Husnah Anwar Surface Design

I visited the museum of science and industry to see their textile archives. It was interesting seeing textile fabric sample books from the years 1860, 1868 1923 and 1928. I find these historical textile fabrics interesting as the style of painting is very inspirational.  

I've researched Matthew Williamson's spring/summer 2014 collection. Matthew Williamson has digitally printed on to chiffon and silk fabrics. There's hand drawn floral's in his this collection. I find the combination of the black and white works really well together and looks interesting. I would also like to experiment with black and white in my work by using black and grey watercolour paints, inks and a black fine liner.

I had a tutorial with Donna yesterday which I found useful as I talked through my ideas and the stage am at. Action plan: Experiment with photographic montage. Experiment with patchwork in different ways. Research designer who use patchwork. Do 2 more design sheets with black and white floral's. Paint background with stripes. Experiment with different media and techniques. Try screen printing. I need to start scanning my work in to Photoshop and experiment with different techniques on Photoshop.

I've visited this floral shop in Bolton as I felt I needed more research before I start to paint and draw. I've taken some interesting pictures of different types of flowers and I think it would help me to get started with my drawings and painting work.