Water colour experiments

Here I have done some rough experiments with water colour on canvas paper so I can get a sense of the  texture and style that the paper and paint creates. I played with using wet and dry brushes and canvas paper as well as splattering paint, dripping paint and using a water spray bottle to spread the colours and create blooming and bleeding effects.

These are my roughed out design ideas for both of my posters which I have drawn from my chosen rough sketch of the torso in the suit. I thought this concept in particular was easy to use to appeal to both genders as it can easily be used for a female counter part also. The experiment on the left became the rough final design for my potential second poster. I figured I would use the same perspective of the torso, hands and bottom half of the face to keep the visuals consistent between the two. I'm going to make a slight change by changing her clothing to a classier dress and replacing the cigarette in her hand with a fountain pen. I've decided on this because I concluded that a cigarette isn't very appropriate as smoking is very frown upon and society has become very anti smoking since the time cigarettes were created. A fountain pen would appear classier and has regal connotations with it which I think suits the target audience better.