Ella Cheung/TALKING COLOURS.
Through The Window
Every morning when I wake up I open the blinds and see my view. Two tall buildings overlapping each other from my perspective. The tallest building is currently halfway under construction. This block is mostly scaffolding so I thought I could portray the view I see in different styles and compositions. The difference in colours I use represents the mood I feel when I wake up. The pinks and bright palette show that it’s a sunny day and the mood is good. I used an abstract style for the playful and cheerful feeling to stand out.
Although through the eyes, the view remains the same, emotions within the mind can distort this vision and I tried showing this on paper. For the opposite feelings; sadness, boredom and isolation on a gloomy day, I used black and grey. The messy scribble technique is used to highlight feelings of detachment and blur. To add texture I used materials such as oil pastel.
Throughout drawing the building blocks opposite me I have learned that no matter what subject is placed in front of you, there is always something to observe and appreciate, it might be small but there are unlimited ways to interpret things that can be turned into art. To improve I would maybe try working on different coloured paper and experimenting on tissue paper.
7th December 2020 @ 6:20 pm
What I really appreciated about your “Talking Colour” task drawings is the variety of media and techniques you applied, you actually managed to create different layers in order to get graphic visual effects. I believe you were able to transmit your feelings and emotions in relation to weather and buildings’ view using a wide range of colours and shades.
Besides that I find truly interesting how you created this sort of composition just making use of the buildings’ windows, this aspect can perhaps be deepen in future when working with textiles prints.
My favorite work among yours is the first one, I really valued the result you managed to reach, layering colours and media while giving a three-dimensional apperance to the design also thanks to the buildings’ interpenetration between each other. I also liked the colours you chose for this piece because they create an appreciable contrast compared to the red windows.
To develop your work further I would suggest you to extend your research to other interesting and inspirating objects or sights surrounding yourself and trying doing the same as you did for the buildings’ windows, creating a composition which can perhaps be represented on textiles, either using stencils for screenprinting or digital print.