Colour and Nature: Visual Research

As the context for my project is based in Northern Ireland, I was originally concerned that it may be difficult for me to gather a decent body of contextual and visual research as I don't often travel home. Over the Summer months I had some ideas surrounding the work I wanted to produce for my third year and I knew that I wanted the culture of Northern Ireland and Ireland to have a significant influences on this body of work. Therefore in preparation for this, I ensured that when I travelled home to visit family and friends that I dedicated some time to collecting a body of visual research to ensure that I had some of my own personal research; however in saying this I was concerned of how I would gather research as my project developed.

To overcome this worry of not being able to gather an extensive amount of research, I decided to call out on social media for anyone that might have any photographs, journals, news paper clippings or information that might help me to gather visual research of Northern Ireland's gorgeous coastal line.

I was really successful and found that people were excited and willing to help, and I was lucky enough to have been sent or provided access to a range of professional photographs of the North Coast and the surrounding areas. This was a huge help for my visual research and gave me a great starting point to begin creating my colour palettes and drawings from.