Brain Creativity

  This piece, i began with poking holes into the page with a needle to create an outline of a bunny. I've seen some artwork before where the artist poked holes too and the technique interested me. However i had no idea how to use it so i am not quite pleased with this; i will hopefully do the technique again when i know i can use it to serve a better purpose. The reason i chose a bunny originally came from some small candles i own that are designed like small bunnies. Furthermore it links to Alice in Wonderland and some other children tales. Using blue acrylic paint i painted small patches in a cross hatching technique. This let the blue mix with white creating different layers of shades and overall creating a tye dye look. I liked this technique as it is very subtle but creates a light flowey look, almost like faint clouds in the sky. This would be interesting to use with different colours completely to see how they mix on the page.
  Then by using the mark making technique with a fine liner i filled the page. I still struggle with knowing how to use this technique in drawings but i find the process relaxing. To me the whole page looks like brain creativity in someone's mind. Each separate circle is a different idea or process in the brain but the centre, the coloured area, is their safe place or dreams that they keep privately; they are too afraid to share it with another person. That's why i used blue as it is a very peaceful colour, many choose to escape to a place near the sea, or countryside, for peace and both of those places are associated with clear blue skies and water.

   To improve this i would need to layer it up more, add more colours that are different to the blue to show how ideas develop and change over time. The rest of the page could have more subtle colours like pale pink and grey so it doesn't stand out too much but appears to be doing its working process. The bunny in this is covered up and not really related to the entire piece. However i could use the needle technique to add texture through the ripped holes and add another material on the page so the holes stand out more like newspaper or a travel book depending on the purpose of the creative part.