Santa Monica Revival Romanesque
Another picture based on a historic photo taken in 1999 in Santa Monica, CA. Unfortunately I did not register exactly where it was taken. It seems to have somewhat of a Romanesque feeling - obviously as a revival, since that style appeared around the 11th century in Europe. Drawn using Inktense paint pencils and Pitt brush pens with a waterbrush.
You can see that I did not try to reproduce the picture accurately, but instead, used it as an inspiration for a stylized version. Here’s a before and after shading and embellishing:
The picture measures 4x6 inches on hotpressed watercolor paper. Here are some 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!