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Talking colour/ talking pattern- Francesca ward

Francesca Ward ⋅ 14th November 2024

COLOUR

PATTERN

Reflection

For my intro to project I really wanted to focus on experimenting with techniques that I hadn’t used before and work with new mediums. I gathered inspiration from different areas of London, including Hackney city farm and various museums. Usually within my textiles I tend to stick to more neutral tones and colours but with my drawings this time I chose to use a wide range and colour, trying to portray the energy of what I was drawing onto the paper.

I also pushed myself to use new methods of drawing such as timing myself and sticking the sheets of paper onto the wall, this allowed me to explore how to use my tools in a different manner, exploring alternative ways to use oil Pastels, pencils and pens.

For my ‘Talking colour’ samples I decided to focus on how I was going to capture the bright colours and energy that jumped out at me that the subject carried. Using a range of mediums such as coloured pens, oil pastels, watercolour, pencils and ink allowed meet explore this energy. My favourite outcome for ‘talking colour’ being the purple oil pastel flowers. Going out of my comfort zone to create this by giving myself a 3 minute time limit and taping my paper to the wall so that it allowed me to use my full body when using the oil pastel, twisting it as I drew.

During ‘talking pattern’ my favourite outcomes include the watercolour painting of a goat I saw at Hackney city farm and a pen drawing of a tree I saw on my walk to uni. Adding this much detail into my tree drawing allowed me to deeply explore the patterns that it carried.

On reflection I would use more mediums, to play around with texture of my work more, for example using a needle to punch holes in the paper to portray the texture of a tree.

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Talking Colour/Talking Pattern-Hanqiao Li

Hanqiao Li ⋅ 13th November 2024

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Hanqiao Li: Reflection I started this “Talking Colour” task by exploring different aspects of London, such as the Tate Museum, artworks, Street…

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talking colour/ talking pattern – manvender

Manvender Gupta ⋅ 11th November 2024

Review – For these tasks, I drew inspiration from elements surrounding me and aspects of my Indian culture, creating hyper-realistic artworks that hold personal significance. I chose to depict samosas, a favorite Indian snack, as they’re a staple in my daily life, I often have one for breakfast, with chai. Using colored pencils, I focused on capturing both color and texture, from the fiber-like wooden surface to the crispy, golden exterior of the samosas. This artwork was a technical challenge that required time and patience to achieve the desired level of realism. Another subject that inspired me was my sneaker collection, particularly a pair of my favorite shoes. As a sneakerhead, I found it fascinating to capture the details of the materials, from the suede texture to the wrinkles in the white leather. Reproducing the puffy effect of the tongue and the softness of the suede contributed to a more comprehensive material study. In addition, I created a few quick sketches of my room, observing the shapes and forms of objects around me. This exercise allowed me to work more loosely, freeing my style and focusing less on perfection. Overall, this project encouraged me to blend technical skill with personal expression, exploring familiar themes in new ways and allowing for more creative freedom in my work.

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Xingnan Sang: You painted the Nike Air Jordan 1 sneakers so well. This painting is a masterpiece of artistic intricacy and vibrant…

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Talking Colour/Talking Pattern — Xingnan Sang

Xingnan Sang ⋅ 11th November 2024

Reflection

I did ten portraits of people in a very loose state and integrated clothing and textiles with their body movements. These are my sketches of different people in the street. I don’t realistically depict people, but I add my imagination to them and depict them. It is a kind of expressionism. I throw ink on the paper to express the element of speed, and adding speed to the picture helps me capture a certain literary quality of people in a dynamic world.

For example, in one of my paintings, there is a woman in a colourful fur coat; I used pink and bright yellow, her hair flying, and she exudes a queenly air. But underneath the coat is naked flesh, and she covers her breasts and buttocks only with very fragile ribbons. Was she perhaps more like a whore than a queen? But so what? The sacred and the flirty are one in her, and she does away with any singular definition of female identity through this contrasting way of dressing.

I also painted the artist playing the accordion in the street and used the method of grid topography to make the accordion very large. The accordion is like his skirt, and he’s playing this ‘melodic skirt’ with concentration. The hemline resembles a musical instrument, as I usually experience when wearing dresses. Lace hemlines are typically formed by repeating cut-out patterns, like the keys of a piano. At the same time, they have a draping effect, and as I move my legs, the different lace units bump into each other like bells clashing against each other and making a crisp sound.

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Talking Colour / Talking Patterns – Itimm Suntichok

Pitchayapa Suntichok ⋅ 29th October 2024

Colour

Patterns

Reflection

In my “Talking Colour” task, I explored various aspects of London by visiting museums, art galleries, and local parks while capturing interesting patterns around the stations. This experience allowed me to delve into different media, including acrylics, watercolours, coloured pencils, markers, graphite, and oil pastels. This was particularly challenging for me since I typically focus on pencil and FineLine pen work, and I often struggle with selecting colours. Through this task, I discovered that I excel at detailed drawings rather than abstract or quick sketches. I realised that I often overthink my approach, concentrating too much on the final outcome instead of enjoying the creative process itself. This insight has been invaluable, helping me to recognise the importance of being present in the moment while creating art.

