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I based a series of paintings on the colours and crystal systems of different gems and minerals. Below are some examples.
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Thin Section Painting Series
I created a series of circular watercolours based from existing gems and minerals. This is how I chose the colour and geometric pattern (based from their crystal system). I intentionally chose them to be round to mimic thin section taken from mineral to see their composition and to imply a microscope lens.
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| This is a design for a Hexagonal crystal system, following a method from the book 'Gemmologists' Compendium' by Robert Webster. |
Pre-made Colouring Sheets
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| I found a book of Mandela drawings which inspired me to make my own colouring-in sheets. |
The Colour Results
I have been using the original matrix sheets to create these coloured versions. I originally wanted to use colours based from how we psychologically think about colour. This ended up being a failure because humans want to use all the colours not just one shade. I gave a few copies out to other students to fill-in; some of the results are below.
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| My first attempt at using colour based from psychology |
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| A colouring done from a student |
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| An ink painting of a Hematite crystal. |
I think this is a successful drawing because of the shades of black ink infused with the resilient line of the graph-paper; it acts as an already present molecular crystal structure.
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| A reverse image of a coloured image from a student. |
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| A reverse image of a coloured image from a student. |
I think these versions look more effective because the areas are not being divided by black lines.
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| A coloured image from a student. |
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| A coloured image from a student. |
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| An experiment using colour based from psychology |
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| An experiment using colour based from psychology |
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