Talking colour / Talking Pattern – Haniya Khan
Talking Colour
I created this artwork using a one-liner technique and colored markers to depict a classic London telephone booth and double-decker bus. I chose these subjects because, for many tourists, these iconic symbols instantly evoke the spirit of London.
Water coloured artwork and using fine liner to draw on the deigns and textures of the buildings. I have also used marker on top of the watercolour to brighten the image up.
Oil pastel Artwork of the street lamps in London.
This artwork came from a shape that was marbled onto a tile at a mall. I was intrigued and amazed how this design was even create on the marble.
Talking Pattern
Flower Pattern design drawn by a fine black liner and then using coloured markers.
Floral pattern design created on photoshop where I just copy and paste a single flower all around the page to create an artwork.
Dotted pattern design created on procreate. I used a bunch of different colours and shades of blue and purple.
Reflection
In this artwork I captured the busy streets of London as well as the beauty this city has to offer. As a Londoner, I’m always surrounded by the busy traffic and big buildings hovering around me as I walk beside them. I decided to capture London in colour because it reflects the city’s unique personality and energy. To bring out the dynamic colour of London, I used a mix of watercolour and markers. Watercolour allowed me to capture the light and dark shadows across the illustration of my buildings and landscapes. With markers, I could make my lines pop out and as dark as I could, and to also add sharp details to emphasise the architecture lines.
Besides drawing the architecture around me, I also decided to capture the illustration off the smaller objects I found interest in, such as the shell image I found on a marble floor. I was fascinated by how it even got there, so while recreating the photo, I drew in hues of blue and purple chalk pastels, which allowed me to easily blend the two colours together. Although, objects weren’t my entire focus. I shed light upon the people I see everyday, creating a somewhat rough illustrations of a collection of bodies, some overlapping each other to show the sense of community I’m surrounded by in London. The piece was made with oil pastels in an array of different colours to highlight our diversity but also because oil pastels can mimic skin with its texture. I found this idea very intriguing, and so to add further emphasis onto my work, I finished up the illustration with marker.
11th November 2024 @ 10:41 pm
I think you have produced brilliant drawings for both ‘Talking Colours’ and ‘Talking Patterns’, capturing the different scenery found around London. I can tell by your imagery that you have taken time to explore the city and capture images in relation to this task, I like how you have mainly focused on architecture and have explored that well. The way you have done your drawings is very lovely as you have gone for a simple yet detailed approach with colourful objects/scenery with a white background, keeping the focus on the subject. However, I think that it would be interesting if you experimented with some different backgrounds, for example coloured paper or perhaps painted backgrounds. Your skill in using your media is very successful, for example in the way you have created a glowing effect with your streetlight drawing by blending is beautiful, clearly depicting a night scene. Although, I think it would be great if you experimented with some more media, specifically wet media as I think you have successfully shown your skill in dry media.
I think your ‘Talking Pattern’ drawings are successful and are very eye-catching, I really love your first drawing for patterns as it is super striking and intriguing, perfect for the opening image! I like how you have played with shapes and sizes in this drawing, having the circles bend in different directions and not just perfect, round circles, giving an abstract effect. Your round, purple drawing also stands out to me as the black pen stands out against the lilac background, which is a lovely contrast. This drawing would also make a great repeat pattern if you ever wanted to develop your drawing digitally, for example in Photoshop. Some things I think you could take into consideration with your pattern drawings is to once again explore some more media as lots of these drawings look to be fine liner and marker. Following on from that comment, I think you could use a wider range of colours as lots of them are black and white, due to black fine liner, and in your coloured patterns maybe try out different colour combinations as they all seem to be purple, green and orange (although great colour combinations).
Overall, I think you have successfully produced outcomes in relation to ‘Talking Colours/Patterns’, exploring both themes thoughtfully; and am interested to see how your artwork evolves and develops into embroidery pieces!!