On with the Project!

Here's how I'm getting on with my project. The first 2 weeks I decided to go along with the theme of water. I went down to the local river and did a quick sketch. I wanted to get the feel for the flowing water. (These pics are from my sketchbook)

After that I got some pictures of waves to work on. I did an acrylic picture and a soft pastel picture

I then started thinking about under the water. Fish! And also bubbles created by fish, waves etc.

I also did a paper cutout of waves. (I kept the negative space too as I found both pieces interesting).

Then I just wasn't feeling it anymore! I didn't know what more I could do with water!! I actually stopped and realised that my real love is with trees. I started thinking about the way the leaves move in the wind and even the way trees move in a storm. Trees for me are very strong, powerful, tall and they symbolise wisdom and knowledge. They withstand years of being hit by all the elements.

I then looked at doing a paper cut of trees and wanted to see how the branches move.

I then moved on to sketching some leaves and made some leaves out of 2 types of wire, a little tough on the hands, but worth it. They were great fun to make. I hung them by invisible thread by the window in the studio. Any movement in the studio creates wind and the leaves move.

I like silhouettes and working with fibre tip pens. I drew a leaf and then also used some watercolour pencils to draw leaves on the ground swirling in the wind.

 

I wanted to start playing with the leaves themselves. I got various coloured leaves and dried them out. I then started making a collage with the leaves. Still working on this, but here's a pic of where I'm at with it at the moment.

Working on using latex at the moment too. Not too sure how it's going to work out but will update you soon with that.