I worked on developing a black and white photocopy from my sketchbook by adding colour with a special technique used by the illustrator Alexis Deacon. It involves using oil and then painting on the back of an image so muted colour shows through.
At first I was using acrylic paint but then I started using soft pastel because I wanted to be able to smudge it. I really liked the effect that I got. I'm going to bear this in mind when wanting to add colour to images in the future.
I also experimented with doing blind drawings of blind drawings, to get a similar but more abstract effect to the original image.
I did this in my book and then drew the last one onto a napkin, because I've been experimenting with drawing on toilet paper and I like the effect.
It was good because the napkin is a hard surface to draw on which distorts the line, making it more abstract. I like how it gives the impression of a flowering branch without being explicit. It gives an illusion of energy.
I then photocopied this in black and added text to follow on from the workshop on text we did on Friday. I also added text to a photocopy of one of my oil coloured drawings.
I think it works well how the delicate floweryness contrasts with the bold text. However I don't think they work very well as images as they don't really make very much sense. I think this shows I need to use text in more obvious contexts, which is what I'm going to do next.
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