Before I started this project, I was feeling inclined to do something new, rather than pushing an old idea further simply because I felt like I had to. After a lot of discussion and thinking it through I decided that this was what I really wanted to do. After all, I knew I wanted to continue with body painting after micro project 5... so why not for my final? I also felt more confident because I actually had experience with the medium already. I had a better idea of what to do and what not to do. In keeping with the idea of a narrative for the final project, (instead of just presenting a photograph of the final product) I decided to take long exposure photographs of before, during, and after the event itself.
The most important thing I learned, and wanted to fix, from my first attempt at body painting was the amount of paint used. We put it on thick, which was originally what I wanted because my action word was 'to mix,' but it made the canvas too slippery and there weren't a lot of legible forms in the painting. This time I wanted to use only a thin layer of paint, applied with a sponge, so that there would be more of an impression of the event on the canvas.
So, we prepped our studio and got painted up. It took a long time to mess around with the angles of the camera because I don't have a tripod but I figured it out eventually with the help of miscellaneous objects. I wasn't completely positive if I wanted photographs from before, during, and/or after the process so I took photos of every stage. I'm really glad I did this because I really fell in love with each one.
The colors/bodies begin to mix.
During the process.
The final product (in case you're interested.)
This project for me is really about the photographs because they tell the narrative. However, I think the canvas tells a narrative as well, just in a more static way.
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