My interpretation of the Colour Wheel
We were told to keep it circular and containing 6-12 shades of colours. I have taken a fun abstract approach, where the idea stemmed originally from the thought of having 3 interlocking rings. Then i thought that a standard circle and same thickness rim was a bit boring, so i warped them all a bit. I feel that this way, the shapes all fit together in a more arbitrary and interesting manner :)I rarely use collage and so this was an insightful experience for me. I used a variety of paper, from cellophane (such as the small circles along the edges) to textured cardboard, magazine covers and glossy papers.
Watercolour experimentation
(the building is purposely exaggerated)
As this is a lead-up to the actual water colour task, i didn't bother finishing the painting (hope you don't mind, sorry!). While i am quite familiar with the water colour medium, my style of painting has always been very precise and slow and detailed, rather than fast and impressionistic. So again, this was a worthwhile exercise for me :)
While i felt unsure about it at first, i think steadily the layers worked together to achieve a successful impression of the building's vibrant colour and interesting form.
Final Watercolour Painting
One of Barragan's interiors, i again exaggerated the dimensions of the building. I was planning on using the stick-end of the brush except i changed my mind...the unpredictability of that technique (sometimes fine, sometimes blotchy) would ruin the light, translucent affect i am trying to achieve.Colour Elevations
I redid this exercise as i don't like the look of painting planes a single colour on photoshop :( so blocky, quick and without artistic interest! As we're using painting in other exercises, i decided to use pencils here....although they don't show up nicely on the scanner.7 Elevations
Again achieved through colour pencils, although many shades were lost through the scanner...Additional exercises for tha Atlas
Luis Barragan's head as land contours :) This was fun, quick and easy to do, while achieving a striking 2D visual with the illusion of 3D space. Sadly when i printed the page, 2 of the yellow tones turned out almost the same colour!
Plan and Elevation Photoshop Collage of Barragan's Tlalpan Chapel, Mexico City. This was my first experience at collaging 3D images on top of flat 2D surfaces, so as to create a sense of atmosphere and space. It was insightful, fun, quick (i basically only collaged a small area then scanned it and used photoshop to multiply textures) and the end result is quite beautiful :)
Colour pencil perspective and diagram of 49 veils...a lot of the pencil work was lost in the scanning :( It provided good insight into how the layering of colours produces different tones and so was the key inspiration behind my tunnel, and use of coloured asotate in my atlas.
Group watercolour painting of Red Centre Window, where we desired to convey the graduation transition between hues of the colour wheel.
