Visualisation.


For my final contextual visualisation I layered up some of my prints onto a window blind, which I think would be a really effective use for the prints as they would allow light to shine through in places and block out the sun in others, casting different kinds of light. 

Prints & Light.


I have layered up a variety of my prints in front of a window to see how the colours and layers would change with light shining through. I quite like the effect of this, how the colour is washed out in some areas and then enhanced in others. Also the colours combining on different layers create lots of different shades adding another dimension to the prints. 


I experimented with layering up lots of different sections and colourways with areas of lots of lines with areas of just colour and areas of just marks. This created lots of different patterns and interesting effects. 


I think that these photographs will work well to use for visualizations to show how they can be used in a context as these photographs show how they work well. 

Further Digital Prints.


Here I have combined some of the mottled manutex print backgrounds with my original line drawings on photoshop. Layering up multiple lines on these background I think worked really well. Having sections with different opacities created an interesting effect, so that the colour came through stronger in different areas. 



Here I have combined my lines with my layered up cut out paintings, I added back my marks into this piece, which I think adds a lot more detail into the piece. 

Further Screen Print.


Going through my previous prints and looking back at my drawings that include mottled salt backgrounds I decided this was something that I should explore through the means of screen print. 
Through the use of manutex printing, painting directly onto screen using salt I started to create textured backgrounds. 
I also started to experiment with the use of devore into the mottled backgrounds, It was interesting to combine the solid background with areas of that were slightly see through. 
I think these prints are a lot more successful than my previous ones, combining prints that have lots of marks with prints that have areas of very little going on.








Cut out Drawings.


I've started to experiment with cut outs within my drawings. I combined a number of my salt backgrounds in different colour ways, to then layer on top of. Cutting the shapes out from my previous drawings, the colours layered on top of eachother combined with the mottled backgrounds from the salt created really interesting effects. 
This would perhaps be something that would work well digitally manipulated into different patterns and pieces. 



I don't feel that this cut out drawing worked as well, I think this is because there is too much white space between the coloured sections and also that the lines are too mechanical and thought out. The drawings in which I have been a lot more expressive seem to work a lot better. 

Digital Prints.


I thought to create another collection of prints it would be interesting to combine some of my coloured drawings with my line drawings to create some digital prints. 
The marks combined with the watercolour inky backgrounds create some really nice effects, especially with areas of white against coloured sections. 



Screen Prints.


My first screen prints began quite basically, simply layering different pigments to create many layers of interlinking lines. I like the effect of this but feel that more is needed to make the prints a lot more complex.


I started to experiment adding backgrounds into the prints, painting directly onto the screen. I used manutex printing techniques to transfer direct shapes to combine with the lines on top. I think the prints became a lot more effective with a background underneath, the backgrounds started to really highlight the different lines. 


I think it would be interesting to play around background further, working on top of different colours and shapes to see what different effects can be achieved. 


Drawing & Salt.


I decided to experiment with having a background made entirely of colour. As I wanted to still keep the expressive nature of the volcanoes I decided to experiment using salt with ink and also watercolour. The created some interesting bleeding effects, with the different colours seeping into each other, almost like an explosion.
I actually am quite pleased with the outcome of having a background with lines drawn back over the top. Having just lines and no particular whole shapes works well instead of having an outline. Definitely something to experiment with further. 



Coloured Line Drawing.



These have been my most successful drawings so far, I feel that the colours are a lot more refined than previously and the colour palette is working a lot more successfully. I like both the neatly painted drawing and the more expressively painted drawing, it would perhaps be interesting to have a combination of expressive and ordered painting to create variety and contrast within my samples.


Adding the marks into the drawings I think was really successful as they add another dimension almost, adding much needed texture and depth back into the work. I think that having areas of space inbetween the marks works well also, having lots of marks amongst the colours might be a bit too much and the painting then may start to get busy and overcrowded. 

Line Drawing.




I started to move off from drawing directly from the draping fabric photos, and to create my own shapes and formations developing on from my previous drawings. These create a lot more flowing lines and there is a lot more going on, perhaps slightly too much, the drawings with slightly more white space I feel are the most effective, getting a balance between too busy and too much white space is tricky. 
Some of these are almost quite optical illusional 


Shapes & Line.




I began to look into the different shapes and forms from the draped fabric photos, trying to work quite freely to create the flowing lines. The first few drawings became quite messy and unorganized which didn't work too well. I tried adding colour then just into the sections created with the lines, however I then found I was either adding too many different colours, or having a too similar colour palette meaning the painting became boring. I need to find a balance between too much colour variations and too little.



Draping Fabric.



Looking at layers in the rock inspired me to create my own layered formations. I created these by draping fabric in front of a window to create shadow and creases which started to form shapes and lines.




I experimented with tracing on top of the lines created from the draping fabric, which created some really nice abstract drawings. Further to this I layered them upon the ink in water photographs, cutting back into sections to reveal different colours. This is something I could perhaps experiment with later in the project?


Ink & Water.


As I've been looking at the more active side of volcanic eruptions, to bring in some vibrant colour, I looked into the effects created by dropping ink into water. The flowing formations created really reminded me of the flowing lava of volcanoes. These colours are perhaps not ones that I would use together, but they as they are so vibrant they worked well to photograph. 



Geological Maps.



As I was interested in bringing more vibrant colours into my work and also inspired by the different layers of rock, I found that geological maps were a real inspiration point.
The combinations of colours together in sections told apart by various marks make interesting formations and patterns. 


Mark making is something that I want to introduce back into this project, I think by taking inspiration from these maps and dropping marks back into my own drawings would really enhance my project work.


Drawing From Lanzarote.



To try and capture the rocks and layers in the volcanic rock, I focused at first on just using colour and then adding small sections of pen to hint at textures in the rocks.



I then began to mainly only focus on the lines from the rocks, I found it interesting how the lines flowed  making the rock have a softer feel about it. 


I brought the colours of active volcanoes back into the lines, as I don't want to focus on the actual colours of the rock, I feel I would be more inspired by brighter colours instead of subtle tones of greys and browns.