Developing a Concept

This week commenced with a beneficial personal development tutorial as I gained new ideas and ways of interpreting my concept of sound and vision. In terms of drawing I was encouraged to expand on my use of background colour when working in my sketchbook, utilising colours other than white in order to see how they react to one another. In the image below I incorporated this new technique and realised that it changed the way I perceived colour and how I use it, making me more aware of colour balance and proportion.    

Developing a clearer concept was also an aspect that needed to be addressed as I was struggling to make connections between the context of my work and how the concept would interested my intended audience. I wanted to continue with the idea of sound and vision, of making invisible things visible. My way of interpreting this is through colour, and how it represents the invisibility of sound. Abstraction is a key element, as I will be working from my imagination and interpretation of sound instead of imagery.

The distortion of sound is an interesting aspect to incorporate, the images and drawings above are based on the idea of hearing sounds when underwater, and how they alternate into muffled almost warped noises. To coincide with the non figurative nature of the concept, the drawings that I create are abstracted interpretations of how I see sound. The colours are kept almost muted when the sound is subconscious, the soft pink colours reflect the calming atmosphere and the blues symbolise the tranquility of the muted sounds heard under water.

The mundane sounds that we hear from day to day will be the basis of my work, as I will attempt to portray the ordinary in an extraordinary way. From hearing ourselves breathe to the sound of muffled voices, we hear these sounds in the background of our everyday lives. The drawings above are drawings based on subliminal sounds, such as breathing, as it is always happening however not always heard. The cut out shapes represent the inhaling and exhaling, whilst the almost non-existent colours symbolise the subtlety of the act.

The weakness of this concept is its complexity, it will be difficult to translate my ideas into knit, however by developing my drawings, and defining a colour palette, I intend on producing a body of work that is representative of my concept. To succeed in doing so it will be essential that I use processes creatively, demonstrating a reflective approach to my concept.

Cy Twombly

As I have taken a conceptual approach to my drawings and the ideology behind them, the work I have been generating is experimental and expressive and is inspired by abstract expressionist artists such as Cy Twombly. I am influenced by his creative use of colour and his capability to create a certain atmosphere within his paintings.