*long, happy sigh*
This Sunday was spent just the way I have fantasized about spending a Sunday for many, many weeks: no craft market, no dinner parties, no social commitments, no dramas, no urgent errands, no housekeeping. I got up at a lazy 8 a.m. and—after breakfast and getting a huge pot of coffee ready—set to work with the aim of getting one simple project done, from start to finish, in one day.
I took an idea for a new journal cover design and moved it from daydream…to doodle…to finished illustration. In these pictures it isn’t quite done…but dusk came along just as I put in the finishing touches of opaque white ink, and then it was too dark to photograph the illustration properly.
This is going to be the cover fabric design for a hand bound “Recipe Journal”…the title, in handwritten Spencerian script, was supposed to go inside the empty label, but I’m glad I held off from writing straight onto the illustration…text can always be added in Photoshop, later. I think I’ll keep the label blank, so that the design can be used for other things besides a recipe notebook.
I loved devoting the entire day to making something. Now it’s dark outside and my eyes are a little strained from all the fine brushwork I did, so I’ll probably spend the rest of the evening listening to music in the dark and then turn in early.
It’s been a perfect, perfect Sunday. Hope your weekend was peaceful and satisfying, too!
Process: Pencil drawing (4B), watercolours on cotton rag paper. Redwork details (I was trying to capture the feel of embroidered redwork stitches) in matte flow acrylic paint applied with a fine-tipped gutta applicator. Opaque white details (not pictured) using white ink and a mapping pen.
So pretty…
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Thank you! I like it a lot, too.
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Stunningly awesome! And what a lovely way to spend your Sunday!
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Thanks! I loved it. (Sunday) 🙂
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Amazing! You are cool!
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Gosh. Thanks!
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How exquisite! I love the small details!
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Thank you! I think my OCD takes the form of hairline details…
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Oh my gosh, that is so gorgeous. You’re so talented!!!
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LOL Er, thank you! It’s just a little area that I’m passionate enough about to persevere at, I guess we’re all like that, really. 🙂
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Marvellous stuff you do. I can make stick insects:(
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Come, now, Rajiv, you’re being humble! Like anything done well, it is simply a matter of practice and perseverance. I have simply put a lot of time into it since the days when I could only draw stick insects (not so long ago! 15 years ago I never drew anything and couldn’t draw anything…) 😉 We cannot be masters of all things, so we each choose one little area to focus on, no?
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Yeah! Mine is photography and writing!
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🙂 I know it is! I visit your blog, too! It’s great.
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That is stunning! Beautiful work.
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Thank you!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you, Jessie!
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What kind of bird is that/
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Imaginary bird! 😉 I just drew a generic bird, and made up colors and wing markings as I went. I’ve since added browns and white bars to the wings, so this is not the finished bird you’re seeing. Will post a pic of the finished illustration soon…I sort of think of it as “Potbellied Bird” because I drew the chest bulging out like a fatso.
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It would make a great cover for any kind of book. I love the blank label. It’s such a nice piece, it would make a beautiful frontispiece too.
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Thanks, Lou! Yes, it would, you’re right! Maybe when finally venture into the word of Blurb books… I also thought maybe it can be a greeting card or something. Cheers for the feedback!
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