Alessandra Worsnop

For this task I went round and took photos of textures that I saw in the world around me, I focused on creating a pattern from my surroundings and investigated texture. I enjoyed using a mixture of watercolour and oil pastel initially, I then explored creating digital art and collage. I enjoyed this task I worked at a fast pace, and it encouraged me to look in detail at my surroundings and find patterns. I like how you can’t really tell what the drawings are of and I also enjoy the mix media. I find some of the drawings to be a little flat so if I were to do this task again, I would experiment more with layering and maybe a bit more collage as those are my favourite outcomes. This is because I find them to be the most exciting pieces as they are the most eye catching. Overall, I found this task useful as it eased me into thinking about pattern as I still feel a bit apprehensive about starting the course. 

For this task I began by focusing on my environment and took inspiration from objects in my room exploring their colour and texture and created some initial patterns. I particularly enjoy my butterfly collage as I think it is bold and exciting, it was also very fun to create as I used a wide range of materials such as, watercolour, oil pastel, oil bar, markers, and collage. I attempted to create a mono print by strategically tearing and placing coloured paper onto the page then printing on top. I think the concept was successful but unfortunately the ink I have wasn’t the best as it transferred a lot making the piece covered in ink. If I were to create again, I would use a different type of ink. Overall, I found that using a wide range of materials and techniques was very useful as it meant I experimented a lot and I now know what works and what doesn’t. I think my collage and digital work is the most successful, but I do enjoy every piece individually.