Fig 1. Fig 2.
This past few weeks I've really been working on upping the scale of my drawings. I created three large scale pieces, to test out different techniques and colour ranges.
I don't think the all over pattern worked too well as shown in Fig 1, as it started to become more like a geometric structure, which isn't the effect I want to achieve, I feel that focusing on more flowing shapes and marks to create a more natural and organic feel is more appropriate to my concept.
For this reason I am happier with the drawing shown in Fig 2 as it is a more flowing structure. I think that the colours are working well in this piece, and the illuminating effect has really worked in areas. Working on a lot larger scale has helped to free my mark making up and create more flowing lines, creating a more natural feel.
Fig 3 Fig 4
I decided to up the scale further to get a feel for the scale of an interior context shown in Fig 4.
I found working to this scale to be quite daunting. I ended up getting hung up on how the shapes needed to form, leading them to become very leaf like which wasn't the effect I originally wanted to achieve. I wanted the marks to create new forms and shapes without me forcing them into one particular shape in repeat, there needs to more of an organic feel to my drawings. To work on from this, I will focus purely on the marks from my photographs, and start to think about adding space around the shapes as filling the whole page is too much. The techniques and colours I'm using also need to be brought back as I'm trying to use too many colours and techniques in one piece.
In Fig 3 I found that adding the cut out layer on top of the banner style drawing really helped to create space and depth, something that I want to continue experimenting with, especially in the print room with techniques such as devore.
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