more traditional printmaker's squeegee below (not cheap or necessary):



Gerhard Richter is the master of the squeegee and the blurred brush painting, and we'll take inspiration in this kind of technique from him.  I made a post of his work: LINK