My colour Palate

My colour palate

For my source image I picked a very vibrant colourful image. I had to do a task where I looked at my image & paint strips of what I thought the colour mood, this took a lot of time & a lot of mixing paints. I had to look close & analyse my image, I have learnt a valuable lesson from this task, I will not be using a holographic or 2D image again. Not an ideal image but I have learnt that now & I am still using my colour palate that I generated from it. I think there are a wide range of colours with in this image & I think that that will help me later on in this project to be more creative with my palate.

Digital designs

On Thursdays we have digital designs sessions with my tutor Sally, she shows us interesting new effects on photo shop. Here are some screen shots I took whilst making some digital designs, the techniques, which I learnt in Sally’s lessons. These are my first digital designs, they are pretty basic but it shows the process of layering up paintbrushes & colour.

 I have noticed that the colours are a little bright & blocky. This is something I intend to change also my motifs are looking a bit repetitive I will have to come up with new ways or layering them together along with some new motifs. My favorite design is the bottom one, I think the colours complement each other & its quite subtle, something I also will be incorporating into my later designs.

Initial drawing developed into Motifs

Initial drawing developed into Motifs

I have now developed my images into drawings. I have been using them in the chance cards task; they have been quite useful in relation to those. I have now developed my initial drawing into some motifs. I think that the images are all focused on architecture, I feel this allowed me to have freedom in my motifs as there are many different aspects I had to consider. I went for simple & architectural. Although I do also have a flower motif, it is simple but I think would look really nice once printed. I like the flower motif as it soften up my other more angular & bold motifs.

Chance Cards

Chance Cards

This week we have been set some chance cards to make us think outside of the box. There are 16 cards each with an instructions that we must carry out. I experimented with each card & tried to carry out each of the instructions correctly.
Below are a few pictures of the drawing I did, the chance card said to ' make a drawing every five minutes for sixty minutes'. I have a varied & slightly random set of drawing but I feel that the colour's link them all together well. The items I picked to draw were all just item I had around me. From this task I have found that I prefer to use marker pens as a media. I like how bold the colours are & how easy & free they are to draw with.

This was the task of do a ' Long drawing '. I began to think about how I perceive a long drawing, I began to think about the lay out of the drawing how I could present it in a more creative & interesting Therefore i decided that I would draw something that wasn't that long but then be able to change it if i way. I included masking tape in my drawing, in that way if I want to I can remove certain areas of the drawing or even extend it. I like the vibrancy & colours I used in this drawing. I got the inspiration from a picture I took of a building in Manchester. 

This drawing was inspired by another picture I took in Manchester. It is a slab I found in the pavement.  The chance card seemed very appropriate as it said ' draw on folded or crumpled paper'  I liked that it stood out against the bland pavement, this is something i wanted to carry across. I didn't want to loose that vibrancy, It is very simple but could make a very interesting background or repeated pattern. 

This was an interesting drawing which I enjoyed making. I really like the marks I made & the drawing as a whole I find very busy & messy but I think could be very useful later on in my project. This chance card was ' Make a drawing using Indian ink & dipped found objects ' I used the lid f a pen & the lid of a perfume bottle also two separate but very interestingly decorated ear rings. I very much like the results & will use this method of mark making again.

Pictures of Manchester

My pictures of Manchester

I went out with a group of girls from my course & took pictures of areas that I found interesting. I think Manchester has great architecture & history. I took pictures of a wide range of things, some architecturally focused but others were just colors & shapes that caught my eye. I really enjoyed this task as it gave me time to take a look around Manchester & find the certain aspects that I liked the most or found interesting. I got some great images that I think I will be able to work really well with.