Renaissance Arch and Found Flowers
This arch is adapted from a Renaissance arch from the book “Suggestions of Design” by John Leighton and James Colling (1880) found on archive dot org. I also added some Found Flowers on a frame around the arch. Shaded and colored with Inktense and Pitt Artist Brush pens. As you can see, I wasn’t able to stay faithful to the original - I love the way my hand just takes over and adds whatever details it feels like.
Here is a before and after shading and embellishing:
The picture measures 4x6 inches on hotpressed watercolor paper.
Here you can see a couple of close-ups:
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I’m so pleased with this beautiful mandala I made using a stencil by Kathryn Costa (Four Gates Mandala). I mixed two techniques: 1) painting with Pitt artist brush pens and Inktense pencils and 2) embroidering on paper. Very very fun to make!