A2 Multimedia Drawings

These drawings are following on in the theme of my temple drawing. I used mixed media because sometimes I feel like the illustration needs the rugged but detailed mark making of the pencil crayon with the juxtaposition of the smooth block of colour achieved from the paints. I am really happy with these because I actually really enjoy working at a larger scale, it makes my work feel a lot more free and spontaneous. I think working onto an already coloured piece of paper is really pushing me to work with colour in a different way too. I have always loved using a wide range of colour for my palettes but by using coloured card already I have to think about how I use this range of colour to draw attention to the right elements in the image. I love pink and yellow in this piece, I also love the pink and turquoise so I used this as shadow instead of black. I think the slightly more neutral red tones help to add depth to the image because of the pink paper. 

CROPS
This image is a much bigger illustration than I am used to, this is great for me as it means I can pick out and select some parts with a crop to emphasis particular elements in the piece. 

Focus here is put onto the bust (head and shoulders) and pouring activity of the woman.

The focus here is on the yellow of the dress in juxtaposition to the rest of the image - this is because the saaris I saw during my time in India were so vibrant and amazingly crafted and put together by the wearer that they stood out like princesses or exotic birds among the natural colours of their surroundings.

CROP

This illustration is of a man who was delivering eggs. It was a ridiculous and slightly stressful sight for a westerner like me to witness... I was carefully treading along a high up rubbly path, trying not to fall into the paddy fields beneath, while I look up and try to move out of the way of a not very impressed Indian man with a huge pile of eggs balanced on top of his head. I loved doing this illustration, the large scale of the piece, and the media I used really allowed me to let loose with my mark making and line work. I love the contrast of the green and orange, and I like how because the whole piece has been carefully considered with thought put into each section- it means that where ever you crop it there is an interesting bit of paint or line work and colouring.

I have added this brief to my website; it already contained some of my prints but now it can display some of my more refined/cropped/adapted images from my brief...

http://alicedear.co.uk/Southern-India-Reportage-Brief