I had recently discovered that mixing together white paint and glue creates an intriguing texture. When heating it up to dry it with the heat gun, the glue begins to bubble, eventually popping and leaving tiny burnt holes around the edges of it. I first tried this out on cardboard and really liked the texture so I decided to do a experiment on it. I used three different types of material with all very contrasting types of textures. I used cardboard, black tissue paper and board. I the reason why I wanted to use different materials was because I was really happy with the texture that was created on the cardboard so I wanted to try it out on lots of different materials. Although I would have chosen more, I didn't want to make my sketchbook look repetitive with one experiment taking up too many pages, to me that would be boring. So, I started by mixing together the white paint and glue and painting small strips along the different materials. Using the heat gun, I dried them each, placing the heat gun very close to the materials so the glue would start to bubble. The cardboard allowed the texture of the paint and glue to show up easily on the cardboard. It showed up the exact texture I wanted to produce from this piece, a broken layers revealing a new one underneath. The second material used was black tissue paper, it gave a extremely structured base for the tissue paper, I could manipulate the material to create different lines and textures. Once I added the mix of paint and glue, it fell within the different lines I had created throughout it. Although when the material was wet, it look really textured, as I began to dry it some of the material began to burn if I put the heat gun to close to it. However if I didn't put the heat gun very close to the material the glue wouldn't burn enough to create bubbles therefore it wouldn't create the texture that I desired. This created a dilemma do I burn the material, maybe setting fire to it, which could burn my whole sketchbook or do I just let it dry without a heat gun? Well, I chose to let it dry without the heat gun, I didn't really want to risk seeing my sketchbook go up in flames. Once dried, the material looked like it had shine on it, something I did not particularly long for. Overall I don't think that this material works well with the glue and paint mix, you can't use enough heat to dry it properly so you end up with a shiny line of glue along some black tissue paper. The final material I decided to use was hardboard. A thick material with a smooth side and a textured, knitted like back. I decided to use the back of the hardboard because of the obvious interesting texture it acquired. When first painting the mix on it seemed to mix well with the structure of the hardboard. However when drying it, nothing happened. I mean nothing. It simply dried the glue, slightly burnt it a bit on some parts too. I think that the texture of the hardboard it very dense therefore it would have soaked up some of the glue and paint. I was disappointed with the way this turned out, I was hoping for some intricate layers to reveal themselves when dry but no, it left me with some dry glue on a sheet of hardboard. The best material by far to use was the cardboard, as mentioned before it allowed the textured of the glue and paint to show up really well on the cardboard.
I am happy with this experiment, I achieved what I set out to do and I feel that this has helped me with my final outcome ideas.
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