Sugar Drawing.

I created this drawing using sugar on a black piece of card. I took my inspiration for this from the chance card 'Drawing with dust' The idea behind the leaf came after the stick and ink drawing of the tree that i created which has sparked my interest for looking at other types of trees and leaves. I think that this drawing is quite successful because it has probably the most texture and interesting effect out of my initial drawings and although i won't carry it through into my motif development I'm glad it has sparked a greater interest to look at trees and texture.

Hand Produced Design.

This is the first hand drawn design that i have created. I used gouache paint to paint it because i thought that i would be able to mix the colours closest to my colour palette although i found this more difficult than i thought because i had to mix more paint as i was covering a larger surface area than i have previously worked with using gouache. I am quite please with this design because the placement and the colours i feel have worked well, however i struggled to get the paint to a flat colour whilst i was using such a small paintbrush so my paint has not gone on very even. I was quite disappointed with this because i also found it difficult to keep the consistency of the gouache paint which also made it quite difficult. The next time i do a hand generated design i am going to try and incorporate different types of media into my design to make it more visually dynamic and give it a more 3D look.

Ombre Dye.

This is my fabric sample of the technique ombre dyeing. I have never done ombre dying before but i wanted to try it after doing the dip dying process because it is very similar but creates a different and more interesting look. In the past i have dip dyed and ombre dyed my own hair which after doing some research into textile dying techniques seemed to be very similar so i was keen to have a go at ombre dying he fabric. I was trying to get the colour of the dye to match up with a colour from my colour palette, but as my colours in my palette are all very pale i found this quite difficult as i had to graduate the dye to get paler and paler but it wasn't very vibrant to start out with. Although i found this difficult with my choice of colour i found the overall dying process enjoyable and easy to pick up, i think that i will use this dying technique in the future and again in this project.

Dip Dye.

This is my first dip dyeing sample that i have created in the print room. I chose to use a turquoise colour on one side then black on the other just to see how intense the colours would be. I have never had the opportunity to dye fabric using the dye bath method i learned before and i think that this was a very useful thing for me to learn. i think that my first dying sample has been successful and i am looking forward to dying onto other fabrics and trying out other dying techniques to create other effects.

Motif Design Continued.

These are some more of my first motifs inspired the trees and branch formations i have been looking at. I have taken these from selections of my initial drawings and developed them into motifs from there. I think that i will use these hand drawn motifs alongside my digital motifs to place onto my screen ready to start printing with. I like that i have taken these images from the same initial drawing but they look very different in a sense of shape and style but they still sit together nicely. 

Motif design.

This is the second motif design i have created from my stick and ink tree drawing. I have found this the most inspirational of all the drawings i have created because it is based in a more mark making type of style. I have developed this motif further than the line work by filling it in in with black so that i can develop it further for use on screen or in my digital designs allowing me to turn it into a brush stroke to give me more possibilities within my designs. 

Colour Palette.

This is my chosen colour palette that i will be using throughout my project. I extracted the colours from the image at the top trying to match the colours as best as i can using Gouache paint, also trying to keep the colours in proportion to one another. I feel like i completed this task quite well because i have never used Gouache paint prior to the course and i feel this exercise was very useful to help me learn how to mix colours and get the right consistency with my paint. Now that i know these techniques i will carry on using them throughout this project to help me match my colour palette as closely as i can.