Photos

The main focus of these collection of photos are the patterns used to design the object which have significant value in the culture I have grown accustom to. By observing and studying these pattern, my plan is to blend inspiration from the objects' detail and Minjae Lee's notable style. I want my final piece to show a mix of culture through pattern with at least one artist who I have studied this year (potentially Minjae Lee because his use of vibrant colours and patterns connect well to Nepalese culture).


This is a traditional clothing called Kurta, it is worn in Nepal, India and surrounding southern nations in Asia. In modern era, these clothes are mostly worn during festivals e.g. Diwali/Dashain however in Rural areas of India, these are commonly worn.
I love the pattern design of the clothing, they are very vivid and eye-catching with bold colours like red, yellow and dark blue. It has a unique geometrical pattern that I believe can be recreated using stencils made from paperboard and masking tape.

A Buddhist wall scroll showing Buddha at the centre with other notable figures in Buddhism.
This object uses neon colours but still is able to look gentle in the eye. There is gold colour glitter in the border patterns which is visible as reflected light can be seen on them.

This pattern is more complex than the Kurta's   To be able to recreate this I would need to sketch out the patterns before painting it with colours with a fine brush instead using masking tape or paperboard as stencils.

I talked about this in my previous pattern study post; this is a dagatopi, a traditional head-wear commonly worn by males.
It has geometric shapes with pale colours or pigments that do not stand out as much but the white spacing between the colours allow the pattern to be quite noticeable.
This pattern can be similarly recreated using the stencil technique that would be used for the Kurta's design.

Woven word with photo

After receiving feedbacks on my sketchbook, one of the comments that got my interest was the woven word technique. They believe the technique was nicely done and should be used in my work to extend the variety of skills I have used for my works. So I thought that  should use the technique for Minjae Lee inspired works. His works are notable for the small yet vivid patterns that marks the faces of  his portraits.

I like how it still retains the shape, the face is still visible in the weave.

Woven words

A2 Oil Pastel Portrait

This is a larger version of the other portrait I made, the paper size is A2. The artist normally creates portraits in epic sizes in monochrome or one colour.

 Blue + purple with lots of white to completely blend the two colours.

Jewellery made by different variation of green dots.

Black was used as base before adding brown for hair colour.

Added black again on top of the brown, the hair was dyed brown and showed roots of black reappearing in the photo.

A4 Oil Pastel Portrait

 This work was inspired by Yan Pei Ming's art style, where his brush strokes are rough and clear to see. I used oil pastel because the dry medium is able to create the same rugged texture as the artist.