Self-Initiated

Before this weeks pin-up session I was really struggling to develop ideas for the Self-initiated project. However after thorough analysis over my previous project and discussion with tutors, I have decided to run with my idea of strengthening my use of colour, material and thread selection both in my sketchboook and possibly through samples. To do this I am going to produce a 'drawing' based brief, still using influences from the Downing Archive.
I decided that I wanted to explore other artists and designers to see how they interpret colour within their work, this became a struggle as I began to appriciate the concept of their work but the way these artists expressed colour didn't excite me:
 The concept of Emily Notman's work is inspiring and similar to the strengths that have become apparent to me in my own work - "I find beauty in flaky walls, overgrown buildings and encrusted surfaces; this is something I recreate in my work. My pieces evolve and grow with time, incorporate history with layering and sometimes the tiniest mark made or stitch changes a piece dramatically - it’s this detail that excites me".  
 The colours in Elizabeth Terhune's work are musky, muted tones that were created using watercolours to allow the colours to run through layers of mark making. (this also follows on with the Japanese concept from the Dowing archive, as the 'wet' colour and opacity replicates the techniques they use).

Elizabeth Terhune - drawing inspiration.

However after this research I decided to colour block images from the Downing archive, choosing my favourite to start with - I chose this images because of the layering of different textures, the tonal qualities within the metallic colour pallett and the negative shapes.