Talking Pattern/Colour
1. I saw many ancient buildings on Brick Lane. On these buildings, I noticed many traces left by history. This is a door lock. I used an extremely fine pencil to depict its shape and details.
2.These are the apples piled up at home. I carefully observed the changes in their color shades and patterns. It is not a round sphere; it has an indented shape. I recorded it using oil paints.
3.At home, my mother baked some salmon for me. I noticed that the color and shape of the salmon changed when it was cooked and when it wasn’t. In this picture, I show the shape of the cooked salmon. It has a darker color than usual and the texture of the meat is firmer. The watercolor painting better captures this characteristic.
4.This picture shows the different colors of the chicken legs when dipped in various seasonings, and the surface glossiness of the chicken legs also varies.
5.The color of the liquid wine in the glass varies in depth, and its shape changes along with the shape of the glass. Watercolor paintings can mix many colors, blending the colors with different shades together.
6.Last weekend, I visited Big Ben and took many photos. Before visiting it, my impression of it was just a clock tower with no special features. After observing it closely, I could notice that there were many windows on the clock tower with uneven patterns. I sketched the pattern of Big Ben in a quick drawing style.
7.This is my breakfast – bread, apples and tomato sauce. I simply drew them down.
8.Last weekend, I ordered grilled bread at the restaurant. The bread was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Due to its hard exterior, it had a shiny appearance, which could be well depicted by a marker pen.
9.This is the pine needles I captured in Xiamen, China last summer. From a real perspective, these pine needles are extremely large. I shot this scene from an elevated viewpoint, ensuring that leaves could be seen at all four corners of the picture.
10.This is how I observed the pine needles up close. In the previous picture, I viewed it from the overall perspective. This picture shows me observing the patterns on the branches in detail. The structure of the branches is robust, and the trunk part has alternating deep and shallow variations.
REFLECTION
From this “taking patterns” theme, I have learned a lot. I started by observing the small things around me, and gradually developed to create textile pattern designs. I learned how to view things from different perspectives.
From the perspective of magnification and reduction, in my first painting titled “Talking Color”, I zoomed in to observe the walls of Brick Lane. I could see the traces of erosion caused by rain, cracks in the walls, peeling paint on the surface, but when I magnified and carefully observed the walls of these ancient buildings, I could observe more detailed details. The wall plaster fell off, some walls even exposed the bricks inside. Additionally, there were faint signs of mold and color fading on the walls. In “Talking Pattern”, I focused on depicting the mottled state at the door lock area.
I also observed the overall appearance of the trees and the textures of specific branches. I believe this can help me learn how to observe things from different angles and develop patterns from different perspectives. I also tried closing my eyes to feel the texture of the branches, which was rough and uneven. I used various oil painting tools to represent them. For the special texture of the branches, I chose to use oil pastels to depict it.