Georgia Lenchner

This is my second task of Inrto 2 ‘Way of Seeing’. Whilst completing each art piece, I constantly had in mind the aim of this task, to be completely experimental and learn what ideas worked and to take them forward as a creative. Playing around with more mediums and different materials, meant I was engaging with capturing structure, texture, pattern and colour.

After analysing my art from task 1, I wanted to improve on using materials and different kinds of paper and techniques to create my outcomes. When I had completed majority of my art, I instantly noticed a difference. As using materials and different coloured paper made my work stand out to the eye.

Normally I love to work with the medium watercolour, to blend and bring colour and texture to my work. However, I used acrylic on black paper and began to become fond of the medium. I was painting textural leaves onto the black paper and loved that acrylic can be built up, on top of numerous other colours.

Another technique that I found enjoyable was ripping colours out of a magazine, to build texture and colour to create an image. I used a primary image of a sunrise and replicated it by building magazine colours and textures together.   

Before I had started this task, I became excited to experiment with different styles and techniques of using colour. As I knew it would assist me to build and explore other styles of artwork. I had become comfortable with using watercolour and fine liners to create any artistic pieces. Therefore, I used and explored mediums such as: acrylic, oil pastels, charcoal, coloured pencils and different coloured pens. I have used many of these before to experiment with, but never perused them.

This task has made me more open with ways I can express and show off my use of colour. I still used watercolour and fine liners but focussed primarily on other mediums. I drew glass, reflective buildings in London, using charcoal in tonal/ dark colours. It allowed the appearance to have depth and feeling, as it was also a quick sketch. I learnt that sketches can be effective as well as spending time on a painting/ drawing. I was able to explore the balance of colour and the idea that every technique works differently.

Another image I produced was a ‘bubble’ experiment. I used blue acrylic paint and mixed it in with water and fairy liquid, to then get a straw and blow bubbles onto a yellow piece of card. This worked well as an abstract replica of the bubbles I viewed in a bath.

Overall, this activity has got my creative mind thinking and open to more mediums and styles of work. It has also taught me to be selective of colours and tones in the future, to create a strong image.