This week's Illustration Friday topic is TRIBUTE which inspired this art nouveau tribute to Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Doing a Google Image search under his name will show an abundance of gorgeous stained glass and furniture that he designed.
This particular piece of his matches the colors for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge of Black/White and a Splash of Pink.
India ink applied directly through the dropper allowed the thick lines. My first attempt was with Tulip Black Dimensional Paint which was a spectacular failure! Wondering if the problem is the bottle of paint I have - it keeps coming out in tiny streams and then HUGE globs - the tip doesn't seem to be blocked though. Would have made really cool faux leading more like a stained glass window had it worked.
Colored the pink with a Neocolor crayon and a waterpen.
Linking to Sunday Sketches,
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Looks very bright and lovely!
ReplyDeleteOh I love it! Love how you used ink to make it look almost as a print. Amazing!
ReplyDeletevisiting from APR - I am a big fan of CRM so I love what you have done here, particularly the pink,*wow* :0) Mo
ReplyDeleteReally nice. A friend of mine had her embroidery featured in a book about mackintosh. Hmm, must dig it out and have another look at it.
ReplyDeleteI love makintosh's work - i was lucky enough to go to his house when we lived in Scotland - i think your painting is a lovely and fitting tribute to his work x
ReplyDeleteLove your inspiration and of course the PINK! A lovely tribute!
ReplyDeleteYour CRM piece is beautifully done - I can never get ink to go where I want it as you have done - it always gives me blogs. I love the simplicity of this piece, you have made a great tribute, and it reminds me of our visit to the Mackintosh house in Glasgow, so a nice memory, thank you.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy reading your process. It's fun to see how your art developed :)
ReplyDeletevery graphic! and PINK! i love it!! i would love a stained glass of that!
ReplyDeleteI love the way you presented this post. Happy belated paper Saturdays I went on a little break but I am back to admire your piece of art now, very nice :)
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This is beautiful, love the pink, I love all things Mackintosh! A design genius!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea to recreate the stained glass! Nicely done. :)
ReplyDeleteThere is a house in my town decorated by him and I have never been - isn't that terrible!
ReplyDeleteSeeing your lovely tribute has made up my mind to go and visit it this weekend!!
Visiting from APR. I love your work today. I first was introduced to him years ago and fell in love. Your rif is terrific. You can find me at http://morningprayerblog.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun pick for inspiration. I like your version!
ReplyDeleteLove this!
ReplyDeleteOh, I love Mackintosh's patterns. This is a fabulous interpretation! So glad you could join us for the Play Date Cafe Challenge!
ReplyDeleteextraordinary genius!! loved learning and discovering!!
ReplyDeleteYour artwork looks really cool! I like it very much!
ReplyDeleteLovely!!!!!! simple and soooo beautiful!
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