Kaenat Baig

The second task was also inspired by fruits, some of the drawings I have repeated from task 1 but have looked deeper into their skin and external walls. I had enjoyed this task more, you could really see fruits/natural forms from different angles. My favourite drawing would definitely have to be the half cut up pomegranate that I did using ink and watercolour. My second favourite would then be the autumn leaves as I enjoyed observing the stems and veins quite close up and I think they turned out pretty amazing which could inspire me for my future patterns in textiles. As you can see I focused more on patterns and details rather than colour as that’s what this unit was all about. Something different I would do is look more closely as I think I could’ve zoomed in much more than I already have and I could of also layered my drawings and also add a patterned background next time.

Fruits are what inspired me for the whole of intro to unit. I used what is around me and what I can get access to easily. A whole variety of mix medias were used such as watercolour (which was my favourite), oil pastels, fine liner, acrylic paint, water, pro markers etc. I really enjoyed making the 3rd drawing as it was multiple drawings and I thought of ripping the paper up and placing them near by to make the fruit look more like a fruit than just random rips around the page. As you can see, in some of my drawings I’ve only used a tiny amount of colour in precise areas so that when the drawing catches the eye, it highlights that area in particular and makes it more enduring and bold. Looking back I think I would’ve used natural dyes of fruits and vegetables to paint since it is something different and not just normal type of paint, as my focus was on nature around me.