Feb 7, 2010
Four Drawings
My brother James and his wife Rachel are expecting their first baby. They are in the process of picking out stuff to decorate the room, and they’ve asked me if I’d make a four drawings to be a main feature in the room. Since the theme is nature inspired, this is right up my alley. It so happens that Rachel really likes a few recent drawings from my new sketchbook.
Some of the original drawings are more “finished” than others, but I’m going to use them all as jumping off points, so I’ll alter them a bit to work cohesively has a group, more or less.
The two favorites are “Hearts” and “Citrus”.
The third will either be “Peach Flowers” or “Pebble Flowers”.
I’m leaning toward “Pebble Flowers” but we’ll see how it evolves.
The last one will probably be based on the “Clouds” sketch.
I’m thinking about incorporating some rain from a previous “Little Rain Cloud” drawing that I did a while back.
This should be a really fun project, and I’m looking forward to pulling it all together. Although I’ve been making an effort to complete “finished” work lately, these will probably be the first of my drawings to actually get framed, which is pretty exciting.
I’m so looking forward to seeing this project evolve! I would have a hard time choosing. # 3, 4 and 5 are among my favorite drawings. I’ve never seen the rain cloud, it doesn’t look too menacing, as rain does to me, but more like pretty and joyful rain.
Hi Franesca. Yeah, it will be a tough choice between the peach flowers and pebble flowers, but I’m hoping the choice will become natural as I work on it.
The rain might look joyful because I really love rain! I find it cozy, and it always makes me kind of happy. I realize this is the opposite of how it makes most people feel, but maybe the way I feel about it came across in the drawing?
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