This week I had to create illustrations in just pure colours. The objects that I was given were patterned objects ranging from toys to carpets. I was produce this task to understand colour in it's purest form and how it changes when the objects had crease or corners. Overall this task was great for me to get to express objects in just pure colour and to understand how colours express an object.
Packet of flour from France, Material: watercolour pencil with water
Toy car, Materials: Ball point pen and fine liners with water
Doll, Materials: Pro markers and a brush pen
Party hat, material: Watercolour pencil with water
Carpet, Material: Drawing inks
Complex Carpet, Material: Watercolour pencils and water
With these outcomes I was pleased with them But I could of done better by not including black as a shading colour and I did not take my time with these which I regret doing. I did take my advice from the previous week and used paper that is more designed for multi purpose artwork.
With image one of patterned flour package. I was applied to the design of the package because of it basic colour scheme but also the simple outline of the imagery. But with this design I wish I could change such as a drawing material that does not leave a mark on the piece of work and next time I should do a rough layout of the object before colouring. But my only pleasing features of this work is get the right colours that match the object and get the basic design of the object right.
The toy cars is my least favourite because even by look at it, I can tell that I did not take my time with and I really regret designing this drawing. But overall I think this is a good remind on what I should not do next time such as using the black fine liner as shading tool because it comes out too strong and does not work well with the orange. I also should not use ball point as a outline tool because it does not match with colours and it looks to rough. But I could sought out this problem by using a black ball pen instead of a blue one and taking my time with the outline. I also need to learn how to be aware when applying colour to an object and get the sense of lighting on the object.
The third image is my doll picture which is one that I approve, because I used a material that I have used before but not for a while, so it was nice to refresh my mind on the technique. With the material I used a simple colouring scheme of basic colours of what the object had. To apply the shading to the doll I used simply layer of darker colour than the colour underneath. I also tried to a drawing technique which is cross stitching which is a pattern in which I basically draw lines on top of each other to get a shading technique. I want to uses this method of shading a drawing technique to get a scarf texture to the drawing. Overall this piece of work did not because I need to add a different colour to add a shadows in the clothing. I also used my black brush pen for skirt which was a mistake because I have only gave the skirt a one dimension. So next time when colouring I should use multiply colours which blend together which will make a better shadow effect on the clothing. The things that I got right was the skin which was simple blend of a pale pink and brown which would be good to keep in mind when using the technique again in later drawings.
The four image is of a party hat, with this image I was trying to get a lighting effect on the hat with colour because even with the lighting the hat did not have any white light on it at all. So with this in mind I tried to create a illustration of light shining on a object. I think it did work because the colours are different from each other but again I did the same mistake in using black as my dark colour. So note to self when ever I am doing a drawing using colours take out the black. With the overall design I think that I got the shape down of the object but I should of not pressed as hard on the watercolour crayons when applying the colour.
The image of the purple was a bit of task for me because I have never used drawings inks as a pure drawings media, this was bit out of comfort zone but it was challenge that I was willing going to take. With the drawing itself I find it okay because it captured the basic pattern of the carpet but it could of been better by adding water to the ink so that I could added more realistic detail such as creases. So I failed to listen to my previous advice but I definitely know that I should use water to improve the image. I also did not fit in the whole image, so my next task for myself it to learn size control when drawing onto a piece of paper.
The final image is of red carpet which was the best to draw because it had a range of colours and it had a complex pattern. With this image I was trying to get a cloth effect by just using colour. I found this a great experience because I was drawing it from an angle so because of the creases I was not going to see all of it and it cut some of the pattern off from my line of view. I also got this crease effect by using the watercolour crayons and I took by previous advice and was softer with the crayon when adding a line of colour for me to add water too. This advice because it created a nice smoothness to the drawing. I tried to express this through the colours I did work with the reds but I use the black again to outline it. This is a bad habit that I need to break out of. So overall I got my aim but I need restrict myself from using black.
So my experience from this is I need to stop using black for shading and to use size balance. So in my next task stop using black as overall shading material and try to draw a whole image into my sketchbook.
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