I feel like I have been struggling to find my style this year so I've been trying to notice things that are working well in my work so I can capitalise on them - and maybe find a style from here.
I always shoot people down when they say my work with shape is good but surprise surprise, I'm just stubborn because it is in fact one of my strengths.
I find that the work that I am most happy with uses a combination of strong shape, colour and texture paired with some detail. This year I have really enjoyed working with lino, it allows me wot wwith with both shape and detail. I found a lot of the work I've done with heavy contrast of black and colours works really well for me.
Because of this I have experimented a bit more with papercut and am finding that I do enjoy it and can make some really interesting pieces using that method, especially when I'm creating my own textures. Papercut allows me to make distinct shapes as often when painting I can have a bit of a wobbly hand. After doing these experiments I have realised that this style is something I could push, as it doesn't have to be exclusively papercut, I can work with paint or digitally and still have this texture driven stuff.
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