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Experiments In Photographing Red Paint

I'm trying to replicate the experience of the images I see when my eyes are closed. A sense of the colours and shapes I see through my eyelids.

 

I started off by trying to paint patterns in red on a canvas. But then I realized that these images seem better when I photograph them out of focus.

 

I used Winsor and Newton acrylic paints on an A5 size canvas. Mixing paints is something I really enjoy. This is a combination of Naphthol Red Light and Permanent Alizarin Crimson. I can then photographically adjust the colours slightly depending on how I light and edit the shot. The photography, in this sense, adds another dimension to what I can do to create colour.

 

To be continued....

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Uploaded on April 2, 2018
Taken on April 2, 2018