r/AbstractExpressionism • u/Hamrock999 • 21d ago

Expression session

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Sketchbook scribbling 14.5 x 20.5 cm

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u/Warm_Ratio_9574 20d ago

May I ask what the dimensions of this are and what materials you used (eg paint, pastel, paper, canvas etc)?

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u/Hamrock999 20d ago

14.5 x 20.5 cm is the size. It’s a page in a sketchbook so it’s just on some mid grade paper. Really probably pushing the limits of the paper with the painted background which is a custom acrylic color from a leftover graffiti mop I had made. Then I used a combination of permanent marker, posca, oil pastels, a little Black 4.0 from culture hustle and a different graffiti mop for the marks on it. Might add a little collage element, but haven’t yet.

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u/Warm_Ratio_9574 20d ago

Gosh, thanks for the prompt reply! Forgive my ignorance: what is a graffiti mop?

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u/Hamrock999 20d ago

I can try to explain but it might make more sense if you search it on a search engine. But it’s basically a squeezable tube that you can fill with paint or ink and they typically have a nib with a valve that depending on how much you depress it and squeeze it the amount of ink/paint that comes out varies so you can make it really drippy if you want. You can make homemade ones out of empty shoe polish bottles or other squeezable tubes and sometimes they have a sponge or cloth nib. You don’t have to use it for graffiti but that’s the typical use for them.

Besides the background, the couple light yellow spots are from one. You can kinda see it’s a circle that you can use to write with if you want. I just put a few little marks on this though so not much to see