Exploration of conscious spontaneity: Drawings

This selection of drawings was the inspiration behind the embroidery samples of this project. Based on hand-made artefacts and still life arrangements, these drawings showcase a new approach to mark-making and colour blocking of shapes as well as the combination of delicate shading using colour pencils paired with opaque painted details. 

The drawing collection was influenced by the observation of objects as well as the incorporation of one’s imagination through consciously considering which marks and shapes would be the most appropriate for each drawing. The collection is made up of a range of planned drawings which had been sketched out and thought through beforehand, along with paintings that were completely spontaneous and unplanned.