Texture Studies in Preparation for Film

After my first ink film on plain paper I wanted to try and experiment with different textures, particularly the difference in how the ink flows between grooves.

I started by collaging newspaper and painting a layer of emulsion on top. Once that had dried I then used graphite, charcoal, chalk, or oil pastels in a range of tones and colours.

In my first experiment I collaged newspaper and paint a small layer of emulsion on top.
In addition with this experiment I pull parts off of the newspaper to create small areas without newspaper. I didn't like this effect as it made it look too messy and therefore in my later experiments I didn't carry on with this process.

 My second experiment I began using other materials and expressive marks to try and add more tone into the newspaper.

In some ways I prefer this to my original experiment as a composition as there is more going on in the piece rather than just a plain page compared to the original. However the graphite does not allow for any particularly dark areas such as those achieved by charcoal.

 Here I experimented with compressed charcoal, after the previously used process I then painted emulsion over certain areas of the charcoal which created a more spread out grey tone compared to thinner and more concentrated black lines.
I find this the most successful so far as it has a wide range of tone and line and it balances well to create a good composition.

 Up until this experiment I had only used black and grey tones and so here I used blue and green chalk (as theses are complimentary colours). I didn't like the outcome of this experiment as the chalk wasn't able to create the dark tones that balanced out the piece.

 I tried this technique again with red and yellow chalk to compare to my previous colour experiment. I chose these two as they are both primary colours and create orange when mixed and therefore will all compliment each other.
This piece, however, had the same problem as the previous piece as the colours couldn't create the dark areas that I wanted to allow a balance.

Out of all my experiments using newspaper and emulsion this is my favourite due to the use of yellow, black, and grey tones. I particularly like the use of splattered white lumps of emulsion that sits on top of the pigments.

Overall I think this is a good composition as it it well balanced with both colour and texture.

After my previous experiment I continued using this technique of splattering emulsion on top of the colour. With my second attempt I then drew over the splatters of paint.
I do prefer my previous piece though due to the mix of colours and tones being more subtle.

I don't particularly like this piece as most of the colours are too spread out. As well the colours are mostly seen with straight lines rather than the almost frantic tone that comes from my other pieces.

I went to my first experiment with this piece but used the new technique. I collaged newspaper and then added marks of emulsion and then splattered emulsion, once this had dried I added expressive marks with charcoal and further threw emulsion on top of that.

The outcome of this experiment was successful to an extent as I like the technique however there is a lack of dark marks making it quite boring.

I tried to do a similar thing to the previous piece but improve it by using 00