Jemima Slater

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Peer feedback: Mingyang Zhang Task 2 ‘Ways of Seeing’

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I am so sorry to hear about your grandfather. These drawings are all so interesting and emotive. I think you have really successfully fulfilled the ‘Ways of Seeing’ brief here and have explored different drawing techniques to create your outcomes. Again, you have a variety of more representative drawings and some more abstract, which I find really interesting. I really like the more abstract drawings and the limited colour palette you have chosen for this task, and I think the message behind your work is really lovely.
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Peer Feedback : Mingyang Zhang Task 1 ‘Talking Colours’

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I have really enjoyed looking through your work and reading your reflection. I feel like I have learnt a lot not only through your writing, but mainly through your drawings, as you have managed to create some really powerful pieces with the different mark making and the two bold colours. I really like how you have explored such an important theme so successfully in your drawings. Using the varying shades of red and blue has been very effective and you have created some really dynamic drawings, however I would say that you could maybe have explored some other colours to really fulfil the ‘Talking Colours’ brief. But you have made up for this in your wide variety of mark making and brush strokes. I love how some of the drawings are representative of the dolphins and others are more abstract. It makes a really interesting collection.
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Jemima Slater : Ways of Seeing / Talking Patterns

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For this task I tried using a combination of drawing techniques with a variety of materials. I used coloured pencils to create loose, flowing lines, and then went over this with black fine liner pens creating more solid and detailed lines. I also used drawing inks to create blocks of colours and interesting shapes. I feel this project helped me to observe my subject matter in a different way and to approach drawing in a much freer way. I mainly looked at flowers when carrying out this task. I think in general I am usually more drawn to organic forms as subject matter for my drawings, so I’m not sure whether I should’ve challenged myself and looked at more structural subject matter, but I feel either way this has helped develop my drawing technique. I really enjoyed this task and I do like my outcomes; however, I feel I didn’t achieve the description of the brief, “Ways of Seeing / Talking Patterns” as well as I did for “Talking Colours”. Now looking at all of my drawings together there isn’t a lot of pattern to be seen and they all look quite similar to me, so I think I should have explored different subject matter a little bit or perhaps used a wider variety of materials. Overall I like my drawings and I really enjoyed this task, it has definitely helped my drawing.
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Jemima Slater : Talking Colours

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For this task I looked for colour in my day to day life – walking to classes past the Shepherd’s Bush Market, and objects found in my kitchen and room. My main aim for this task was to avoid drawing the outline of objects as much as possible and to focus only on the colours. I have tried to use a wide range of materials to really explore the different ways of recording colour in my drawings. I used acrylic paints, oil pastels, coloured pencils, inks and collage. I really enjoyed using inks for this task and I feel they were the most successful medium for exploring colour as they are vibrant and bright, and can be used to create lively, energetic drawings. I feel that this task helped to loosen up my drawing and help me create more interesting and dynamic outcomes. It helped me see past the physical objects I was drawing and explore colour in a new way with a range of materials. I think that I probably could have used my materials in a more interesting way in some of my drawings, but I am overall happy with my series
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