What have you achieved?

I am usually a very colourful person but I have got to say that I have struggled abit with this work so far. I have felt very constrained in the colours that I have had to work with and I haven't enjoyed it. Maybe that is the reason why I haven't finished the assignment on time because I have found other things to do instead because I didn't like what I was doing.

I did enjoy using colour to express emotions and I hope to develop some of the ideas further. I have stitched one of my drawings already.

I have embraced using contrasting primary colours which I have never done before and will be developing that into knitting and crocheting at a later date.

I find water colours rather wishy washy where as gouache is very strong and I prefer to work in strong colours.

I enjoyed creating the colour exercises in Stage 5. Again, I have not worked with red and blue together and I liked the colour combinations I created. They were far more interesting to create that working with paint as you kind of know what the outcome will be before it is finished.

I am again pleased with what I have achieved and it has made me realise that I prefer to work with strong primary colours rather than pastel colours. Before, I didn't think about it, I just chose the colours that I felt was right but I now realise that I was being slightly 'safe' - but not any more!!!

Coloured Stitches

I have noticed that usually when I have put colours together for knitting projects I have mainly stuck to the same colours or at least the same hues. I have just noticed this when I have had to put colours together in a different way - a way to make me learn more ABOUT colour - hope that makes sense! I have put two primary colours together, a thing I would never usually do. I chose blue and red and again had to put them onto a black background.

I have got to say that overall I am very pleased with the outcome and am happy to have been given the oportunity to play with colours abit more.

I would say that red is very predominate on this piece of work, both when it is next to the dark blue and black but when next to the more turquoise blue the turquoise stands out more to me.

I am still not convinced though that I would use this colour combination for my personal choice as I still like working with similar colours together more that colours that can be described as 'wrong'. I will continue to experiment with this method however, and maybe I will change my way of thinking - or maybe not! only time will tell!!!!