This afternoon I met with my high school friend, Sorrel, who kindly made time to teach me the basics of Photoshop- as I was unable to attend my workshop last week, due to a clash in the timetable.
I have always wanted to learn how to use the programme, and couldn't believe how quickly I was able to pick up the basic techniques. We looked closely at the lasso technique, rotating and changing image sizes, layering, exposures and opacity- which I have now found out was a lot more than was taught in the workshops.
Whilst looking at artist research, I came across graphic designer, Robert Colquhoun. His project, 'Transparency', (linked here: Robert Colquhoun) consists of layered images, used to create dream-like worlds. This is the idea that I wanted to try and replicate, through my own colour palette.
As a starting point I decided to take the Alice in Wonderland theme pretty literal, using the character as the main focus of the samples- as I wasn't sure where exactly to start, but I then started to duplicate the floral patter, and combined it with my own visualiser photographs to create my own, original pieces.
To view all of my Photoshop samples, Facebook page: Laura Kent Textiles Artist
I think that my overall pieces are successful, as I begin to develop my ideas I am going to look more closely at the overall colour palette, as these images are a lot brighter/ more vibrant than my colour palette.