Izzy Courtman

For this task we observed colour. Colour surrounds us in our day to day lives; however specific colours and shapes capture individuals differently. After analysing my work, it appears that the colours red and yellow grab my attention. The colour red associated with love and anger; yellow is linked to happiness and energy. When designing my work I generally started with a monotone colours, e.g. blacks\greys, which became very dull to the eye. When applying a coat of colour: paint, pen, crayon, paper, the image starts to transform, bringing life and excitement to the image. It allowed me to question the importance of colour.

I’ve produced a range in my work; people, nature, zooming to certain objects that we come across at some point, sometimes without realising, in our lives. When taking a step back I decided I wanted to take some of my objects and break them down, emphasise shapes, lines, colours; to make them so if you did see them in real life 3D you would most likely – Stop. Stare. Suspect. I then got on a tangent of ripping magazines up, large and small, creating a different textures and structures to an object, allowing shades of colour I’d not seen, shine through.

I decided that flowers are a beauty of nature so I used strong shades of colour to enhance their elegance. I exaggerated lines which caused my art work to echo their personalities and emotions. I came to the conclusion that the importance of colour is crucial as it’s a powerful communication tool; when researched – an influence on phycological reactions. 
I enjoyed working with collaging – shown in my Belladonna Lily – as I find it fascinating that so many shades of red can form a whole new shade itself. For the future I would like to make progress with my collages – large and small.
If I were to do this topic of ’Talking colour’ again, I would experiment with different colours of media and paper. I think a coloured background is just as important as a plain background as it can compliment an image for the better.