Fireworks

   I recreated this picture of fireworks from bonfire night using acrylic paint. Developing my skills in full paintings is something i would like to do as i struggle with using paints to create images; i haven't mastered the waiting for the paint to dry before layering the next paint. Bonfire night has always been enjoyable since childhood, wrapping up warm for the cold, creating Guy Fawkes, homemade toffee, the fireworks display and roller coaster rides down the park. The fireworks themself are alluring, no one can resist looking out their window when they hear fireworks. My favourite fireworks are the ones that explode then sparkle out as the little glistening explosions are very striking and remind me of jewelry glistening in the light. Fireworks exploding made me think about ideas happening in the mind or how something eye catching can inspire ideas.
   I roughly painted the background with black, in a criss cross motion letting the paint strokes dry. This was inspired by Van Gogh's paint style and i like the texture the thick paint creates. I would of liked to have carried on creating a thick texture with the paint on the fireworks so they had a 3D effect on the page but i didnt have the time to let it dry. I think that's what lets this piece down the most as the colours would of been able to pop out of the page really well if i made the fireworks 3D. Instead i used a paint brush which i wasn't able to catch the neon brightness or motion of the fireworks. To improve this i should go back and finish building up the paint to make it 3D on the fireworks. I like the uneven border created by the criss cross technique i did with the background paint. I filled the edges with geometric red lines which are subtle around the edges but when focusing on that detail i find i really adore the turn out. I would like to repeat and develop the background/edges technique on future paintings as i think it adds an interesting, complex border.