Summer Inspiration: colour, context and drawings

After gathering a body of visual research I was extremely inspired and ready to draw from this. Whilst I was in Italy I drew in a little sketchbook with only basic drawing materials so felt that I hadn't got my ideas down fully and wanted to create texture, movement and layers using other materials. I started to look back at my images to gather colour reference, I found that most of the colours I saw in Italy were quite simple and the same such as greys, browns and oranges from the buildings and blacks from rocks. Rich turquoises and blues came from the sea. I thought it would be a waste not to use these wonderful organic colours so started to draw in larger scale from my small sketchbook, images and ideas.
Colour inspiration...

 

I found a lot of texture in my images and wanted to show this through my drawings using different media. I was also inspired by the work of Heather Day, who is also inspired by where she travels to and shapes/textures in nature.

 

I love how she uses different media creating varied line quality and texture. Here I have used the blind contour line drawing method for the building and the other two using inks and silver leaf.

I hope to carry on creating large drawings showing movement and contrast. I want my prints to be layered with different shapes and textures, keeping a hand drawn/ painted feel. I really want to experiment in the first unit to push myself and see what works best.