Finger painting was definitely an interesting experience. It was something I’ve never done before to be honest. At first I was kind of lost. I wasn’t really to sure what to do so I just started to pour some paint on to my fingers and smeared it onto the paper. Eventually it just came together. I started thinking “Oh, I need more of this or more of that”, until finally I was satisfied with what I had. The activity was definitely easier than what I expected it to be. I thought I would end up being a lot more lost since I never really paint nor do I consider myself artistic in the aesthetic sense. I thought I’d end up feeling more like “What am I even doing?”, but it just flowed. It definitely felt super liberating. I have painted a couple times in a past when I would try and recreate an image I saw online. I would try really hard to make sure the image and the details were on point. I spent a lot of time being more methodical and having a mindset of not messing it up. It felt really liberating to just do whatever I felt like. A big difference between other abstract paintings that I’ve seen before is that the other ones I’ve seen which are done by professional artists, the paintings are very deliberate. Even though it is an abstract piece of work and the picture isn’t exactly clear, the colors always mix and mesh well. It looks like the artist has something else in mind, while mine I feel like you can see the fact that I don’t really know what I am doing. The inexperience does show.
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