Print

My two weeks of print was split up over the Christmas break.. In my first week we were taught basic digital print skills on Photoshop and Illustrator. Having previously done a Digital Print Course it served as a recap. I went to Kew Gardens to gather research and inspiration for my print collection, focussing on the surfaces and textures of the plants.

Below are a few of my favourite shots.

The colours I found within the plants were very natural and served as inspiration for my colour palette. 
My final 4 digital prints.

After the Christmas break we were printing using newprint stencils (I made templates based on the surfaces plants in Kew Gardens) and acid dyes on silk. I liked the process of making the acid dyes from the powder as it reminded me of my A-level chemistry.
We used a mixture of silkscreen and mono printing to create our final 6 prints, Each stencil only lasted about 3 prints. It was a very stressful day in the print room to finish all 6 samples.

This is my favourite print from the collection

Upon reflection I found it quite amusing that my prints have an African quality about them, as I had just returned from South Africa. I really like the way they work as a collection but are all very different yet have the same almost tribal undertone.

I enjoyed printing I could definitely see myself specialising in print or digital print, as the technique feels very natural.

Drawing Week 2

Above is an updated version of my Box Clever box

On the first day we were asked to draw our objects with colour, creating colour palettes and using colour as a way to communicate the texture of our objects alongside the colours.

The last day we were asked to bring in a roll of plain wallpaper and black drawing materials. We were then told to pick an object from our box and were given a certain amount of time to draw as much of it as possible starting from a small scale to a large scale. The final image was just focussing on one aspect of the object which we had 5 minutes.

We were then asked to get into partners and attach our pens using string and draw a portrait of our partner whilst the pens were joined. This resulted in a fairly unorthodox portrait.