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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