As part of my research into using surrealism to convey a mood/emotion I am also looking into decorative work and patterns. This is because this will give me some ideas about different abstract shapes and combinations of shapes. I visited Wye Vally Butterfly gardens in Symonds Yat and Cambridge Botanical Gardens, in order to observe some shapes and patterns that occur in nature. Below are some of the photos I took and some research drawings and notes.
Cambridge Botanical Gardens
Wye Valley Butterfly Gardens
Visual Notes
These are pages from one of my sketchbooks. The page on the right shows some work and notes about a french illustrator I found on the networking site Instagram. She goes by the name Lydianeka andI really like her work, but it is really hard to find information about her. Although I found her flickr accoutn where you can view some of her work https://www.flickr.com/photos/103049104@N07/11931090255/ I think her work is purely decorative and she mainly designs tattoos. Although her aims are different to mine I really like all the different aspects of her work and the busy-ness of it. I want to incorporate some of her style into my own work in terms of the layout and her use of different shapes, animals, faces and objects all combining into a beautiful piece of artwork. I have considered using my work with close up faces and combining it with her style of decorative art to make an overall piece that conveys an emotion. |
I did another experiment similar to the one above. I tried to create an eye using different parts of the photos I'd taken. This meant I had to focus on colour, tone and the different shapes. |
This is something I did as a fun combination of everything. I considered Lydianekas' work and tried to include a lot of things and think about composition. |
It was useful to explore patterns in nature and consider creating surreal work. I'm not sure if patterns will make their way into my final piece yet but I still want to experiment with expressing a theme through surrealism and patterns to see if I can get the results I want.
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