In class, we were given the assignment to do a mix media piece based off of our bedrooms. The fact that I live in a dorm with another person, and that the room is kinda small, I had a lot of trouble of trying to find a good angle to take my picture of my main living area. The picture that I chose focuses on my bed and desk, both of which looked very lived in and messy. I have books and papers everywhere on the desk and cork board above it. The overall color scheme of my room is mostly cool colors like blues, purples, and blacks with small pops of other colors like red and yellow scattered about.

Once I had sketched out what I wanted to do and started to collect different mediums and scrap paper, I started to be concerned about my piece becoming to busy over all. I had a lot of stuff to portray and I saw that a lot of other people around me were doing much simpler pieces. However, once I talked this out with Dr. Emerson, I felt better about the messiness of the piece.

So far I have used two different types of paper in terms of cutting out pieces and gluing them down to the main sheet of paper, I also found some old sewing floss to use to make some cool textures. I plan on using mostly Inks, watercolor, and colored sewing floss to create color in the piece, but using the mediums on different types of materials and then transferring the finished product on the main paper.

I still have a lot to do in order to finish this piece, but I really can’t wait to see what the final piece will look like because every time I come into work on it, I find a new way to express color and texture.