Day 56

'Water all these Colours?', Pen and marker on Paper

They only real reason for drawing this today is that at the end of last month one of the things I wanted to focus on was bringing more colour into the work, however having looked at the last few 'draws' it would seem that hasn't really been the case. The main reason will be that for the week I was put of the country I only took a limited amount of materials with me, colour not a ingredient in any of those, but now that I'm back and have access to all my drawing materials again I want to revisit this notion. I see colour as something that adds a different dimension to the drawings, thus far most of the days I've used colour it was to highlight the vibrancy of aspects of the subject matter. So the use of colour and indeed any different style or technique is dependent on the subject matter chosen, in turn the subject matter chosen is dependent on a number of factors that I've attempted to narrow down:

- Mood - fairly self explanatory

- Memory - Something from the past that I want to revisit or symbolise

- Time-scale - The window in which I have to complete the drawing, or the technique involved being less time consuming   

- Direct reaction to a stimulus - Taking inspiration from an image,thought or interaction from that day.

- Availability -What objects, media or images are at my disposal.

- Environment - The surroundings I'm in can alter the types of drawings I will favour at any given time as I may be offered an experience or an opportunity that I will not have at another time.   

It's possible then to devise that over the course of the project the things that I choose to draw and the way I choose to draw them, can in fact be used as a barometer for the particular factor or factors that brought me to that conclusion for the day.