External brief- Further research and experimentation

Enchanted woodland- Syon Park

Drawing systems work that inspired my next experiments for this module:

Further experimentation

After producing a piece of work in my Drawing Systems module in which I combined and reused elements of previous art projects I have done, one section gave me inspiration for my next phase of experimentation. I decided to merge a spotted watercolour pattern I painted with an image of my local woodland. I then looked at different ways I could include my vision for the craving colour brief, experimenting with making the rest of the woodland image fully white or black and white except for the spots. This was the first time I was introduced to layer masks on Photoshop and discovered that it could be a really useful tool in my practice. I decided that I preferred the latter experimentation as the contrast of black and white tones with the bright sections of colour within the image help the viewer to focus in on different sections. For me these spots of psychedelic colours almost look like portals into a parallel universe in contrast to the colourless presented in the majority of the image. This could therefore highlight the importance of positive/ “colourful” thinking on ones outlook on the world, which may help the patients in St. Marks through a perhaps difficult time in hospital.