Week 8

Framing Perception: Line, Colour, and Composition

This week invited me to slow down and see with greater intention — through tone, colour, and compositional structure. Creating grey and colour scales helped me observe subtle shifts in depth and light, reminding me that colour is not just visual, but emotional.

Through continuous line drawings in pencil and diluted paint, I let go of perfection and embraced instinct. These flowing marks, inspired by Matisse, taught me to trust my hand and honour the act of seeing. Gridding brought balance — a structure where warmth and coolness guided the feeling of space.

Negative space painting asked me to focus on the unseen — the shapes around objects — while the viewfinder exercise encouraged experimentation, turning small, framed scenes into expressive vignettes. Together, these exercises became a study in awareness — each one a reminder that what we choose to see, and how we frame it, tells its own story.