Floral collage from primary research

This is a collage of floral which I drawn out using permanent marker. I worked from my own primary photographs taken at Preston park museum. I love the black and white and the different mark making achieved with just a marker. This is possibly one of my final designs for my collection as I think it is a strong and effective design.

 

Working bay in progress

Some more photoshop

This is another photoshop experiment I have produced in one of the workshops. Using layers, filters, and colour adjustments.

Didim temple, turkey

Today Iv been working from my own photographs I taken on holiday in turkey during summer break. I have worked on different papers using pencil. Pencil worked well when shading and adding shadows to the Collums that were shown in the photos.

 

Initial drawing / fashion

 

Here's a few of my sketchbook pages showing initial drawing stages from my fashio project. Observing floral I was using diffrent techniques and media to create textural and interesting line drawings. 

Cut out A2 drawing

You can add texture and shape to a drawing by cutting out, layering and stitching into your paper. I have produced a A2 drawing sheet aiming to have shape and movement to the flora I had been observing. For the background I have layered up a range of different papers that have different weights and textures. Using a fine liner I done a quick, loose observational drawing on top. Using a craft knife I have cut round certain parts and lines of my floral drawing which has enabled me to peel and lift areas of the image. I think this looks really effective and gives a 3D look to the drawing.

 

Photoshop

During a photoshop workshop today I produce some prints using a range of drawings I had produced over the past few weeks. I have explored layers, opacity and filter to create an exciting range of digital prints. These are two I produced today.

 

A2 collage drawing sheet

Today Iv been working on a A2 drawing sheet which I started yesturday. I have done an observational drawing of floral using water colours, ink and coloured pencil to add detail. I like how water colour looks on the collages brown paper background. I have also incorporated tracing paper and acetate by pritining some of my earlier timed drawings onto them. There is added detail on the page using hand stitch. I have tried to use as many different materials as possible to make it interesting and textural.

mood board/concept

I thought I would do a quick post of my mood board I produced last week. This gives an over feel / concept to my project. I am especially focusing on ancient architecture, using my photos taken at the apollon temple, turkey as my main inspiration. My mood board also includes some market research of dolce and gabbanas summer 2014 collections. I love the collection and It relates so well to my chosen concept. I want to keep my colour pallet neutral but warm, using soft purples and light stone colours representing the temples collumns.

Dolce and Gabbana Summer 2014