Wednesday, 11 December 2013

History of Love

The last final piece to be completed for this end of term deadline haul! 
It's been a mission, but MISSION COMPLETE!

"Just open your palm to say forgive me."

I chose this quote because I found it quite striking out of the whole extract. 
It's a fairly simple piece, but there is actually more design depth than perhaps you initially see.
The background patterns are made up of things which symbolise forgiveness:
  • Row one is an African Adinkra symbol
  • Row two is a mixture of daffodils and hyacinths
  • Row three, the chinese symbol for forgivness
  • Row four is "Forgive" in braille
I also used the colour orange to colour my background because that is the colour to signify forgiveness. It has a underlying theme throughout.





Extract from the novel 'History of Love' by Nicole Krauss


Here are just a few of the colour developments I went through to choose my final colour palette. 
I did this using my drawing tablet in photoshop

Mediums used: Gouache paint on black mount board.

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