Week Three

Using New Media 

To start with I continued exploring mark making and investigating new lines textures that can’t be created with ink; this has proved to be very valuable and given my work much more variation that I’ll be able to work with at a later date.

In relationship to the ink drawings I have been working on I’ve discovering photographing them before they dry is the perfect way to capture the wetness/movement feature I’ve been trying to create, the way the light hits the wet page all helps to create the effect I’ve been after. In this particular image I’ve have also been experimenting adding salt, the texture you can see in the photo I think represents a lot of those you’d find under the sea but also has shown to be an interesting way to draw the water itself and capture the reflection quality. 

Adding Salt and Photographing Wet 

I have also been continuing drawing patterns using silhouettes of the coral and forms of the marine life, I have scaled up to a3 and I’m still in the process of combining the large shapes with the small. The fact I’ve worked on tracing paper has allowed me to quickly and easily make numerous compositions combining different scales and lines, perhaps transferring my ink drawings onto acetates is an idea that would allow me to play around adding colour and quickly gain new inspiration for designs?

Silhouette Drawings

Aside from the positive side of the week discovering new ways that work for my drawing in connection to my inspiration and concept I’ve got to the point where I think to see what is missing so far I need to start sampling designs, baring that in mind initial development is going to be my focus over the next few days.