When starting task 1 – “talking colour” , I actually found that capturing the ambience and feel of brick lane quite hard. I think the atmosphere of brick lane feels like a community and took a few attempts before I could grasp the feel of the place. It was a lot easier when working with tan coloured paper as opposed to white when mapping out the colours in the vintage shops. Downstairs in one of the basements, all of the garments were vibrant, however the room itself had this very ‘stuck in time’ feel. As if you were looking in someone else’s wardrobe. The shops themselves all had a beige tone running throughout whether it were the walls that appeared off white by the sunlight seeping in or the hard wood flooring and ageing of the garments. I liked using the soft pastels the most as I feel they captured the dreamlike state the garments were displayed. I focused more on the colour of the jumpers, jackets and knits as they were all hanging together and you could only see half of the garment and it’s sleeve. I also really enjoyed using different materials and textures to create what I could see and to reflect on the materials around me. For example I had ripped tissue paper to mimic the texture of the knit jumper, and had used acetate to mimic the plastic used in the sunglasses and to layer the colours. I also liked using the acetate to layer the acrylic paint dots in relation to the sequins. I wanted to do more than just place dots on a piece of paper so I decided to layer the colours to give the drawing a more 3D illusion.
If I were to do this exercise again I would want to draw on more coloured paper to see what could be done with it and to also try and draw on site to play around with proportions.
7th November 2022 @ 4:23 pm
When starting task 1 – “talking colour” , I actually found that capturing the ambience and feel of brick lane quite hard. I think the atmosphere of brick lane feels like a community and took a few attempts before I could grasp the feel of the place. It was a lot easier when working with tan coloured paper as opposed to white when mapping out the colours in the vintage shops. Downstairs in one of the basements, all of the garments were vibrant, however the room itself had this very ‘stuck in time’ feel. As if you were looking in someone else’s wardrobe. The shops themselves all had a beige tone running throughout whether it were the walls that appeared off white by the sunlight seeping in or the hard wood flooring and ageing of the garments. I liked using the soft pastels the most as I feel they captured the dreamlike state the garments were displayed. I focused more on the colour of the jumpers, jackets and knits as they were all hanging together and you could only see half of the garment and it’s sleeve. I also really enjoyed using different materials and textures to create what I could see and to reflect on the materials around me. For example I had ripped tissue paper to mimic the texture of the knit jumper, and had used acetate to mimic the plastic used in the sunglasses and to layer the colours. I also liked using the acetate to layer the acrylic paint dots in relation to the sequins. I wanted to do more than just place dots on a piece of paper so I decided to layer the colours to give the drawing a more 3D illusion.
If I were to do this exercise again I would want to draw on more coloured paper to see what could be done with it and to also try and draw on site to play around with proportions.