Poster Design Drafts

This is my first draft for my personal exhibition poster. I have studied a number of existing exhibition posters and have used a red background as the main colour.
I think that this colour works well with the block colours towards the right hand side of the poster.
The brush stamp that i used towards the bottom of the poster adds an interesting feature to the poster and i feel that it helps to break up the red within the composition.
I used a simple yet effective white font style as I wanted it to be seen easily. It also immediately draws the attention of the viewer as white stands out almost instantaneously.

I need to add a few more details onto this poster however as this was a draft i will add the other important information onto another draft poster.
Also i have included another photograph in the background underneath the red. I have adapted the opacity of this image so it does not draw much attention towards this point.

This second draft has been created using a different background colour; the purple is abit more dramatic than the red. However i do feel as though the red works better with the colour scheme i have chosen.
I chose to use an all black font for this poster as I felt it would draw too much attention towards the other information in comparison to the main title.
I dont think that the black font has worked particulary well in this draft and I have chosen to opt for an all white font style for my final design dependant on the background colour choice.