11. More Additions

(11/5/23) 
Today I managed to make some more progress with the  painting of the contorted body / skeleton.
I decided to use a really nice yellow emulsion paint of the bottom portion fo the painting and this puts the figure in a space as the background is split between grey and yellow which is broken up by the pink colour of the body and white of the bones. I decided to paint over the scribble marks I had made last week because you are still able to see them through the yellow and this adds a nice layer and still keeps the energy of them Cy Twombly inspired marks. I then began to fill in the body in between the ribs with a darker pink colir to imply intestines or the innards of a body by painting different shades of pink in and mixing them. I really love this technique as it mixes many different shades of the same colour and this in itself look’s interesting but the oul paint I have used texturally looks fantastic especially when you can see mixes of paint. It almost appears as a sort of camouflage print or a blur. I love how this adds to the body of the painting, exposing its innards as if the body is ripped open and left bare. I am pleased with the direction this painting is going in and I feel like it is nearing a state that is close to complete, but there are more steps to go. 
Below I will attach pictures of my progress 
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1-rdQ4gpU5_QDdhs9sLxUvGV8xOQBCVW1
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1vd8DKslT-MCHTBN9-IXeaict31fJpwu0https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1Puvzz5rmMX8bNcIv5rq0BRTKUt7SNyL1https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1p4_Bqy-03U6pXCxUsv2TU_ECnl0T0TEp

More Later 

Lots Of Love 

John Hancock X

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