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     Using an old piece of brown paper with markings on from various materials, especially green and purple ink, i drew a face using black fine liner. I really like how the ink has seeped into the paper and mixed with the two colours as they are subtle due to being so dark together. The dark colours hide the fine liner unless looked at properly. I really like how it hides the lines as it shows how the dreamer is lost within their dream.
     For this reason i added a piece of netting to cover an eye to create a barrier between the dreamer and reality. I really liked how the light created a shadow of the netting on the page, adding to the darkness already on it.
     Lastly, i cut up a plastic mask and added it to the face. The mask represents the person in reality and the face is their identity. It shows how their identity has sunken back into the dreams as they lose them self in reality.

   To develop this i would like to develop the drawing style of the face as i find it quite dull and i would like to bring in some techniques i did earlier this year when drawing observational. Also i would like to experiment with light reflecting on the mask, possibly surround the border with colourful lights to represent the dream dancers or pour paint seeping out of the mask.


I circled some colourful lights around the mask to create a reflection. However, the masks didnt really reflect the light as much as i hoped. I tried putting the lights inside the mask which did help make the lights brighter inside but didnt add much to the actual piece. Despite not creating the effect i had hoped for i do believe the light colours created an atmosphere as the piece looked darker when overshadowed by the lights adding to that lost effect, showing how the fantasy has taken over the dreamers life.
 



    I developed this by adding a loose scribble over the face to convey the dreamers loss and confusion. It was difficult to build up this scribble as it didnt like drawing on the ink on the paper.
 I also used pens to add small illustrations of flowers around the top of her head. I chose the colours yellow and pink to show happiness, life and comfort (false love from the dream). This is why i didnt colour them all the way, leaving them blank and empty as they are not real.
 I really like this added detail as it is subtle but conveys a large link to the overgrown life in my visuals. I also added yellow paint to the netting to show how she is looking into a fantasy which creates her happiness.
  I discovered that due to watering down the paint, i could see some of the paint pop in the netting. I thought this was intriguing as it showed how the dream is not real and can be lost in a second.
   To develop this i like the idea of putting this piece up in front of a light. Making it shine through the paper as i think the ink and other lines would then be highlighted.


     

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