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.