When I'm sure what I want to do I start with a page of outlines.
Today I'm working with gouache and a black marker for outlining.
This one was clearly a mistake. I could try again without the marker but I think I'll pass on the idea for a while.
I've always enjoyed flowers so this one is my favorite.
I'll be outlining the vines and flowers on this one next. I think of patchwork quilts when I design things like this.
This one will be used on my line of baby clothes on zazzle for starters and I'll try it on other products after that.
After all of that i figured I'd go back to drawing and do another horse in black and white.
Unfortunately the drawing was too busy, and the lines too fine to make into a rubber stamp so I'm not quite sure hat to do at that point. I could just paint it in. Keep checking the blog to see what happens with it and to get more ideas.
I decided to try painting in the flowers by hand and will attempt a number of background colors before doing anything permanent with it.
I loved designing this dala horse. It's very traditional except for my use and placement of the holly and berries.
After we scanned it and put it on merchandise in my Zazzle Dala Horse store I decided to play with my painting and some stickers given to me by a friend
to turn into a handmade card that she would enjoy.
Many years ago I painted the pink Dala Horses in the photos so I thought I'd re visit the idea and see what else I could come up with.
This time I'd do it on paper.
I may still try these deigns on actual wooden horses to be sure they really work but for now, experimenting on paper saves me a lot of work. I this one I thought I'd add a bit of color to see how I'd like it.
On this one I went back to the all pink idea but added a bit of an all over pattern to kick it up a notch and I feel that I'm on to something here, what do you think?
