On Friday, I had to look at the drawings and items I had collected from my
trip to Liverpool and edit them making a collection of similar drawings, marks
and colours that have inspired me. In Liverpool I loved a piece of artwork from
the Tate gallery; the shapes and curves were so flowing. Looking at the drawing
I had done on the day with pastels, I knew I wanted to look at this more in
depth. I started to repeat the shapes from the piece just using pencil and I
liked the how it was starting to come together.
Looking at this sketch, I wanted to make it into a
successful pattern. I therefore made big abstract strokes using fine liner. I worked with the size and
the layout of the shapes. I added colour; blues and greens to link with the
idea of water, as it was raining all day on our journey to Liverpool.
I then started working on my final piece of the day. I
decided to go with the bigger format, so I started to work with the pattern
across the middle of the page, spreading over to the right. I used watercolour and
biro pen to outline the shapes. After talking to a tutor and looking over the brief
of the day, I realised that I hadn’t collected a range or sketches from the day
out; instead I just used one idea. Realising this, I then looked through my sketchbook
to look for motifs of items that could be used with the existing pattern. I remembered
that the shape of the building of the Liverpool museum was really interesting.
The smooth shapes juxtaposed against the harsh shapes of the building. Using the space on the left hand side of the
page I spread the shapes from the museum and writing from leaflets.
The final piece isn’t exactly how I would have liked it
however for a days work, I think it is quite good. Next time I will look at the
brief more thoroughly and assess what I should do before getting excited with
an idea and just going for it.
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