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MEDIUM: ACRYLIC PAINT

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THIS PAINTING WAS AN OBSERVATION PAINTING, INSPIRED BY A BLACK 
AND WHITE IMAGE OF A BALLERINA ON POINTES.

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AS THE IMAGE I TOOK INSPIRATION FROM WAS AN A4 SIZED, REGULAR BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE, I HAD TO THINK ABOUT UPSCALING, AND WHERE EACH SQUARE WOULD GO, MAKING SURE THE THEY WERE ALL IN THE RIGHT POSITION AND PLACE WITH THE RIGHT COLOUR AND TONE, SO I SKETCHED A PLAN ON THE IMAGE, WITH THE SAME SIZED SQUARES.

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I STARTED OFF USING MULTIPLE COATS OF WHITE ACRYLIC PAINT TO COVER THE BOARD, MAKING SURE EVERY LAST BIT WAS COVERED IN WHITE PAINT.

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AFTER THAT, I STARTED OFF MIXING DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF BLACK AND WHITE TOGETHER TO MAKE THE RIGHT TONES THAT MATCHED THE IMAGE, SO I SWATCHED THOSE COLOURS IN MY SKETCHBOOK TO VISUALISE ALL OF THEM TOGETHER.

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WHEN DOING THIS, I HAD TO ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND OF THE SHAPE, BECAUSE IF ONE SQUARE WENT WRONG, THE WHOLE IMAGE WOULD FAIL, AND I ALSO HAD TO MAKE SURE THE TONES WERE CORRECT AND MATCHED THE ORIGINAL IMAGE AS WELL.