Demonstation by Blessing Ngobeni on Saturday 19 April 2014
Click on the link below to see a condensed video of Blessing’s demonstration.
Blessing Ngobeni demonstration at Paint and Palette
Blessing Ngobeni
Blessing begins his painting on a piece of cardboard.
He chooses an image out of a magazine
Blessing then cuts out a ‘face’ shape from the magazine
Blessing showing the shape that he has cut out.
Using gel medium the face is pasted on the board.
Another ‘face’ shape is cut out
The second shape is also pasted on the board
More shapes are added.
More images and shapes are added to the board as Blessing captivates the audience with the story behind the methodology.
Detail of collage
A thin wash of transarent paint is applied to the the cardboad surface
A different wash is added to the bottom of the painting
Detail of wash and collage
Blessing continues by outlining the images and adding some detail.
The collage outlined
Detail of collaged and outlined image.
The final painting.
Blessing with the final painting.
