Gel medium

For my third project I decided to do a gel medium. For my pictures I decided to do them outside just in time for the summer weather. My first picture is of a flower from my garden and my second picture is of buds from my oak tree in my backyard. With my project I found it very time consuming because in order to do another layer of glue you had to wait for the glue to dry and I did 25 layers which took very long. Overall I liked the gel medium because it was something different that I wouldn't usually do.

Cyanatype

For my cyanatype I decided to do a picture of my doggy, Dante. In order for a cyanatype to work you need to you need to mix 1mm and another 1mm of 2 different chemicals together and spread it onto water colour paper. When the paper is dry you place your acetate onto the paper in a metal container and leave it the sun for around 20 minutes. When your paper turns a deep blue you wash it with water and another chemical until the whole picture is blue. The reason I chose a cyanatype for my first project is because I love the look of it. I like how it makes the picture old looking and I also like how it's blue and there are no other colours in it.