Colour and Collage Experimentation

During this session, we were taught some in depth things about colour. This was very similar to a lesson in a previous assignment. It was a helpful refresher so we could best apply the skills we had learned before to this project.

Afterwards, I began to experiment with Photoshop collages based on the artists I researched before. My initial images were based on one I found during my research for Victorian entertainment.

(Victoria and Albert Museum, 2017)

Using this as a base, I just experimented with adding something from another image in place of the balancing man.

I then thought about adding some colour and geometric dimension to the image. I also altered the colour of the image. I kept to a sepia colour sceme but would like to develop it to incorporate more colours from the era. “Rich dark colours such as ruby reds and forest greens are typical. The Victorian colour palette was quite limited because chemical processes were still developing. Purple and blue came in by the middle of the century.” (BBC, 2017)

I would like to further develop one of these images to use in my final project.

(Victoria and Albert Museum, 2017)

Using the research I found about the Victorian era and decoration, I decided to integrate the idea of flowers as fashion. I added Victorian flowers to the image to replace her skirt. Again, this is something I would like to develop and add to my final project.

I also liked this idea and thought about adding the guests from the event into his hand instead. 

Overall, I wanted to make sure that although what I add to the image would be completely out of place, it would look like it belonged in the image. This would cause the viewer to have to look at the image longer to make sense of it. In terms of colour, I will be looking to create a palette of warm rich tones typical of the time and continue to base my work on those colours.

References

BBC. (2017, 03 10). Victorian (1837 to 1901). Retrieved from BBC.co.uk: http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/period_victorian.shtml#get_the_look

Museum, V. a. (2017, 03 11). Lottie Collins. Retrieved from Victoria and Albert Museum: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/l/lottie-collins/

Unknown. (2017, 03 11). Harry Houdini,1874-1926:The Great Escape Artist. Retrieved from tingvoa: http://www.tingvoa.com/html/20101219/32956.html

Victoria and Albert Museum, L. (2017, 03 10). Music Hall Strongmen The Pasquali Brothers. Retrieved from V and A Images: http://www.vandaimages.com/results.asp?inline=true&image=2006AG8851-01&wwwflag=1&imagepos=6