SKETCH BOOK
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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.
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Page 88 |
This is an interpretation of the olive tree. It consists of rough lines and nodules which I have represented as layered circles.
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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.
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Page 90 |
Paper interpretation of uncultivated chusan palm.
Bleach on black paper, acrylic paints and acetate sheet with black markings.
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Page 91 |
Two sketches from landscape photo on page 1, see below.
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Page 92 |
Using circles from paper design to show shapes.
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Page 93 |
Sketch with paper shape design from sylvester palm photo (inverted).
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Page 94 |
Sketch and paper design from chusan palm.
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Page 95 |
I took the paper design on page 97 and distorted the perspe
ctive using Photoshop Elements. This is the basis for the design of my resolved sample.
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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.