combination of digital and physical collage – construction site
experiment combining wet media and doodles – perfume bottle
digital repeat development – perfume bottle
pen and paint – string and bubble wrap still life
paper collage – Westminster station
combination of painting and collage
fineliner and watercolour – Westminster Abbey
fineline and pen – windows
oil pastel and pen – reflection within a paper plate
digital repeat development – paper plate
paint, oil pastel and finaliser – Westminster station
After an encouraging drawing workshop with Martha Zmpounou, I tried to move away from my comfort zone of line drawings. To do this I mainly used both physical and digital collage, alongside further experimentation with ‘wet’ media: watercolour & acrylic paint. Throughout this investigation I struggled with patience and inspiration – I found myself discarding the initial stages of a drawing if I didn’t like it, instead of pushing the work, and myself, further. As a result of this I’ve ended up with a few pieces that feel rushed and unfinished. This may be because I put too much pressure on myself to be overly “creative”, rather than experimenting and letting the drawings evolve. However I enjoyed using ‘doodling’ as a mark making tool, and I’m excited by the images I’ve produced that combine oil pastel, fine liner doodles, and watercolour. They feel looser and less boxy than my other work. I’d like to use this technique in future to create motifs for digital sublimation prints. I think my drawings have become more experimental but there’s still further to go; I need to continue producing work in order to develop this drawing style.
