paint paint paint, cut cut cut !

At the last tutorial, my tutor suggested me to use my own paper instead of colour cards from the artstore. This is really a basic thing, so I was embarrassed that I have bothered painting paper by myself and bought them only for saving time.
Now I got my own paper which is much better in terms of colour and texture compared to the one from the shop, and I'm happy with it.

With the paper I made, I have done small pieces of collage (approx. A5)
I cannot believe I hated collage so much, it is now a necessary part of my design process. 

Before cutting and paste paper, I try not to think too much, and just decide composition as I like it. It sometimes works, and sometimes not, but at least I can move forward anyway.

The quality of colours of those photos below are, unfortunately, very disappointing, so hope you imagine real, lovely colour.

The biggest event this week was a super short trip to London.
There are too many exciting exhibitions going on at the moment, among all, Matisse Cutouts exhibition at Tate Modern Gallery is the best in my opinion. It was a surprise that he originally applied his cutout techniques to oil painting work so that he can try out many different compositions. The scale of cut out pieces were stunning, the colour was well-considered, and lots of pin holes suggested that he put paper on and off many times before he pastes it in right place.

Anyway it was amazing !