Expressing Emotion Through Mark Making

A conversation is built up of several elements. One is that conversations, unless scripted, are always improvised and can change direction at any moment in time depending on the emotion that is within the conversation.

Before trying to show the contrast and conflicting opinions in conversations through the use of materials and qualities of line, I tried to grasp creating a sense of emotion using a variety of mark making and colours. I thought that if I could successfully achieve the feel of emotion using mark making and basic colours, I could apply this more effectively in my later work.

I thought this exercise was incredibly helpful as it made me break down emotions and I found a simple yet effective way to display them. Although this is only one element of conversation that I have explored so to progress from here I would like to combine what I have learned in my previous works of layering and my use of found materials to then find the best solution  to fit them together, in one composition.