For my next phase of experimentation I combined a leaf rubbing I had done with an image I took of flowers as I wanted to take a closer look at more decorative textures within a woodland environment. I was also interested in the intricate patterns within wood and bark and thought this was a good opportunity to contrast a monotonous outline with a colourful background and decided to merge this texture with one of the images I took of my watercolour piece on coral from the previous project.
Primary photographic research looking at the contrast between monotonous tones and colour in a mountainous landscape
Whilst skiing in Chamonix I was inspired by the incredible landscaped I was lucky enough to see and was particularly interested in the way the woodland on these mountains created patterns on the terrain as the dark trees contrasted with the white snow. I therefore decided to redraw the landscape highlighting the areas where the trees were the most densely packed together (black), where the rock underneath created an almost speckled texture on the surface (colourful watercolour wash) and the areas of white snow. By doing this I had almost unconsciously mapped out the terrain how I saw it within my vision for the craving colour brief. After finishing the piece I realised that the style slightly resembled that of imagery within a comic book. This wasn’t really the quality I was going for but I actually quite liked how it turned out.
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