Wednesday, 5 November 2014

Jumping ahead

I've been using a variety of techniques to get started. I've been drawing using thick bold lines, painting with bleach in a loose way, and also using splicing to create new designs. 




I enjoyed working with the technique splicing, as it made me realise that designing a print doesnt mean just producing one whole design. Cutting up the bleached pieces and arranging them in a different way against thick line motifs, created a range of depths and textures with the designs. 

I've been working with cling film within a couple designs. Although using cling film sounds silly; it's worked really effectively. I've been wanting to get the feel of watery, blurred layers against deep, dark lines. I really like the finish it's given to my designs; it will be interesting to find other materials which give a smilar effect.

Although it's been a productive week and I've produced a good number of prints, I NEED to stop designing prints at this stage. At this point in the project I need to be experimenting; getting out of my comfort zone and going for it. I know I can design better prints; I've rushed ahead past the initial stages and instead of producing new and exiting rough pieces of work, I've created bland, quickly developed prints. 

Next week I will branch out and not be scared to produce weird and wonderful drawings, painting, sketches and much more. 




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