I have been working on the design for my third personal assessment piece. As usual I started with too many ideas and have been working on finding a simple design that I can execute well.
I am staying with my theme of Coral Reef and started by drawing an underwater scene, looking up to the surface of the ocean. I saw a hexagonal canvas in the local art shop and liked the shape, so decided to use it for this project.
I sketched and painted brain coral and sea urchins and then applied various digital effects to look at the drawing from other angles.
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I liked this enhancement the best, but as I have decided to make it using felt, I thought it was over-complicated. In addition, I wasn't making any use of the hexagonal shape of the frame.
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I looked at hexagonal shaped coral and found that some bleached coral has a hexagonal shape. I was very pleased with this simple design. I was tempted to add small fish at the top right of the sketch, but decided that they weren't needed so removed them.
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The wavy lines, representing water, will be created in felt and will cover the whole shape, with the hexagonal embroidery stitched on top.
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Another variation on the background design.
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This piece of felt is purely an experiment in embellishing felt to create the motion of ripples and movement. I am not sure what colours I will use (not browns!) but this sample shows that by embellishing strands of wool together, a pleasing effect can be created.
