Media experimentation

After I had exhausted quite a lot of my collected imagery, I wanted to explore how I could record them through different media

PENCIL:

Coloured pencil

- Too restrictive with colour- only the pencils I had, doesn't capture the colours of my found imagery

- I like the ease of application

GOUACHE AND COLLAGE JUXTAPOSED:

Gouache and pen

Gouache and pen

Collage of above using found print colours

Gouache and pen

Collage of above using found print colours

Gouache and pen

Collage of above using found print colours

GOUACHE:

Positives:

- Easy to replicate colours I had found

- More control than collage and pencil

Negatives:

- This is more line based, and I prefer the nature of shape driven imagery

- Found strong, solid colour trends emerging, but I prefered the print texture I had been using in collage previously

COLLAGE:

Positives:

- The textured colour shows depth, which helps to reveal the story behind the individual aspects

- The crafting of the individual shapes helps me to imbue more of my authorship into the piece

Negatives:

- A lot more time consuming

- Difficult to be accurate to the shapes I collected, meaning they have varied a lot from the start

OVERALL:

- Looking at the same image but in different media really highlighted for me the importance of media choice 

- The transferral from line to shape via collage was really educational into how to put my own authorship into the crafting of shapes

NEXT:

- I would really like to explore different media I could use, such as traditional print and digital work

- I want to break out of the journal and see what scales I can play with