TALKING COLOUR / TALKING PATTERN – AALIYAH
COLOUR
Helium balloons in acrylic paint
Lily flower in oil pastels
Flower found at Horniman Museum and Gardens in oil pastels
A couple drinks in watercolour and outlined in fine liner
Interesting lights inside a shop near St Pancras in oil pastel
Coral reef in Osaka aquarium, Japan in oil pastel and coloured pencil
Acetate sheet over drawing with white posca pen doodles
Gold pen added to acetate sheet
Image of immersive art display in TeamLab Planet, Tokyo in fine liner on a neon acrylic paint background created with a palette knife
Scribbled coloured pencil background with acrylic paint doodles, not sure if the two colour schemes work together or not
Waterfall in Osaka, Japan in oil pastel
PATTERNS
Weaving, layering like effect using acrylic paint and paintbrush
Same effect and design as previous drawing however I changed my tool to a palette knife to create more of a ‘messier’ look
Experimenting with watercolours to create a blooming effect
My first symmetry painting, however the paints didn’t print very well despite the multiple layers of paint but still ended up with an interesting outcome
My second symmetrical painting, however I applied more and thicker layers of acrylic paint to get a solid outcome
Inspired by paper lanterns hanging outside tea houses in Kyoto, Japan. Created with acrylic paint, oil pastel, coloured pencil, fine liner and felt tip with gold acrylic paint for the dots
Here I used Photoshop to change the colours of my original drawing by drastically changing the colour filters such as the temperature, tint, vibrance and saturation.
Fine Liner on tracing paper over an image of the roots of an old and interesting tree found in Hong Kong
Black fine liner on green card
Squiggly design done in sharpies
Checked pattern in highlighter and outlined in fine liner
REFLECTION
For this task I drew a lot of my inspiration, especially for ‘Talking Colours’ from London, as well as Japan in which I was lucky enough to visit during the summer this year. I enjoyed this task as it allowed me to experiment with a range of mediums and art styles which I wouldn’t usually gravitate towards since studying Art, more specifically Fine Art at GCSE’s and A-Level’s in which I produced a lot of realism work. Although I have still done some realism/semi-realism pieces in this task, I have tried to utilize my media in a more freeing way, creating ‘scribble’ marks. I was able to achieve this by letting my wrist become looser and by not overthinking all the small details, another thing I quite enjoyed trying out was sticking my paper to the wall; this worked best with oil pastels.
For ‘Talking Patterns’ I once again tried some new techniques, such as using watercololurs to create a blooming effect and folding the paper with one side painted to produce a symmetrical pattern. I did two symmetry paintings, the first one I did didn’t quite turn out as planned as the acrylic paint dries quickly so I was unable to create the full print. However, I think the outcome looks interesting where some parts have turned out stronger than others, I think this creates a strange glitch like effect. I then tried this technique again but this time I continuously applied more paint on the paint side if needed, this created a very striking effect which I am very happy with. I also really like the paintings where I used a paintbrush and palette knife to make the same design. However, due to the different tools they produced two very different outcomes, one neat and precise, the other chaotic and messier.
13th November 2024 @ 10:09 pm
I really love your talking colour drawings, as well as your talking pattern designs. I’m really impressed by the many types of art mediums you used ranging from watercolours to oil pastels, markers, and acrylic paints. I can see from your artwork that your very knowledgable in what your doing and that your very strong in use of those mediums.
I’m impressed by how intricate and detailed you are in terms of creating depth and texture in your work by using techniques as folding the acrylic paint papers in half to create your own design.
14th November 2024 @ 2:08 am
Hey,
I really love your talking colour drawings, as well as your talking pattern designs. I am really impressed by the many types of art mediums you use ranging from watercolours to oil pastels, markers, and acrylic paints. Your skilful handling of these mediums demonstrates not only technical ability but also a thoughtful approach to expressing your ideas. The way you have applied these materials shows a strong creative vision and an impressive command of the mediums to your disposal.
I’m impressed by how intricate and detailed you are in your ‘Talking Colour’ task, in terms of creating depth and texture in your work by using techniques as folding the acrylic paint papers in half to create your own design and using materials such as acetate to advance your artwork even more. The idea that you have also put in reference images in some of your work shows you using it as a guideline to create your own illustrative artwork, which I really like as well.
I would like to suggest that you do some quick free motion drawings using colouring pencils instead of using fine line markers and oil pastels which I can see that you enjoy using very much, to enhance your work even more as its very pretty looking and precise, which there is nothing wrong with.
Overall, I love your drawings and there isn’t much to critique on. I hope this suggestion helps you in the future.