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e is for exuberance

January 18th, 2006 | Category: Illustration Friday, Pen and Ink, Watercolor

I asked my boyfriend for a word that started with “e” and I promised myself that I would illustrate it no matter how obscure a word it was. Thankfully, he picked something easy. I was inspired by a silk scarf I have with this design on it. This is a detail of the larger piece because I thought it was too busy to display the whole thing. I drew the flowers with pen and ink (no pencil) and painted them with watercolor and gouache.

6 Comments so far

  1. Lee January 18th, 2006 7:25 am

    this is really pretty…love the color

  2. Trisha January 18th, 2006 10:26 am

    LOVE the colors!...very pretty!

  3. Jeet January 18th, 2006 10:35 am

    Talk about taking a hard to illustrate word and transforming it into something so seemingly easy! Good job!
    “Exuberance is beauty” ~ William Blake

  4. Krista- The Silent K January 18th, 2006 1:22 pm

    Somehow you have even managed to make this illustration look silky. Nice job.

  5. carla January 19th, 2006 2:37 pm

    Such pretty, vibrant colors! It must be a love;lly scarf:> You’ve captured the look of silk in the jewel tones…great watercolor technique.

  6. lisa March 31st, 2006 3:53 pm

    this painting has great colors. I love colors!

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