{"id":23063,"date":"2025-03-12T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icanvas.com\/blog\/?p=23063"},"modified":"2025-03-12T08:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:23:18","slug":"ashvin-harrison-watch-this-artists-charcoal-drawing-splatter-paint-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icanvas.com\/blog\/ashvin-harrison-watch-this-artists-charcoal-drawing-splatter-paint-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashvin Harrison: Watch This Artist\u2019s Charcoal Drawing Splatter Paint Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Knowing the process behind your art makes it that much more special. We\u2019re proud to partner with Ashvin Harrison, whose charcoal drawings with vivid splatters of color results in stunning displays full of movement and energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashvin first discovered his love of splatter painting after mistakenly dropping acrylic paint onto a charcoal drawing<\/a>. Thrilled by the outcome of this happy accident, he\u2019s since continued to use this in his artistic process. While his work contains bold colors, he opts to always leave the background white, aiming to \u201crepresent life as just a split second of existence with no start, end or great sense of time or place\u201d. This draws focus to the subject without anything distracting behind it. Then, once he adds those bold splashes of hues to his art, his piece comes to life with expressions of \u201cmovement, beauty, and emotion\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Read on to discover more about his technique, watch the artist in action, and see the final products in our gallery below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starting with a simple outline of his subject (in this case, a tree), he uses a unique technique of paint brushing charcoal dust to fill in all the details. He then tapes off the trunk and branches of the tree to block them from the incoming color. Using a textured sponge, he blots a couple different colors onto the tree to create the magnificent leaves. Then, color by color, he splatters paint onto the canvas by flicking a paintbrush. This splattering technique leaves a range of dots and lines across the canvas, making for an interesting scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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