I wanted to take the opportunity to update the blog with some of the artwork I created over Christmas.
I didn't want to start any major projects during this period but I did chip away at some of the loose ends left at the end of block 2.
Firstly, I continued to draw the geese I saw at the park and captured their behaviour. This collage piece was based of a particular drawing I got of a goose chasing someone with bread. I like the marks I created in the paper I made, I think that it gives a variety of texture to look at which makes the drawing feel exciting. I spent longer making this paper than I ever have done usually (Below is a section of the paper. I also really like the positioning of the feet as they suggest movement and the mixture of shapes really gives the character personality I feel.
Next I wanted to tackle making some of the landscapes I sketched in my sketchbook on location in to a collage piece. I feel like the bleakness and the variety f different textures within the gloomy park scene would look really interesting as a collage and I could even try layering aspects of the scene to make a dynamic compositional drawing. This piece really focusses on the different layers of the scene ( sky, hills, trees, path and pond) It has been deliberately set up almost like a theatre backdrop that you can peer toward the back of. I can imagine little characters pupping up through all of the layers and interacting with the surroundings. Again I am very happy with my colour pallet for this piece as it perfectly captures a typical British winter day and the wonky overlapping shapes work really well in my opinion. Next time I would like to add a little more detail into the scene to make it a little more interesting and give the viewer little narratives to look at - this could include birds and other wildlife.
Another moment I captured over Christmas was this little blackbird eating rowan berries from my back garden, a common sighting in early winter. As I didn't have a sketchbook to had at that moment, I quickly snapped about 20 photographs with my phone before the bird flew away which I later sketched out in my sketchbook to evaluate the best one to develop. I chose the pose in the image you see below as I thought the way that the bird was looking up into the foliage searching for the best berries was rather quaint. I fee like this piece was rather successful in capturing such a fleeting and magical moment in nature. Again the shapes and texture give the character and scene a lot of personality. The colour pallet I went with again captures the rawness of winter weather and muted tones suggest a bleakness that is commonly associated with wild landscapes in England.
Another aspect of my work I have enjoyed during block 2 was my pattern work and creating repetitive patterns using the shapes and colours of things I observed during location drawing (refer to the goose and mushroom layouts). This time I wanted to experiment with a different colour pallet which still felt winterly but had a bit more flare than just the earthy tones I am usually enjoy working with. I chose an icy pallet which features teals and cold tone pinks with pops of berry purple and flecks of gold - all of which i feel work together very nicely. I feel like I may come back to this pallet some time in the future.
Lastly, I would like to share some of the needle felting I have done over the break. I really enjoy a variety of crafts and would like to bring aspects of this into my practice in the future as it really reflects my love for working with mixed medias.
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