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LOOKING AT THE TRADITIONAL PATTERNS (S.E.E.B.E.L.O.W) THE WAY OF INTRODUCING COLOUR TO THE PATTERN IS BY MAKING IT THE BACKGROUND. THIS IDEA APPEALS TO ME TOO BECAUSE I OFTEN FIND IT HARD TO IN COR PER ATE COLOUR INTO MY WORK. I CHOSE THESE MATT COLOURS AS OPPOSED TO BOLD COLOURS BECAUSE I THINK THEY SUIT THE MOOD OF THE HAIKUS BETTER AND SEEM TO REFLECT THE TRANQUIL/REFLECTIVE EDGE OF THE POEMS. IN REALITY (NOT IN THE SCANS) THE PAPER IS SLIGHTLY TEXTURED GIVING IT AN EVEN MORE 'RUSTIC' FEEL.