Intro to: Talking Pattern

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Lola Evans

Oil Pastel swirls inspired by printing with rosebuds
A digitised repeat pattern of a drawing of chrysanthemums I drew in the Horniman museum
Oil pastel alternating in two variations of brown inspired by the walls in the garden at the Horniman museum.
Watercolour print brush streaks using a wide and coarse brush inspired by my paint palette after being wiped.
Used the width of the oil pastel to create wide stripes of colour overlapping to create a look similar to gingham or check inspired by the marks made with thick wide angled pens
Watercolour coloured blocks
This is the photograph I took in Soho of an arcade machine in the Heaven by Marc Jacob’s shop that inspired this pattern of colour blocking using watercolour.
. Digital drawing and collage inspired by an image on a bag in the Heaven by Marc Jacob’s Shop window.
This is the bag that inspired the drawing above.
A digital collage and drawing inspired by shoes and patterns in the Heaven by Marc Jacob’s shop in Soho
A digital drawing inspired by the prints and patterns on the Heaven by Marc Jacob’s shop. Made to look like tartan.
A repeat pattern using the tartan inspired pattern I created digitally and using the shape of Boots I saw in the window if the Heaven by Marc Jacob’s shop in Soho

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.

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