C&G Certificate Module 5, Chapter 11 - Design from Landscape

SKETCH BOOK

Page 87
I decided  to choose autumn colours, which is a change from the bright blues and greens that I usually   work with. However, by the time I had completed this chapter the colour scheme had altered slightly.


Page 88
This is an interpretation of the olive tree. It consists of rough lines and nodules which I have represented as layered circles.




Page 89
Paper interpretation of chusan palm, worked with bleach and acrylic paints. Design cut and reassembled using the Fibonacci sequence of 1, 2, 3, 5.



Page 90
Paper interpretation of uncultivated chusan palm.

Bleach on black paper, acrylic paints and acetate sheet with black markings.




Page 91

Two sketches from landscape photo on page 1, see below.



Page 92
Using circles from paper design to show shapes.



Page 93

Sketch with paper shape design from sylvester palm photo (inverted).



Page 94
Sketch and paper design from chusan palm.



Page 95
I took the paper design on page 97 and distorted the perspective using Photoshop Elements. This is the basis for the design of my resolved sample.




Page 96
Relief interpretation of barks.

Top: Shredded paper painted with bronze metallic paint and arranged with PVA glue.

Middle: Buttons covered in modelling paste and painted with acrylic paint.

Bottom: Tissue paper, scrunched and painted with acrylic paint.