Sketchbook Work | Developing ideas

Now that I was feeling a bit more sure of my idea and how to work in the format of the sketchbook, I started creating compositions and playing with different iconography. At this point, the word 'map' was still quite important to what I was doing.

Even if it was in a more abstract sense, removed from real and accurate geography and truthful representation of a place. In my tutorial I mentioned that I think my project has taken a more romanticised view of my home, and in some ways I think that makes it more charming?

It relates to the aspect of memories, as you tend to remember things being a bit rosier than perhaps they were.

Roughing out simple motifs and symbols. Collage has became a large part of what I've been doing, because I'm forming these scenes/maps as I remember them in parts.

Text has also been involved at times. It gives the viewer a bit more clarity about the meaning of these small images, however it is still pretty mysterious. It also embellishes the picture by adding a story to it.

Working with overlapping imagery and layers is nice, kind of relates to the vague nature of the images I've been making - lots of scenes, locations, and times all blurred into one, but ultimately forming a single image.

I will need to think about how I can push these drawings further. Maybe I can change the materials I'm using, or even alter the process I take to make them. Make it more intuitive/from a gut feeling?