After the revival of Burri within my blog and sketchbook, I had a set idea of what I wanted to do and how Burri could support it. For this piece of work I wanted to create layers peeling away to created new layers, I had previously tried this out with the rust idea but I wasn't happy with results of it. Therefore I decided that I would look at paint peeling away, to do this I wanted a darker underlay of colour, then topped it with layers of white paint. I would then peel back parts of it to reveal the unseen colour that lay underneath the white paint. So, I started by painting half of my page black, I dried it, using a hairdryer because I didn't have a heat gun at my house, after that I topped the black paint with white paint, dried it then repeated the process by adding more white paint. I did this about three times, making sure that I put the hairdryer very close to the paint so it would create cracks within the layers of the white paint. After all three layers were done, I began to bend the page in different ways, this made more cracks within the paint. Although it seemed to be going well, when I tried to pull the white paint up, the black paint had stuck to it underneath therefore it pulled up the paper. In addition to that you couldn't see the black paint underneath the white paint because it had turned grey. I obviously hadn't had dried the black paint properly because it had mixed with the white creating the grey colour in which I really didn't desire. So I decided to change the colour of the underneath colour. In addition to that I had to make sure that I properly dried the paint this time. The main inspiration for this was to create layers that have fallen away. To research this I looked through my photos that I had previously been taking, and found some of things that had began to peel away such as paint from a wall or paint being chipped off wood. I decided to use these three photos to refer too when looking at the paint peeling away. I didn't want to exactly copy them but more too use them as support if I got stuck on how it should look and the texture it should give off by just looking at it. After studying through these photos I felt ready to re-attempt my idea. Since black mixed with the white to create a grey colour, I wanted too choose a colour that would clearly stand out once the white had fallen away. Well, as I have mentioned before, Burri was alive and kicking again through out my work and blog so this was the first piece the I could use his work as a inspiration too. After gazing at my favourite piece again, "Rosso Plastica" I knew I wanted to incorporate the blood red with my work, therefore I chose it as my underneath colour. So, I began with the square red block, dried it properly and painted over it with white, this time I let the first white layer dry over night rather than drying it with a hair dryer. After double checking it was completely dry, I added the next three layers of white paint, then began drying them. Finally I began too bend the page in different directions creating cracks in different places throughout the square. Overall I think that it turned out well, although I would have liked more of the red paint to fall off, I would have it give it time and allow it to fall in moderation. I'm happy with the way the paint has clearly cracked revealing the red underneath they almost look like red veins steaming through the page, giving it darker contrast to the overall look of the page.
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