Mikayla Ianiri – Talking Colour
Reflection: For the 'Talking Colours' task I took inspiration from my surroundings in London and my hometown Bedford. Being new to the city I enjoyed exploring the area and visited new places such as Brick Lane and Camden Passage. However, due to the amount of people and bustle in London I found it hard to complete a couple of my drawings at the place where I chose my subject so ended up taking a photo and finishing the piece at home. This process was limiting as I was less spontaneous with my marks and more focused on making the drawing look perfect (for example the yarn and the cafe observations.) Other times, I stayed at the scene and completed quick studies of the subject in front of me, (for example the house plants) these where a lot quicker and I found myself being more productive. By using a diverse range of mediums and even experimenting with digital for the first time, it broadened the results of my work. Watercolour was the most useful medium as it acted as a perfect base for any other mediums on top and I was able to be less precious about my marks. For future projects, I am hoping to push the diversity of my work styles to ensure that I am creating alternative interpretations instead of getting caught up in the details. I feel that I tried to do this in my ‘Ways of Seeing, Talking Patterns’ task as I looked at objects in more abstract ways using different mediums.
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25th October 2022 @ 2:35 pm
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First, I feel pleasure to be able to write feedback for you. I was amazed when I saw your homework, you are good at drawing skill, and you colour match so good. When I saw your first picture, I can’t believe this is you draw, I still think this is photo. You use the colour very well, the first knitting you use many shades of the same colour, so you can well reflect the dark side. In your work I can see lot of detail, it’s good you can get lots of ideas on your work. You have not only realistic paintings but also have abstract paintings. I like your ‘Closet’ very much, the patten in this painting is very interesting and gives me a lot of inspiration. Through your homework I think I have a lot to learn, for example I should learn your layout, your layout gives me a very complete feeling. I can learn lot of
through your assignment, for example, I should improve my layout, your layout shows me a very complete work.
On the other hand, I think you could add more different materials to your work because I feel like you only have colour pencils and watercolour, you could try acrylics, try dry painting no water, you could get more texture in the painting. And I think you can try more way to create draw, like cardboard, plastic, newspaper, etc. You can also add lot of different materials to a painting and combine them together to complete a work. This is just my personal opinion, I really like your homework！！