Colour and Nature: Visual Research - Drawing, Inspirations and Mark-making

After I have accumulated a colour palette from any photographs I may have captured for a project, I next turn to drawing and mark-making to build a body of inspiration for a new project.

Studying artists such as Alice Kettle, Hannah Woodman, Helen Terry and Anselm Kiefer, I wanted to use these artists' processes as inspiration for my own means of creating. All of these artists create very textured, mixed media based pieces through their work, whether it's through painting, textiles or embroidery.

For my own visual research I began by painting, considering how I might make a mark and the tools I would use to produce these works.