We go to visit Dan and Amy Ellis, today. We’ve got a bunch of flowers for them: daffs and roses. Plus I have my six little artworks.
The above is the transcription sketch, on tracing paper, that I used for most of the duplication procedures, in various ways (lightbox, transfer-rubbing, etc).
I’ve got a wee bit of time, before we head over, in which to try and work up the least satisfactory variant – the much mooted ‘pastel-hued’ iteration – with some tweaking.
Pale (-ish?) pinks, blues, yellows… that’s kind of what I was going for. But it’s still all darker and heavier than I’d intended. Still, it’s a lot lighter than its opposite number!
I’ll finagle or finesse it a bit more, with some black and white line work. And then it’ll have to do… I do hope Dan and Amy like them!
Well, it’s nearly time to go on our visit. And above is how the final piece is now looking. Much improved. But still not my favourite.
And here they all are as a gallery, in the order I did ‘em, from initial pencil sketch, to five ‘full’ designs:
