We were asked to select a visual subject from a list of topics, and I chose 'Deep Sea Diving & the Coral Reef'. I liked the breadth of this subject, and how both objects and spaces could be explored.
Line drawings of sting rays on tracing paper, layered over ink blotted tissue.
Coloured pencil sketches
Diver cut-out over ink blotted tissue
With this theme, I like the idea of creating atmosphere and a sense of space. I like the tones that arise when thinking about diving; the unknown, uncharted places, mystery, alien-like lifeforms.
Because the environment is almost the opposite of the land humans inhabit, it makes it easier to depict ocean scenes as otherworldly. From a biological point of view there are so many interesting creatures and specimens that I could look at and interpret too.
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