I found that even wetting the coffee stained paper would darken the page, so therefore I was left with alot of staining.. which I actually found more interesting from an artists point of view, however I am worried that a "normal" person would not perceive it so.
I wanted to use coffee, as it is just a homely substance, and the colouring is rustic and natural and almost aged looking, as opposed to your everyday acrylic paintings which are vibrating with sometimes uncomfortable colour, I wanted the eye to pass over the image of Jack undisturbed, as opposed to his image being violently thrown at your face like BAM!
so his face almost fades into the picture.
It sometimes reminds me of the brown inky animations that appear of the magic map of Hogwarts in Harry Potter.. they're watery nd unsure but flow nicely across the aged paper.
I'm not sure why I'm not happy with this image, perhaps I wanted to be a bit more creative and explore more with imagery, like the paintings below of the portraits blooming from flowers. Perhaps I wanted this portrait to bloom from something?
I will photocopy and experiment.. a passing idea I had was to paint Jacks portrait on the newspaper that was published the day he was born.
photocopy, as opposed to going through the pain staking process of creating a perfect face.. one wrong shadow and everything is ruined.
this is why coffee painting is so tempermental, if the water spreads more than intended the picture is tainted, but this in turn is why I liked it, that the mistakes contribute to creating a perfect picture.
Whats frustrating about showing a painting to family, is that they like to think that a painting should replicate real life, to which I posed the question; "WHY DONT YOU JUST FRAME THE FUCKING PICTURE THEN!!??"
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