23/02/2021: Forest collage development.

 Here are some shots of the development of my collage:


I later decided to change the design of this log as It looked a little too bulky with that front section. I instead opted for a more smooth shape that fit in better compositionally within the image.


Now I am starting to built up the shapes of the mushrooms. So far I am really liking how varied the shapes are and I feel this is really communicating the variety of species that can be found in the forest during the mushroom season. I am also being careful of where I place each of the different colours so ensure that the piece feels balanced. For example, the lighter cream tones are spread out rather than all clumped together in one area of the piece. This aspect of the design is always something I am very aware of and like to take into consideration to ensure the piece is exciting and busy. 


Here is a better view of the paper I created to make the mushrooms with. For the red toadstools, I used masking fluid to block of the areas I wanted to keep white to represent the mushrooms warts and then washed over with a reddish orange watercolour before peeling off the masking fluid to reveal the blocked off areas. I really like how effective this was and i will use this method again in the future.
 

This was the first version I created, I still think that the background needs to be altered slightly but I think that the foreground works really nicely and features a range so shapes, colours and textures. Overall the piece has a sensitive feel and really achieves what I set out to accomplish.


Here are some images of the other version of the piece. Myself and some of my friends on the course frequently hold critiques to discuss our work and they suggested maybe trying to add detail to the areas in the foreground to draw the focus and darken some areas in the background. Overall I really like how this version turned out as the problem I had in the previous one was that aspects of the foreground blended into the background. By adding details around leaves and other aspects of the piece I was able to differentiate the separate layers again.






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