Intro to :Talking colour ‘

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Lola Evans

A printing off my watercolour paint palette on a receipt after I’d wiped it but not cleaned it fully I like how the colours merged and streaked together
Printing with dried rosebuds and non watered down watercolour paints
A sketch showcasing the texture and shape of a flowering plant seen at the Horniman museum using wide nibbed alcohol pens.
A drawing I drew sat on a bench in the garden at the Horniman museum r shows the view that I had of the gardens through the holes in the walls.
A digital drawing inspired by a photo of a black cat looking at leaves I took
A collage drawing of a sunflower using cardboard and watercolour paint inspired by graffiti I saw around Hackney Wick
An up close oil pastel sketch of chrysanthemums in the Horniman museum in the garden
Thick wide nib alcohol pen used to draw flowers from the gardens at the Horniman museum
A simplified colour block design inspired by an arcade machine
A digital drawing using a tartan inspired pattern I drew and the shoe inspired by boots I saw in the Heaven by Marc Jacob’s shop

In talking colour one thing I really struggled with was that the project was not to be realistic but to just show case the colour. I think that I overcomplicated the project as when I thought drawing I thought of realism and fine detailing and precision however this process of talking colour has allowed me to be more open about what can be thought of as a drawing. As I believe drawing isn’t my strong point this project also helped me come out of my comfort zone and try new media that I previously hadn’t experimented with. One process I leant into in this project is watercolour which I had done previously however I had only used it in a way to create realistic paintings. I really enjoyed using watercolours -which are usually used to make light pastel paintings- in a more abstract and geometric way. Moreover i found that when looking for colour in different spaces i was mainly attracted to either nature or fashion and colours or accessories.

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