Desire path tape drawings

I traced some enlarged photos that I took of desire paths at YSP onto acetate using masking tape. I enjoyed exploring this technique when I was translating my poppy head images earlier in the term and so was keen to try it again.

I experimented with overlaying these and also with including blocks of colour to define certain areas.

I like that the tape has this quality of being slightly rigid and linear, but also pliable and has enough give to create an organic line. I like this balance as a material choice because it lends itself nicely to abstracting the form of the original photographs without taking away their pleasing undulation.

I think that the lack of a horizon line in both images slightly un-anchors them. In the textile sketches I created, the horizon line gave the path lines context and grounded them in the piece, even though it is a subtle, even abstract, addition. 

I also think that playing around with scale when layering images like this works well and I will make a few more of these with that in mind and see what works.

I am not hugely pleased with my initial end results but I think it was worth having a play around with it and I will revisit them next week with the above 2 points in mind to see if I can rework the pieces.

IIf I managed this then I would like to use these masking tape images to create some prints.

I would also like to experiment with some photography using these acetate images and an OHP.