Maisie Watson

I have created the designs below by zooming in the object to capture the details that is unnoticeable at first sight. This has allowed me to see different textures and shapes. I have created some abstract designs by using this techniques, I have used number of different materials, such water colours, pastels, acrylic paint, coloured pencils, coloured pens, and inks. I have used these materials with several techniques such as; continuous line drawings, line/ mark making, abstracting colours using bleach, collage and more.

I have found this task extremely interesting and times challenging. The task has allowed me to translate the imagery onto paper with an abstract approach. By this I mean, forcing myself to be pushed out of my comfort zone and seeing objects in a different way. By zooming in on main features and picking out main details that I find are interesting to draw. I have really enjoyed it.

For the last 2 weeks I have developed a series of unique colour observational drawings, based on everyday life, such as people, buildings, objects and nature. I have created these drawings by observing eye catching colour imagery indoors and outdoors. I have used several different materials to create these designs, such as colour pencils, pastels, watercolour paint, ink, soft pastels and acrylic paint.

I have found this task hard as I’m used to drawing with dark materials such as, charcoal, fine liners and inks. So, restricting myself to only using different tones of colour to create definition and shadow was challenging for me. 

This task really opened my eyes to seeing and observing in a different way. I found myself noticing colour everywhere I went, it was almost like it was constantly on my mind searching for objects to draw. It was interesting to see what colour imagery did inspire my designs.

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