Week 6: Printing*

I got a bit carried away this week and still didn't manage to do a mono print or a lino cut!

Here are my three offerings, most recent first.

I was expecting to end up with a duo-tone image, with smooth edges, so that it would look a bit like a labyrinth. However I like it like this - a bit less polished, like me.
I took a photo of an ordinary ink pad thumb print and edited it on photoshop.

**and it was in the #illo52weeks picks - can't believe it!

Fine liner and colour pencils
Wallpaper printing,
featured in a British Pathe film, 1968

The wall paper designs are based on some of my patterns :)

One day, I will see some of my work on fabric or paper, I hope.

Well, the theme is printing - why not go literal?
Collage of coloured paper and letters cut from a magazine.

Week 5: 1920s - bubblegum*

I investigated all sorts of avenues for this. Actors, art movements, fashion, inventions - you name it!
A couple of ideas were bound to be popular on the challenge page and I don't think I'd be able to add anything new or different to the collection of beautiful art that was appearing.
So inventions was what I plumped for. Having ruled out sliced bread (clearly a great invention but not very exciting to draw), I went of bubble gum.

Drawn with pen and scanned into photoshop, I then cut and copied and fiddled with the 15 different candies I drew to produce this pattern. All colour added digitally.
I may have got carried away and produced a pattern larger than absolutely necessary!