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Inspired by Mushrooms.

Digital using Procreate and Photoshop.

Inspired by a half eaten orange.

‘Chai time’ – inspired by tea at Regents Park.

Inspired by the vase of purple lilies at home.

Inspired by the still waves seen at River Thames.

I used A4 paper and cut out uneven , wavy lines. I placed it onto wrapping paper from a parcel and used Promarkers to create the waves on top. I edited out the shadows and any other mistakes to make it look clean.

Inspired by a rusted rod I spotted on the road.

Inspired by Indian traditional earrings worn by my friend.

Fabric and marker. Edited on Photoshop.

This again is inspired by wild mushrooms growing on the bark of a tree at South Bank, London.

I cut out a black leather fabric base and intricate lines on white fabric. I placed the white fabric onto the black so that it stands out.

Inspired by the cracks and fungi on a tree.

Inspired by Regents Park Map.

Inspired by the flora at Hyde Park.

Reflection:

Through Task 2, Ways of Seeing – Talking Patterns, I got inspired by daily objects around me. From fungi to flowers, I used a range of media to create patterns. As I went around London for Task 1 and Task 2 searching for objects to be inspired by, I found myself being drawn towards the subtle elements around me. For example, I opened my refrigerator looking for oranges to eat and I was instantly eager to examine the gills of the mushrooms. I drew inspiration and created prints. I wanted to retain the delicateness of the mushroom, hence I used a fine liner pen on paper. Through this task I wanted to experiment and explore as many mediums as I could. After collating all my work, I realised that a few patterns in task 2, are aligned, repetitive or symmetrical. Therefore I decided to create more random and abstract patterns towards the end to have a variety. The easiest medium I could work with were pens. Whether it was a marker or a fine liner. I felt like I had more control over the pattern. I was also comfortable using digital platforms to edit my patterns and multiply them. Even though I wanted to experiment and explore as many mediums as I could, I feel like I could have experimented more with wet media. For future projects, I would like to focus on the object as a whole instead of focusing on details. I aim to work towards creating freer and more expressive designs while widening my colour palette. 

Michela Carraro

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Taking on the task ‘Talking Colour’, I was very hesitant with how I would be able to approach this and widen my range of mediums. Setting out to discover London we had to produce a series of drawings that corresponded with colour. It didn’t take long before we had come across hundreds of buildings, objects and experiences that involved vibrancy and colour, this was the next challenge of producing these snapshot moments onto paper. 

I initially started by doing what I ‘know’ best, however after a few sketches, I discovered that I needed to open up and try different mediums such as acrylics, pastilles and other materials. Drawing has always been my weak point in my creative process and journey, so for me this was a big step. Straight away I hated the feeling and look of what I was making, I spent more time and care into my work. I began to love it more, to the point I felt comfortable trying out new ideas and techniques. This gave me freedom and desire for creating more art, Looking at different perspectives.

Majority of my work was brought to life with oil pastilles, which I have never really used before and I’ve always hated the look they gave. Spending time and effort in drawing, I learnt more about what I can achieve and produce, such as the texture they create. In response, if I was to revisit this task again I would definitely not look into it as harshly and just draw to see what I come across.

In Task 1 I explored some of London’s street graffiti, parks, music album covers from record shops and other surrounding landscapes and used markers, crayons, watercolours, syringes and photobooths to depict the moments I saw. Through these different mediums and materials I have been able to create different experiences, trying to portray these things partly in an abstract way and partly in a more realistic way. In creating some of my paintings I have a stricter grasp of the shape of things, I use colour as strictly as possible to reproduce the objects themselves and to feel them as I paint. Some of my other paintings are more spontaneous and free, more daring in their use of colour, using Photo Shop to integrate the production, paying less attention to the shapes of things and beginning to feel them more visually in the painting process, the visual presentation is abstract and less formal, and although it seems simple and spontaneous, it gives me a more immediate visual experience and impact.

In Task 2 I took some pictures of British Museum artefacts and enlarged their textures and then selected some of their enlarged textures and reorganised them and made them, I first used brushes such as watercolours and coloured markers to draw their textures and patterns. I used the faulty art style that I’ve been interested in lately, this art style is to use the faults that things form and process them artistically, it can have a distorted and blurred feeling, this flaw has an abstract and alternative beauty instead, these faulty art styles are presented in some of the pioneer hip hop artists such as Playboi Carti, Ken carson, Lancey foux’s rap visual music videos, these faulty I began to experiment with this style of art in my print designs, using a number of mix patterns from the photo shop to create secondary artwork, and in the process of making many of these patterns I was surprised by the effect they had. The reason why I used digital media a lot to recreate the original hand-painted patterns was because I felt that digital media could better reflect my current artistic style while retaining the original hand-painted textures, and a lot of my unexpected inspirations could be shown on this. I was able to be more comfortable in creating my patterns for this assignment, which was very interesting and experimental.