Exploring new textures

From looking at John Well's piece "Abstract" I wanted to look at re-creating the way he makes small scratches within his art work. I had tried to re-create similar marks with the end of a paint brush, a fork and a knife but none were successful. So, I decided to take a chance and use a screw. It worked beautifully. The screw moved the paint around lightly leaving little marks within it.

I really like the effect that the screw has created on this piece, it has allowed layers to build upon each other. The simple light colour used as the base of the piece still shows through when looking at it. In addition to that the red and black blend together, which is surprising because I didn't think that would show. I decided to use the colour scarlet lake extra for the tone of red, it gives off a vibrant energetic colour, however tones down nicely when blended with the black. When actually blended together I have found that a light brownish/ grey colour is created. I would liken it to the similar colour of warm light grey, it gives a gentler effect to the harsh overall look of the piece. I feel that this piece turned out successfully, and I would definitely use a screw to create texture within my work again.