Flower prints...

Structure within pattern prints...

I created prints using the structured pattern found in a leather chair that I had seen in Lanzarote. The materials used are not the usual print making stuff; I used regular watercolour paints and foam board that was drawn into using a sharp pencil. As the foam board was risen was I began drawing with the pencil the indentations became clear but I did worry about whether the foam board would rise back up taking away the pattern but this did not happen. I applied the paint ruff, filling the surface and pressed it down hard on a variety of papers.  

This print below was done on a4 plain white card

 This print was also done on a4 plain white card but repeated symmetrically

The prints did turn out better than I had expected but they still were a bit faded in some areas and very light. The prints are visible and for them to turn out this good for a first try using these materials I was impressed with them. 

Teguise Market Building...

 

This was a building that intrigued me on holiday, I came across it when I went to the Teguise Market, and it was based in the centre. With the cross situated at the top of the building it made me think it was a church, if it is a church it is modern with brick exterior which is strange in the Lanzarote buildings as they normally have a plastered finish. I draw this building twice in different media’s; ink and then ink with watercolour, the one with watercolour worked slightly better as it looked more realistic than the other. Using different media’s is one of my themes for my summer project, I want to be able to know what media would work best with what I’m doing without having to try them all.  

Cesar Manrique...

Above is an image I took while on holiday in Lanzarote, on the way to the Teguise Market the tour guide mentioned an artist named Cesar Manrigue that was born and raised near Teguise. Cesar Manrigue based some of his art work around his home town area, this being on of them. This moving wind sculpture is situated on a public roundabout and rotates from strong winds, this playful sculpture is made out of Cast Iron metal. It's structure and mobility is beautifully presented and by creating a moving wind sculpture it almost gives Manrique's work function. His work is so known in Lanzarote that Manrique presence still remains after he ceases to exist.  

Manrique was born in Arecife on the 24th April 1919, he was a; painter, sculpture, architect, ecologist, monument preserver and construction adviser, he also worked with the government on an ambitious programme of public works, tourist attractions and architectural commissions. Manrique was said to of "visually unify the island into a harmonious whole". Through looking at more of his work they show character through his subtle use of repetitive shape and a harmonious colour palette. Apparently Manrique's work developed a close link with the natural world, he died in a car crash at the age of 73.