Assignment 2

Ideas and Preliminary sketches

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For my assignment I wanted to continue looking into interiors as I enjoyed it and wanted to experiment with it further. With current events I wanted to look into the hospital rooms at my local hospital, where I work. I thought that the rooms had character despite the simple professional look, and how sad and lonely these times can be and the importance of hygiene and health. So unfortunately with my chosen subject matter I had to work from photographs I had taken. I sketched out some possible compositions and tested out whether I wanted to use colouring pencils or oil pastels. I much prefer how my colours came out in sketch [1] however I just though oil pastels would be best with creating a loose fluid style, that shows the rush in a sense of these times. For my composition I ended up settling on sketch [3], although it wasn’t drawn the best I loved the simplicity of the composition, and how everything fell into the tan bit of the wall, and how the sink pops out in the bottom centre. It also portrays the message everyone has been told, to consistently wash our hands, so I thought I would be a good narrative within my composition.

The assignment piece

I think I captured the shapes well in my composition, the colour however I feel I ended up saturating. Its a lot more vibrant and intense than I was expecting, but I think it works well to a certain extent, the shadows can look a bit too much and out of place at times. I like how its loosely blended together with a fluid style that I wanted to achieve, it works well, especially with the posters above the sink. I think I captured the blue one just right to show the washing hands logo, and how the writing isn’t readable but just soft markings. They add to the narrative of rules and regulations of hygiene, especially in a ‘sink’ setting. So I think oil pastels were the right choice for this piece, in order to portray the atmosphere and colours I wanted in a loose fluid style which I’ve grown to love. Looking at the depth of the piece, I think I’ve done well to show my view point of looking straight ahead but could have used some more defined lines in order to show this more effectively.

I am happy with how this came out, I think moving forward and looking at my future assessments, I’d like to look at making something bigger, and by that I mean a series of drawings rather than one. I think this could help me tell a narrative and explore a variety of compositions in an assessment. I think to link them in a colour scheme and using the same techniques for them all would effectively present my ideas and drawings. I’d like to explore more mediums on a bigger variety of surfaces, branching out from just paper and toned paper, and see what effects and textures I can create. Moving forward I would love to be much more experimentive in my choice of media, composition and techniques.