For my observational drawings, I chose colours that were naturally present in the scenes I captured, reflecting my observation accurately. I carefully selected each technique based on how well it complemented the subject matter I was drawing, which resulted in a cohesive body of work. Looking ahead to my upcoming task, “Talking Patterns”, I aim to deepen my understanding of colour selection and technique to achieve the best results. I plan to incorporate my emotions and feelings while observing the scenes, rather than relying solely on what I see. This approach will not only make my work more interesting but also enhance its creativity, allowing me to connect more deeply with the art I create. By embracing both technique and emotion, I hope to produce more expressive and impactful pieces in the future.

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Daniel Reynolds: I truly love your use of vibrant colours and unusual extravagant patterns in your drawings I can see your vast…

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Talking Colour/Talking pattern: Yemisi Femi-Sunmaila

Dorcas Femi-Sunmaila ⋅ 21st October 2024

( Swan, Street view and Market View)

Inspired by the scenery from my neighbourhood, these responses included elements that attempted impressionistic drawing, using a combination of watercolours, acrylic paint, and marker pen.

(Jellyfish from the Tottenham Court Road Station Exhibition)

I used coloured pencil, oil pastel, marker pen, and different pencil shades to create an observational drawing that explores and combines three techniques: pencil shading, line drawing, and bold shading.

Initially, I made a watercolour painting of my guitar on white A3 paper. I thought it looked a bit plain and wanted a quicker way to cover the blank spaces, so I decided to glue brown tissue paper to the page and further emphasised some shapes and details with acrylic and marker for more depth and contrast.

(The Stratford Shoal)

This piece was made with snipped magazine pages, watercolour, and metallic acrylic. My choice of medium was meant to replicate the analogous shades of metallic sheets in the structure.

(The Arcelormittal Orbit)

I created a quick and abstract response using acrylic paint and fineliner, contrasting with the intricate structure of the subject.

(Horniman Museum Inspiration: Seashell and Beetle)

Using a combination of marker pen, oil pastel, and coloured pencil, I created a response with a quick sketch of the structure and more detailed texturing.

(King Cyprus sculpture from the British Museum)

Intrigued by the craftsmanship of the sculpture, I chose to mimic the carving using the sgraffito technique. This was my first attempt at the method, which involves layering colors and allowing each to dry before applying the next.Then carefully scraping the top layer to reveal the colour beneath

I liked the sgraffito process, so I recreated it for this drawing.

Overall, I experimented with a variety of approaches and techniques. I observed a lack of cohesiveness in areas such as selecting and combining colours, in the Impressionism and observational drawing and other compositional aspects I cannot quite identify yet. Also experimenting with different mediums wasn’t explored enough.These are aspects I plan to improve in future projects. Despite this, the simplicity and rawness of the outcomes successfully capture the essence of each subject

Pattern

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Talking Colour / Talking Pattern – Elain Chen

Elain Chen ⋅ 21st October 2024

Colour

During a day out in London, this blue house stood out to me in Notting Hill with its vibrant blue colour whilst its surroundings was lacking in colour. I used a range of mixed mediums such as oil pastels, paint and watercolour as I felt some of the colours from each of the mediums weren’t the colour that I was hoping for in the outcome or on the page so mixing these mediums together made it a lot more vibrant in colour.

This building was found in Notting Hill, these buildings were extremely colourful in person and it caught my eye whilst walking past. For this I used bright coloured paints to try and get a similar colour to the original image. I also mixed some paints to dull down the colour or brighten it. I also tested with oil pastels however it didn’t turn out the way I planned.

3 quick drawings using oil pastels, all stemming from the same image but with different approaches and point of views.

Pattern

This drawing came from an image I took in White City. These circular patterns were on the side of a wall and I found interesting how these overlayed each other and wanted to explore in depth.

Zoom in of a butterfly’s wings and trying to capture the irregular lines and patterns of the wings. I used a light brush of watercolour and using fine liner to make the patterns stand out.

Mosaic drawing from Tottenham Court Road tube station. The tiles were all different shapes and sizes so rather than using a ruler to get straight even lines, I freely tried to draw lines to get different shapes and sizes. I think rather than using colouring pencils, paint would have given it a more vibrant colour.

Yellow flowers from regent park that have been made into a pattern on a page. I lightly washed the background with a quick stroke of black oil pastel too to fill in the white spaces.

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Lily Brooke-Taylor: My favourite of your drawing of yours is the daffodils for ‘Talking Pattern’. I love the two contrasting elements: The…

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Talking Colour/Talking Pattern-Ainhoa Martinez

Ainhoa Martinez Cespedes ⋅ 21st October 2024

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My drawings were based on colour and pattern , I went around London to markets like Camden Town market , Portobello market,museums like horniman and natural history which I loved because there was a lot of natural objects like coral reefs that had a lot of texture and patterns that I was inspired by and in the horniman museum were a lot of historical object that had patterns or interesting colours and gardens which was great for colours , texture and patterns.

