October 2025

[Works inspired by Emily Kam Kngwarray’s paintings.]

[Emily Kam Kngwarray’s pieces that I felt most connected to.]

[The group work inspired by the off site visit to the Tate.]

“By exchanging each other’s work, we can see different ideas come together and styles mixed.”

[The Design Museum, More Than Human Exhibition]

– Group works in visual studio, using multi medias including acrylic paint, pastel sticks, charcoal, and graphite stick.

– Using contrast colors to illustrat leaf, inspired by the Bauhaus designer Josef Alberts.

– A 30 second quick blind sketch, only feeling the shell pattern with hand.

[Trip to the Thorpe Park, the highest roller coaster in the UK]

[3 drawings that recorded my feelings during roller coaster ride]

Our group project collaboration 

The five members of the group each drew a picture, and then put them together. The wig in question was bought at the market.

About Dalston marke

Over there, there are many wig and fruits stalls, and there is also a stand Chinese miracle drugs.

About field

While we were walking to the field, we passed by this restaurant and liked its decoration.

Mural & flower

A flower below the Hackney Peace Carnival Mural.

Other parts of London–Chinatown

I like Chinese lanterns and traditional costumes. Chinatown has many red and yellow elements.

Drawing class

We tried to draw with our eyes closed and ended up using various media.

Visit the Horinmaon Museum

Overall, I think it’s quite interesting！I extracted patterns based on the architecture and this flower.

Talking color

For “talking color”, I mainly extract color directly by observing natural things or some buildings and cultural relics, and imitate its texture through the combination of various materials. For example, in my sketchbook, I use the Chinese embroidery I saw in the museum as Inspiration, extract the pattern and color of the embroidery, and then draw it on a very thin colored paper. Or try to use transparent paper, and superimpose this transparent paper with other works after painting, so as to find different color effects. And just like the wigs seen in the market, I can directly make some collages with the material of wigs as my inspiration. Later, I found that many plants use contrasting colors, such as green to orange or purple, pink to blue, and I learned about this color matching. At the same time, in the painting class, we learned a new way to paint colors, that is, close your eyes, feel the material and shape with your hands, and then draw as you like. For me, this is a new way of painting, and it is very useful, because I find that such painting will produce very Unexpected matching, and then the second creation can be carried out through color extraction, which will make the work more in-depth and to the point.

Talking pattern

For the theme of “talking pattern”, I think the most important thing about pattern is the extraction and generalization of the shape. For example, I tried to extract the structure of the building to produce a way of arrangement and combination, so as to use it as my pattern. For pat For tern, symmetry or the repetition of a single thing is very important, just like the columns of the building and the patterns on the plants, so I also try to explore the “pattern” mainly with the shape of flowers and patterns as the core points of inspirational creation in sketchbook’s works. In the class on “pattern”, I learned that we can use the copier to quickly try to do more patterns under different arrangements and combinations, so I used printing technology to repeat some arrangements and combinations in my portfolio, or then do some overlays through paper cutting. . And I tried to take the damper in the building as inspiration, because the damper itself is a kind of thing that keeps shaking, so I extracted this shaking pattern and used it on plants. I will also create paintings about pattern for the second time, and add some textures or colors about plants, which will produce a very good effect.

Collage from images of Dalston market and London fields

When exploring Dalston and London Fields with my group , colour became most evident to us through the market in Dalston. We took pictures in the hair shop of wigs and hair products as well as fruit stall in the market.

To develop our ideas further for this project , we collaged with those photos and drawings

individual collage I made with the pictures taken from hair shops printed on polaroids and drawings from Dalston fruit market.

To explore colour even more drew on cling film with ink markers, then printed it on my collage.

Lola Evans

For this section of the intro to project I decided to challenge myself and try to create some patterns digitally as I knew that the pattern part would be my favourite section as I find it a lot easier to pick out shapes and textures and colours to create a pattern than I do to create a drawing or painting. When it comes to patterns I think the reason why I don’t struggle as much is that there’s no pressure for it to look ‘realistic’ as it’s just a pattern. I am really pleased with how my patterns all came out. One of my favourite ones is the watercolour blocks I painted as a response to the image of the arcade machine. I really like this one because the blocks of colour remind me of so many different things such as the london tube map, the patterns on buses and trains on the seating, colourful mosaics I love that this can be interpreted however the viewer perceives it. That’s what makes art so special.

Talking Colour

Oil pastel of grilled figs with honey, crisp walnuts and ricotta from Lucia’s in Hackney Wick.

Talking Pattern

Digital pattern created using sketches from sketches exploring colour contrast.

Combining watercolour colour exploration of mussel’s in hackney with acrylic ink experimentation digitally.

I began exploring colour through Emily Kam Kngwarray’s exhibition at the Tate Modern, where draped batik hangings and expansive acrylic canvases revealed how layered processes could transform simple motifs into complex, compelling images. Her dynamic contrasts inspired me to adapt her techniques on a smaller scale, translating her depiction of the Australian landscape and considering them in reference to my own urban environment. I created miniature watercolours that attempted to replicate the underlying colour stories within her work.

Collaborating with peers on a mixed-media collage deepened this exploration, revealing how others responded to similar motifs and prompting me to experiment. I used oil pastels layered over delicate washes of watercolour to achieve texture and depth. Through drawing sessions focused on warm and cool contrasts, I learned that a restricted palette could heighten visual focus, compelling me to make deliberate decisions about composition and mark-making.

Beyond the studio, sketching meals in local restaurants became a way to examine the interplay between texture and tone. Oil pastel studies of food against coloured paper created rich, tactile contrasts that mirrored my earlier investigations into layering. These experiments led me to realise that my true fascination lies not in colour itself but in the repetition of complimentary shapes to create movement and flow within a stagnant image.

I extended this interest through digital pattern-making and the use of acrylic inks, where layered transparency produces rhythmic imagery. Looking ahead, I aim to refine my focus, developing recurring motifs and surfaces created using further techniques, such as etching to capture detail and pointillism to continue to explore depth within colour schemes.

Dalston market- fruit and vegetable stall

Dalston market-fish stall