Self-Initiated Brief
Concept and Colour

As my colours were becoming too vibrant and happy for my concept, the inclusion of a deep navy blue adds a tone of sadness. The blue brings a weightiness to my drawings, making them seem denser, symbolising the clutter and chaos. A darker shade of grey is also needed in order to cut through the brightness of the red and pink in my colour palette.   

Incorporating my initial photographs of hoarding into my drawings helped me to link the shapes I was creating with the reality of the subject. Introducing the linear qualities of book pages gave my drawings more of a graphic effect amongst the abstraction of the cluttered shapes. I have been using tracing paper as a tool to create layers in my work, enabling me to reflect my concept by reinforcing the idea of layers of clutter. The use of tracing paper in my work mutes the colours and acts as the clouded mind of a person that is incapable of discarding objects. By muting the colours it depicts that thoughts are interrupted. 

The shapes that represent the objects were becoming too rounded and    figurative, the chaotic nature of the shapes seemed to disappear therefore I reintroduced the energy that were in my initial drawings. I attempted to create movement with gestural brush strokes and using a black fine liner to create minuscule circles that surround the shapes. I intend on representing these black circles in my samples by embellishing them with small beads, which will represent the idea of hoarding being and an ever-growing accumulation of objects.  

The work of the artist Liliana Porter, pictured above, has inspired me this week in terms of developing ideas related to my concept. The relation between the individual and the object is apparent in her work which is a factor that I intend on exploring within my concept. I feel that my work is lacking in primary research at the moment and in order to resolve this I aim to incorporate some first hand photography of the relationship between the person and their belongings.