Sunday, 27 January 2013

Graham & Brown Live Brief

During my second year of University we were given a live brief from Graham & Brown. We were all to design a Wallpaper and Wall Art. I chose to go for a Geometric wallpaper design and I wanted this to be perfect for the living room or bedroom. It needed to appeal to the majority of customers and be perfect for just the one wall in the living space. 
I did trend research and came across these amazing colours, which attracted both male and female, probably more for the new couples homes. Red and plum are very positive and feel good colours so I mixed with these. I found that Wallpapers which were finished off with felt or metallic was very popular at this time and wanted to generate a little bit of this within mine so I added a touch of silver which finished my design off perfectly and was very happy with!





For my Wall Art I wanted to go for a sketchy/quirky kind of feel. I chose the motif of 'Buttons'. I wanted it to be simple and modern. I had done some research which suggested the market was looking for something along these lines. I chose the triple art work so this can be put up horizontally or vertically in a row.




Thursday, 24 January 2013

Remembrance Day...never forget x


Around the time of Remembrance Day 2012 I had a request from a lady to paint her some lovely rich coloured poppies on one canvas and a single poppy on another. I used a mixture of watercolour paints and acrylics. These flowers are nicely floating on the canvas giving a delicate meaning to them. They have a realness to them as well as a a little touch of quirkiness. I really enjoyed giving these to the lady, she was very happy with them and will be displaying them in her bedroom.






Wednesday, 23 January 2013

The Good-Old Grandparents

Finished my painting of my Nan&Grandad today. Quite pleased with my first portrait painting. It's a bit tricky painting faces, I used acrylic paints and layered this up. I finished it all off by adding detail in with pencil, this worked really well. The Grandparents are very happy and will be showcasing it in there home :) Happy! :)