I chose the word Fashion for this exercise, it’s the topic out of them all that interests me the most and I was looking forward to getting started. I used pen, pencil, pencil crayons and watercolour. I just drew everything that came to mind – I drew quickly and without worrying about it being perfect – I found this so helpful. I have really enjoyed these mindmap exercises because it has given me a lot of ideas on how to get started with the initial drawings and thought processes – and often for me that is the hardest part.

 

 

 

The thing I liked about this exercise the most was that because I wasn’t concerned with making it look ‘perfect’ I actually got a lot more drawings done that usual – I was also more experimental with materials. This lead my work to feeling a lot more dynamic – they do feel unrefined but I’m not going to critique the drawings too much as that is not the point in the exercise. I will be taking this forward a long with the word mind-map to start developing ideas at the start of each exercise. I have found these exercises really helpful and I have learnt a lot about how to prompt thought.