November 2022

Talking pattern

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  1. Lucia Perry-Greene: In your talking pattern work, I absolutely LOVE your attention to detail and that everything on your page has texture.…

Megumi Nishimatsu- Talking Pattern

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I use nail polish to draw, because I want to show some different texture that can make comparison with pens. It goes better than I imagine, it show some metallic texture on paper. Some of them even look transparent.

Starting on the first task, talking colour, I basically just draw what I took in the picture on paper. But when it goes to talking pattern, I start to think how to draw them in to a pattern. Some of them doesn’t goes very well, such as the one with garden eel, I was thinking to draw them in to pattern, but it looks more like a picture. 

When I draw during talking colour, I only draw on white paper. Then I found out if I use colour paper to do the drawing, there will be a very big comparison, and the colour will be more vivid. So I use many black paper for talking pattern. But look back to my work, I know that I didn’t use different mix media on one drawing. I use to using one material on one drawing which makes the image look very plan.

In summary, I really like both task. Cause I’m not very confident at my drawing skill, but go through drawing I get some confident that I feels my drawing is not that bad.  By observe things and do drawing is a very interesting process. During the process I also found out what I’m lack at and what need to be improved. 

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  1. Jiumeiyuan Long: You completed all of your tasks and submitted all of your work within the time limit, and I really enjoyed…

  2. Yanqi Jin: First of all, I'm really impressed by your work. I really like your unique style. Your color scheme looks fresh…

Talking colour – Nell Tobin

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Reflection

I took on the task of ‘talking colour’, firstly gathering with my group and began exploring West London to find as many inspirations as we could that included colour in them. I brought multitudes of different supplies such as pens and pencils to demonstrate a wide range of techniques and media. As soon as my group and I arrived to Notting hill (the first location we collaboratively chose), we were immersed in colour everywhere and I immediately started to produce primary research including drawings and taking photographs. This task tested my abilities in a positive way as I tried out many different things that were out of my comfort zone. I was really absorbed and riveted from the environment around me as London has a special place in my heart seeing I have lived here all my life. Viewing it in a different light and being able to look deeper into the buildings allowed me to see their true beauties. Withal, I saw that there was a lot of intricate structures and profusions of colour especially in North London. We were also prompted with visiting North London, I took it upon myself to explore on my own, primarily because I am very familiar with the area, from living there my whole life. I wanted to be able to fully immerse myself into areas previously unbeknownst to me. The vivid colours of the fruits and vegetables that I saw displayed at small food markets in North London inspired my illustrations.

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  2. Trisha Broker: Overall, both Task 1 and Task 2 are very impressive. You have managed to make simple, everyday objects scream with…

Talking Colour

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A sketch of a building at Paddington Basin, made by oil pastels. Although the building is dull and industrial, I liked the way different colours were highlighted by a grey and cloudy sky. I always change at Paddington when coming to London and enjoy seeing this place growing and transforming.

Some flowers in a vase. Watercolour, pastel pencils, promarkers in skin tones and a fineliner. I was looking at these flowers for a long time, trying to understand which colours to mix to draw the thin, almost transparent petals.

A view from my window on a sunny day, in watercolour. I liked trying wet on wet and dry on wet techniques for the clouds and bushes.
I like the architecture of this staircase and the way that the view and the lines change as you move up the stairs. I love The Victoria and Albert Museum and always find something new for inspiration there. This was made by using pencils, watercolour pencils, brush pens and gouache. I think I can improve the depth here by adding darker tones.
Everyday objects and magazines lie around in my flat no matter how much we tidy up. Organising them in a collage could be one way of dealing with it. I used gouache, ink, watercolour, fine liner, cut outs from magazines.

The Serpentine Lido at Hyde Park. I quite like the watery and subdued effect of ink. I think I can improve the quality of the lines I drew with a calligraphy pen nib.

Sequins, silk, organza, velvet, lycra, lace in disarray of colours. My not so organised response to very organised rolls of fabric at a shop in Goldhawk Road. I used liquid watercolour.
A fragment of a an old gate with cracked layers of paint in my local park drawn with watercolour, gouache and pencils. I like the idea that the cracked paint created its own pattern on top of the relief.
A study of Yinka Ilori’s chair at The Design Museum. I like the contrast of the monochrome and vibrant palettes. I used charcoal, fineliners, pencils, promarkers, felt tip pens, crayons and collage. Not sure if all this media works together. I think my favourite part here is a quick continuous line drawing in black fineliner and a coral promarker in the bottom left corner.
Some quick sketches of people on the train, a statue and a column in The Victoria and Albert Museum. Drawn in pencil and edited and Photoshop. I enjoyed putting unrelated images together which resulted in an absurd effect: statues travelling on the tube and an ancient column being a design on the train.

Reflection

I enjoyed using a range of media for this task as well as creating both quick sketches and some which took more than an hour. I tried oil pastels for the first time when stopping at Paddington for 20 minutes and doing a quick sketch of a building. I like the way the pink flowers turned out in watercolour. I edited this drawing in Photoshop later for a sublimation print and the colours started to look more vivid. I think I can develop it more and create a repeat pattern or a stencil. I loved using liquid watercolour on wet paper for the fact that the end result will always surprise you. Honestly, this task was a bit difficult at the beginning because I tried to edit my drawings at home to create the result I wanted to see, and this took a long time. On the other hand, I enjoyed being limited by the time spent on the train as I had to draw people quickly before they get off. This helped me to focus on their prominent features.

As for patterns, again, I tend to spend lots of time thinking how the end result will look and keep on changing ideas and editing drawings. I need to learn to work quickly and more productively. Overall, now I can’t help but look at little things and think how to create a pattern with it or what media will be best to use to draw it. More to learn…

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