Chenxi Quan

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In Task 1, I tried to show my daily life in London. I drew my favourite burger, my favourite cafe, my room, my favourite perfume, the cafe, the florist and so on. These are all things that surround me in my daily life, but also things that I love, and because of this, I am very passionate about drawing them. I used markers, watercolours and oil sticks during this task, and it was a great experience to use different mediums and materials to give my paintings a different feel and atmosphere, and to analyse my subjects from a different perspective. However, during the creation of task 1, I found that I was obsessed with the straightforward presentation of the objects, with reducing the shapes and even the colours of the objects, which I think was not conducive to my inspiration and I hope that next time I will be able to paint more spontaneously, changing the shapes and colours of the objects and not be afraid of making “mistakes”.

For Task 2, I was inspired by an exhibition in kew garden called when flowers dream, which was very dreamy. I took some pictures from this exhibition and then reorganised them to make my own patterns using zooming in or out or focusing on a small detail. I found this very interesting because in this way it made me think about the process of painting, rather than just restoring the thing, so I gained a lot of inspiration that I didn’t have before. For this task I painted more freely and used fantastic colours as much as I could to recreate the atmosphere of the exhibition.

In general, as there were no specific requirements for either task, my mind was not confined and I was freer to paint what I wanted to paint and I was allowed to use mixed media, which made my work more varied and interesting. However, this assignment also reflected many of my problems, such as being too obsessed with reducing the shapes of objects, and in the future I will try to be more spontaneous and not obsess over details.