This week I have been absorbed with making a summery pattern, based on a watercolour I painted a month ago. When it was finished I had experimented with it (see March 17 entry) but set it to one side because there was a lot of work to do before it could be made into a proper pattern; problems with strong stripes and diagonals, empty spaces and lack of flow in particular were troubling. However, I got it out again last weekend and had a closer look, saw potential, and decided to give it some time and see what I could do with it.
It took all week working on it every day, with much more time in cleanup than I would normally like, because when I painted it I wasn’t really thinking about pattern-making. It presented challenges which I enjoyed, together with a few panic attacks worrying that I was wasting my time; but it had a quality that made me persevere and finally, this evening everything fell into place and here it is in 4 pastel colourways.
Thanks for visiting, see you next week!
It took all week working on it every day, with much more time in cleanup than I would normally like, because when I painted it I wasn’t really thinking about pattern-making. It presented challenges which I enjoyed, together with a few panic attacks worrying that I was wasting my time; but it had a quality that made me persevere and finally, this evening everything fell into place and here it is in 4 pastel colourways.
Thanks for visiting, see you next week!
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