Colour & Compositon

It took me quite a while to get into my summer project. When it comes to drawing from view I wouldn't say its really my fortay, i tend to look at things more for the lines and shapes rather than the overall look. So when it came to concentration on colour, i found it really hard at first to grasp how i was going to tackle it.  Regrettably i didn't have the most exciting of summers, due to a lack of money i found myself spending most of my time at home but luckily for me i live in Yorkshire so most days, dependent on the unpredictable weather, i would be out and about in the dales with my best mate (my dog!). At first i tried being quite realistic with my drawings but soon got extremely bored and realised its just not my style, so eventually started doing a bit of research to hopefully spark some new ideas and inspo. Thats when i thought back to the work of Lydia Cotterell, a recent textiles graduate of MMU who's work i came across at the degree show. I'd originally connected with her loose and playful drawing style, a slightly more abstract style that focused mainly of shape and pattern in appose to a solid representation.

So my summer project soon developed around the idea of connecting the realistic to the exaggerated. Using  repetitive pattern and bright colour to create illustrative and abstract representations of my activities.