I have really enjoyed this morning's tutorial and feel as though I am going to have a productive week. I had worked on my colour boards, trying to get the palettes down to around six/ eight colours. I chose a mix of all dark, pastel and heavily embellished colours, found from a vogue magazine. These are all very separate ideas that can easily be merged together - it is all about trying to find the balance and set palette- which I shall be doing this week.
We also spoke about the presentation of embellishment/ expressive work. Fiona suggested that I should go and familiarise myself with some more fabrics, so I went down to the A4 & More store after my tutorial and chose a range of delicate pieces, that reminded me of a fairy-tale like state/ dreams. These shall be used in my technical embroidery samples. Looking at some of the original Alice in Wonderland scene pictures- we also spoke about scale, especially of the contrast between oversized flowers/ small lightening. How can I incorporate this into my work? What would be appropriate medias?
Fiona has suggested that I should try and work more on my colour palette this week, maybe working on foam boards instead of my sketchbook, to try and get a sense of fabrics and colours, as well as stitching.