Visual exploration 2, Colour story, Week 2 (29/01/2024)

In the second week into the module of visual exploration 2 colour story, we explored creating a variety of different illustrations on a colour pallet sheet. In this exercise we were encouraged to explore and develop our concepts and comprehensions of ideas such as integrating colour pallets, what colours match/clash and how the name and visual language of a specific colour can be interpreted. 

During this task, I decided to try different variations of colour pallets to broaden my experimentation such as complementary colours and monochromatic. Also, I used a combination of different mediums such as coloured pencils, acrylic paint, ink and oil pastels to try show how different colours can interact and the textures they can create. If I was to improve upon this exercise, I would have liked to explore this with digital tools instead of the traditional route I chose. This way I could have explored how screens and printers effect the shades of colour and using technology to identify a colours places upon colour pallets.

What colour am I thinking off? I drew this duck to try communicate the colour of emerald green which can be found on a number of different breeds of duck feathers

For a number of these illustrations, I decided to blend to colour with the subject of the illustration. For instance, the ladybird and the cabbage butterfly's base colours were the pallet I chose.

On this side of the pallet, I explored creating tones and shaded within the illustrations. For example, the shades and tones in the egg and Stonehenge enhanced the illustration's depth and contrast on the pallet colour.

These smaller illustrations were more focused on the smaller details such as the scales of the anglerfish and the deep paw print of a lion.

For these illustrations, I made some of the illustrations integrate across a number of pallets which correlated with the concept of the idea. For instance, the humpback whale span across the differing shades of pale white which represented the reflection of light across the ocean waters.