Dripping Paint

Primed canvas with thinned oil paint allowed to drip from the top of canvas. 

Thin washes of oil paint.

Oil paint bleeding out onto canvas.

During these experiments I realised that the oil paint seemed to loose its 'glossyness' the thinness of the paint was what I thought I wanted, however the dullness of colour made the outcome boring and bland. I realised that the primed surface was not sealed as well as it could have been and was therefore drawing the colour from the painting. I then decided to research surfaces and what actually happens to the paint depending on the surface it is applied to.