So I've decided to be very regimented in how I find inspiration for my work. I'm still working with the idea of microbes and growth and the idea of strange bacteria secretly growing in caves, but, I need further inspiration for shapes and colors. I decided to get those from my large photo archive. We've traveled to so many places over the years and I still haven't developed any serious work from it. Now feels like the time to finally do that.
I am limiting the types of photos I can use. It's all by color scheme. Every week I've been choosing a different color scheme. For this week, it's colorful. Whatever colors I want. Last week was only yellow, green and blue. Limiting the colors forces me to concentrate on shape and helps me explore those particular colors.
Above is a work I created for the #100dayproject, an instagram hashtag to get artists creating again. I've been doing it since it started in April and it's been a great kick in the pants. I used the photo below as a guide for shape and color. It's a very very loose interpretation, I just get basic shapes.
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| Hong Kong Island Street Car |
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| Buildings in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires |
I took some of the color blocking from the photo above, in La Boca. It's been more fun combining elements from different pictures as well.
The painting above is also from the #100dayproject and it was inspired by the photo below of Venice, hence the boat shape.
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| Venice Canals |
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| Indian Crescent, watercolor on handmade paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017 |
The painting above was influenced by the ghats of Varanasi. The umbrellas make such a great shape. I kept the crescent shape from the Western China paintings. The crescent is fun to work with.
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| Ghats of Varanasi, India |
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| Indian Colors, watercolor on paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017 |
After looking at a few photos and working with a few different shapes, they all begin to meld and I repeat the shapes and ideas over again. As long as I restrict my palette and loosely use the shapes given to me, I can explore and be more creative.
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| Ghats at Varanasi, India |
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| Color Compartments, watercolor on paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017 |
With these I went back to the crystal idea. I am still very into the crystal shape and concept. The idea of microbes being trapped in the crystal is forever inspiring.
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| Crystal Traps, watercolor on paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017 |
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Indian Crystals, watercolor on paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017
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Umbrellas of Varanasi, watercolor on paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017
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Hairy Color Crystals, watercolor on paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017
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Balloon Crystals, watercolor on paper, copyright Nina Leung, 2017
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