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
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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. |
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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. |
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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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