In the print room today I used paper stencils to build up a design from previous drawings. I left space around the edges so that I can cut through to create a simple repeat. I filled in the space with more shapes and lines so that the design was balanced. I found that it was hard to tell how the repeat would look once it is put together. This is the first time I have created a physical repeat since the group project in 2nd year. I have just used from what I can remember of the cut through technique so I was remembering as I went along. 

I then photographed the repeat size (52x 64) and then put it onto photoshop to see how it repeated. Once it is repeated I can now see that there are some areas where you can notice the repeat quite obviously. I could next time use a half drop repeat instead to balance it out more? Or ensure that there aren't bold large shapes that are obvious and take up lot of space on the design so that it flows better. 

I still need to develop my colours for this wallpaper project (subtract and divide) but after analysing the trends as well as my photographs of urban features, I have found that I still want to use olive greens, teals and warm golden yellows and yellow tone pinks. This is also along side neutrals for the backgrounds as I have used previously too. 

Tomorrow I will colour test so that I have a my colours side by side so I can see them physically not just on a screen. Although I will be printing on wallpaper/ digitally printing I think I still will test using procion print paste as I can still print using these on to paper although these will not be opaque like the pigment binders I am also using. I find the pigment binder very difficult to get an accurate colour.