In my drawings, I’ve really enjoyed experimenting with different techniques and materials, which has helped me create a unique vibe. Using oil pastels and chalk pastels allows me to play with a vibrant range of colours that pop while still feeling soft and inviting. I love how the chalk pastels blend, contrasting nicely with the boldness of the oil pastels, making my pieces engaging to look at.

Also using pen markers with colouring pencil and oil pastel was a great idea as there’s different thickness of marks and creating different textures on to my drawings

This was great as I was focusing on Colours and patterns and I think I achieved it however I think I could’ve used different texture of backgrounds as I was mostly using white cartridge paper.

That could be given me more life to my drawings as there would been texture, 3d and shape.

When I add coloured pencils, it gives me the chance to add detail and make certain parts stand out even more. Contrasting with the oil pastels and creating layers. I also like using dry brushes for mark making.

It creates cool textures that bring my drawings to life. Each layer feels like it has its own personality and stands out as its forming layers in different colours and patterns.

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Krishal Arora

Krishal Arora ⋅ 21st October 2024

Life Drawings 1

Life Drawings 2

Life Drawings 3

Simple life drawings using my roomate as the model.

Peckham Graffiti abstract

Peckham Graffiti abstract 2

Peckham Graffiti abstract 3

Peckham Site Visit photos

Peckham Graffiti. For the first abstract, I used mix media to build up shapes reminiscent of letters.

Drape of satin reference

Chiaroscuro of hanging cloth 1

Chiaroscuro of hanging cloth 1 variations

Chiaroscuro of hanging cloth 2

Rag only, no rubber

Chiaroscuro of hanging cloth 2 variations

Life drawings converted into repeat patterns 1

Life drawings converted into repeat patterns 2

Peckham graffiti abstract 4

Peckham graffiti abstract 5

Peckham graffiti abstract 6

Graffiti abstract pattern 1

Graffiti abstract pattern 2

Graffiti abstract pattern 3

Graffiti abstract pattern 4

Floral pattern from cloth drawing 1

Floral pattern from cloth drawing 2

Reflection

Life drawings 1 was particularly successful to me, I brushed the chalk in a way that added obscurity to the sketch and it feels to me as being representative of the atma or soul. Life drawings 2 forms an interesting pattern, this one was particularly hard as I asked Jacob to walk around in a circle and I sketched him in positions as he walked. The squiggles I did in the moment add an animated feeling to the photo, and adds to the movement of his figure around the page. although I think the use of charcoal in this is too harsh and it could be a softer blend of the colours I used instead.

Peckham graffiti abstract 1 in particular was slightly inspired by a mixed media artist named Etienne Gelinas who explores harsh mathematical lines against softer circular ones. I would like to further experiment with collating and using bleach to create even more interest and texture. In second abstract the use of interesting media here in particular allowed me to do something different in comparison to the rest of my work. The matte stitching on shiny acetate produces a nice clash. The colours are particularly bold, and could be reigned in slightly to create a more atmospheric piece. The addition of pattern paper from dress patterns was more successful in abstract 4 than in 5.

My first chiaroscuro was initially inspired by creative drawing by Asuncion. I used a luminescent magenta, using a rag to first sketch out the form. The soft brush of the rag created an interesting texture as I sketched the cloth. Overall it was successful, although I felt the piece was too dark and not fluorescent enough. In my second chiaroscuro, I used a different textured paper, which helped create obscurity and ambiguity. I used the rag more harshly this time to create a lighter contrast against the charcoal. Although the piece was more luminous, the colour choice of the paper was not as interesting as the paper for my first chiaroscuro. With both I played around with different lighting to produce different colours and effects. The warmer lights gave a softer yet heavier more cumbersome impression whereas the cooler lights gave a sharper and lighter impression.

I should more with wet media, eg. Gouache.

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Talking Colour/Pattern – Daniel Reynolds

Daniel Reynolds ⋅ 16th October 2024

Colour

I grew up in London which gave me an advantage as I knew exactly where to go when it came to the theme of colour and find my inspiration for it, Notting hill, where there’s a road of colourful houses, vintage clothing with vibrant patterns and the market full of multi-coloured exotic fruits and vegetables

I did the drawing of tube station logo twice because the first one I did I used some posca pens and one of them exploded whilst I was drawing that made this dripping effect and I thought to myself great I’ve ruined it I need to start a new one but then I salvaged it by adding more drips this made it more abstracts and reminded me of graffiti which you usually see on the tube all the time but I repeated in crayon again in a much more picture perfect way

When it came to my drawings I feel like I should have experimented a lot more instead of stuck to what I already knew. I should have used some different medias like paints, collaging, oil pastels instead of not taking risks and using what I know well like colouring pencils and crayons. So next time I want to explore that further. I also could have used different techniques to make my drawings more abstract than just what I see from the pictures. I could have done some mark making or drawn on coloured paper. For my next task I definitely want to let go a bit more and not worry about it looking perfect all the time

Patterns

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Itimm Suntichok: Hii, I genuinely admire your observational drawings! The vibrant colours you use—such as acrylics, coloured pencils, pencils, and oil pastels—really…