Soha Bokhari – Talking Colours
For task 1 I wanted to focus on looking at colours throughout my daily life. I was especially inspired by my time exploring around West and North London. I was intrigued by how bright and colourful some areas of London were, especially in Camden Town. Camden town, where you walk on the streets and see many colourful buildings, and walls which are highlighted with graffiti art all over. Underneath are some of my sketches I drew.
I used a variety of different medias when drawing. I used pencils, fine liners, felt tip pens, colour crayons, watercolours, acrylic paint, embroidery, foil and glue and photoshop. I worked best when using felt tip pens but also photoshop. I liked the vibrance of the felt tip pens when it touched the white paper. However, using photoshop was also great because when I changed the hue and saturation and added filters, it emphasised my sketches more especially the drawings of graffiti.
Overall, I found this task effective in understanding the way I see colour around my surroundings. My next stage will be to explore how I can incorporate these colours when creating my textile samples. This can be by the choice of colour threads I use but also the fabric. This is something which I will further explore.
9th November 2021 @ 11:36 pm
I believe that you have understood the task very well, you’ve created abstract pieces that brings attention straight to the use of colour and its placement. Every one of your pieces are different in so many ways and I love the bright colours and use of different medias as well as experimentation with photoshop, looking into how it can effect and change the atmosphere of an outcome. You have used contrasting colours also which bring out the light and dark of the image very clearly.
To improve your work you could have perhaps looked into depth on the graffiti and maybe imitate the spray paint effect in a range of different sizes on photoshop. considering you have a textile piece in your work as well you could have also painted or coloured onto fabric with embroidery or beading over the top to further your experimentation. However your work is very strong and It is clear to see you have experimented through many mixed media, 3D and digital work.