Blogging?

Ok so finally making a start on this blogging thing. It's difficult to get into...I mean I've used art sites like deviantArt before to just upload some of my art but I've never really blogged before. But first time for everything and I should just get stuck into it. :)

Week 1: 
Project Title: To sense my space

This brief is so open ended I felt completely lost as to what to do so I began brain storming. I concentrated on the part of the brief that said "some things to think about" and picked out a couple I thought would interest me the most; shapes, interaction, texture and colour. Then choosing to concentrate on colour and how that has an impact on space and started brainstorming again.
I decided to go out and start taking photographs of colourful and dark areas in the city. I concentrated on the playground just across from college and walked around looking for dark abandoned buildings.

I played around with this image in photoshop













Comparing the two you can definitely tell how colour can have an effect on a space, The bright cheerful colours of the first photo are inviting and stimulating. The duller colours of the second photo cause the space to feel cold and unwelcoming.













I did this again with a photo of an abandoned building and tried editing the colours to make it seem more inviting.





























After speaking with my tutors they suggested I take a step back before concentrating on using photoshop to change an area. So I decided to do a bit of research on colour pschology, how different colours affect us both mentally and physically and what emotions they represent.