I looked at images I took whilst at Orkney for inspiration and media practice. The first 3 images are from photos of locations at the Orkney Islands, while the last one is from a photo of me looking over the boat at Orkney's 'Old Man of Hoy' rock while the sun sets.
I practiced using copic ciao marker pens, watercolour paints and coloured pencils but overall decided to use watercolour paints due to the nice relaxed feel acquired from using them, and the fact that it could tie in nicer with the traditional Asian feel.
I liked using the copic markers due to the strong and sharp colours I could achieve from them and the how they were vibrant with energy, especially the blues on the jumper in the last image, however, with larger images, the quality of the image may lessen as the markings of the ink would show if not coloured quick enough.
I did like the coloured pencils also, however I would not say they are my best point as I feel they appear too plain. Maybe had I had more time to practice different techniques I would have learned more effective blending methods however, I did not want to use too much time with coloured pencils and left them after these pieces. I did however, attempt several methods of cross hatch blendings and circular/oval blendings with the coloured pencils.