27th September Visual Sheet

On Tuesday 27^th Of September I continued to create my first visual design sheet for the project “Natural World”. This sheet has been taken from my specialised workshop textiles and I continued to work onto the design and develop further initial pattern ideas and thoughts. All the initial pattern ideas have been inspired and developed from my sketchbook and moodboards. Elements have been taken from these and I have adapted and developed them to create unique patterns for my screen print. Throughout my design sheet I have considered keywords in textiles for pattern designing which include:

·         Line

·         Texture

·         Repetition

·         Symmetry

·         Scale

For my layout, I have gained inspiration from an image taken from Glastonbury Festival which included a diamond shaped fence. I have taken this idea and developed it to create my final outline which will allow me to place individual pattern designs onto the surface. Previously, I started to create a pattern which has been inspired by my flower illustrations in my sketchbook. I continued to work with the design and include colour which was also inspired by my mood-board sheet. For the materials, I decided to use watercolours as it is a colourful material which can also made shadows and blending very easily. I continued to use watercolours throughout the day but to improve next time I will use and experiment with a variety of materials. I was pleased with the pattern outcome as the piece demonstrated my thought process and my understanding of keywords. However, I didn’t like my chosen colour for the background as I believe it didn’t allow the pattern drawings to stand out. I will consider a different colour choice as I develop my visual sheet further. After creating my first design, I moved onto my next idea and outline. Before I continued I found creating an idea for the layout difficult as the visual sheet was the first page I have created with this process. However, I overcame the problem and analysed my moodboard thoroughly. I was inspired by my Lake District research and started to create a boat design layout. This piece followed the keywords repetition and symmetry thoroughly and I was pleased with the outcome as it created a repeated pattern which would be suitable for my project. My visual design sheet progress is presented below.