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Kindred Long – Way of Seeing & Talking Pattern

Jiumeiyuan Long ⋅ 20th October 2022

Drawing kiwi and the fiber inside when cutting in half. Watercolour, Acrylic Paint Marker and Fineliner Pen

Different kinds of Pumpkin that I saw in M&S. Watercolour Pencils, Markers, Acrylic Paint Marker and Fineliner Pen

Bags of rubbish that piled on street. Markers and Acrylic Paint Marker

Mark making by using detergent. I mixed watercolour with detergent and used plastic straw to dip the mixture. Then I blowed the bubble on the paper and utilized straw as pen to create texture. Detergent, Plastic Straw, Watercolour, Acrylic Paint Marker and Oil Pastels

Cactus that sells on the shop. Markers, Fineliner Pen and Acrylic Paint Marker

Different cultivars of Caladium. Watercolour, Fineliner Pen and Acrylic Paint Marker

Upward view of a building in Oxford street and imagine the reflection of sun light. Acrylic Paint Marker

Inspired by visiting Fashion and Textile Museum. Oil Pastels, Acrylic Paint Marker and Marker

Inspired by visiting Fashion and Textile Museum. Acrylic Paint Marker and Fineliner

Collage with doodling. Magazine, Fineliner Pen and Marker

Reflective Writing:

For my first assignment, I was initially struggling with what to draw, but then I realized I was overcomplicating things, so I started with the existing photos on my phone. I usually like to use my phone to record my life, so as a newcomer to London I naturally took many photos. I took a lot of photos of London, including street scenes, food and goods. Taking photos can capture the moment, but painting through photos can extract the most interesting parts and express them through personal preference. For example, in the case of the percy pig, instead of sketching the outline and then filling in the color like a normal painting, I made all the lines and color blocks round. I created some three-dimensionality by overlaying different shades of circles. At the same time, because of all the round lines, percy pig looks more round and lovely.

Since I had the first task as a warm-up, I tried some interesting ways of painting in the second task. For example, I added detergent to the watercolor, and then rolled up plastic paper as a straw and dip it into the mixture of watercolor to blow bubbles on the paper. In addition, I also used the straw as a brush and scraped it on the paper. The pattern formed by the bubble explosion was fantastic and interesting. To enrich the picture, I added two specimens of butterflies I saw at the horniman museum with crayons. The whole painting process was very relaxed, I didn’t think of what I wanted to draw in advance, but drew and matched randomly. However, I didn’t pay attention to the front and back of the straw during the drawing process, and put the side with detergent in my mouth by mistake.

Overall, my first assignment at UAL was a good “appetizer”. Because there was no specific theme and no specific way to make it, it was a good way to observe the different things surround me and pay attention to their different perspectives and details. At the same time, it also allowed me to experiment with different ways of painting. However, I think my overall painting is still a bit similar and monotonous. In the future, I will try some more daring and bold ways of drawing and also test different color combinations.

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