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Intro to :Talking colour ‘

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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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  1. Churou Chen: I really like your work！！it feels very creative and full of good observation. I can see that you take inspiration…

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Intro to: Talking Pattern

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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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  1. Churou Chen: Your work is really creative and shows a great sense of colour, texture, and pattern. It’s clear that you enjoy…