I loved looking through your works, I really liked the chunky, street-style character they have even within describing natural objects as within the pepper or the river. I think you have a very specific and distinctive style that runs throughout your experimental works that vary from collage to descriptive and realistic drawing or painting. I’m also a great fan of the way you manage to abstract urban views to create interesting patterns and vary the natural and lifelike scenes to create a different way of perceiving reality and the world around us. I found the way you mixed up and combined various techniques and subjects very interesting as within finding a connection between banana skins and the study of the bridge in your “talking pattern” task.

I also think that you should definitely combine the human studies from the “talking colour” task, that were drawn with an outstanding technique, to the more non-pictorial subjects of the second task to create a bond within the two, especially within the line drawings, that I personally find very similar in a certain way to your urban views. This could create a broader range of subject matter and bolder compositions that could give more to your textile production. I also think you should experiment more with the oversaturated colour palettes you have sometimes used and try to bring your drawing to 3D works to analyze subjects from a different point of view. 

I overall admire your designs and the variation within techniques and abstract or more material topics in your pieces, all with very engaging lines and colors.

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.

While I was working on the “Talking Colour” task I enjoyed experimenting with different kinds of media and materials in order to express my ideas related to objects and places surrounding myself. At the very beginning I started being inspired by nature and its astonishing colours during the autumnal season: I wanted to analyze and express the feelings and emotions that natural landscapes can generate in human mind. My first three creations were St. James’s Park Lake view, the squirrel and London skyline by night, followed by a more deep observation about fruit and flowers I could see around me. Later on I started focusing more on the accurate study of colours and how they can be mixed up together to obtain certain visual effects. During the third part of the project I shifted to a more abstract conception which made me try different techniques such as collage and charcoal. What I was most pleased with about the project was perhaps realizing tridimensional works starting from what I did already created in two dimensions with previous drawings and sketches: I made an autumnal tree using sea sticks which I collected during past years, while for its canopy I adopted cotton fabrics which I dyed by myself. Furthermore I painted an abstract pattern on a piece of soapstone using acrylics.

In general I am quite satisfied by the the way I managed to deal with different kinds of media and choose the most suitable for each of my works. To develop my work further I would probably focus on more abstract drawings and sketches. Moreover I believe I gained further knowledge and worthwhile experience while developing this task.

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For this task, I was working with a photo that I took of a Koi Fish in a river. Using the term ‘ways of seeing’, I wanted to completely take the Koi fish out of its natural environment that you would envision it to be in. I focused on the irregular patches on the scales and painted them in different colours while distorting them and playing around with the composition. I made colourful backgrounds digitally with lots of layering to bring the koi fish pattern outside of its body for a fun twist. I also tried to make a print capturing the movement of multiple koi fish swimming. The colours I used were directly taken from real-life koi fish and the vividness really symbolizes them well. I also used colours like pink and blue on some prints as an experiment as another way of seeing them. I really enjoyed this process of working from the shapes I saw inside the koi fish alone. The digital look is one of my favorites and it is so bright and bold with the layers of colourful patches being the main attraction and the thin outline of the koi fish body shows that print coming through in random places which is similar to what a real koi fish would look like but inverted.

To improve and develop, I would add some of the river ripples into some of my digital prints to add a further layer of texture and outlines.

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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.

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For this task I drew a building called Casa Batllo. This building is also related to the mosaics project I did this time. Many mosaics are used in the building. Both the exterior and interior of the building are very impressive, so I think it is not only a building but also an art work. The color palette in every part of the building is comfortable, and some details are exquisite. So I picked out a lot of the details that I liked and drew them, some of them using lines, some of them using color blocks, and of course I played around and added some ideas of my own. In some pictures, I combine dots, lines and color blocks. I think the picture will look richer in this way. Many of my paintings are only part of the painting, which results in many paintings not looking like a complete work. However, since this building is related to my project, I will continue to improve and apply some software to make it look more complete.

For this task, I drew some works that I saw in the exhibition that I thought were beautiful and I liked very much, and then I drew them in my own way of painting. I think different painting styles will make the works present different feelings, so I present the works that I think are interesting in the exhibition again. I used a lot of color collocation, many of which did not follow the original color of the original object or work, and I also had a lot of my own play and some color collocation. There are painting people, flowers and landscapes in my works. I do not deliberately depict the details of these things. Instead, I use large color blocks to highlight the atmosphere and try my best to make the whole work look more complete, because I love the feeling of combining color with marriage. But I think I still need to draw more boldly. Now I still feel that all works are the same feeling, and I still need to use more combination of painting tools and more different painting techniques.

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.

In the past month, I may have experienced the biggest blow in my life. My dearest grandfather was diagnosed with cancer. I’m basically between home and the hospital this month. While waiting for examination and hospitalization in the hospital, my eyes were only blue and white, which are the colors of masks and hospital uniforms. After suffering such a huge blow, I began to consider the relationship between human beings and disease, survival and death. At the same time, I tried to do something for my grandfather on a spiritual level.

I try to use various methods to record everything I see in the hospital every day. The crowds lining up to see the doctor are like flowers of life. The dark blue and light blue canopy is the first picture that the patient sees every day. , The light lying on the operating table shines straight into your eyes, and the doctor’s mask is full of words. I don’t know if what awaits you at the end of the operation is survival or death.

In the hospital, people lose their loved ones every day, but the bond between family members will never disappear no matter what.