Water Drawings

I am really interested in the texture and shapes that appeared through my underwater camera. I wanted to try and draw these shapes out and experiment with materials. I used acrylic, ink, gouache and water. I paid particular attention to colour and trying to take away my ideas about what water looks like. These drawings are a starting point, but I feel that once uni starts up again, I can further this project and think about what are the different ways water can be represented. I am also interested in how I can incorporate embroidery through these preliminary ideas.

Swimming With Manatees

During my summer holiday, i was lucky enough to visit Florida with my family. During our stay we opted for an excursion where we spent a morning swimming with Manatees! This was an amazing experiance to get up close and personal with these wild giants. I was slightly afraid at first but once I was more comfortable in the water, I really enjoyed the experiance and came to understand how calm and harmless these creatures look although they are big and scary at first.
To document the experience I took an underwater camera with me. As I expected a lot of the photographs came out badly from the point of view of documenting my day out, but some of the colours and shapes and tones that came through were fascinating.

I love the light and reflection of the water in these images

This is the best photo that I got of what I was trying to photograph. Makes me smile every time.