I finally got a linen texture to work with the new Yay Flowers half-drop pattern by resizing the Peru linen colourway tiles I made last September, making the 'weave' tighter to better suit complex designs like this. Above you see the outline version, which enables the background colour to be used within the pattern itself, providing a fresh and spacious appearance. Here I am using the vibrant colours based on a Peruvian hand-knitted cardigan I bought in London's Camden Lock, when I was living close-by in Belsize Park during the late 1980's and early '90's. (The cardigan is still going strong, in spite of its age!) I used the coloured textures in October for my fruits and blossoms design. Loving the faded chintz look on this version! Also using the resized Peru linen texture, the colours have been toned down slightly in this one for a softer, more antique look. This is the version without outline, using only a few of the stipple details on the main flowers.
See also this pattern I made in October using the original Peru linen texture. The permutations of a five or six colourway are apparently endless. Comments are closed.
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Welcome to my illustration and patterns blog.
I illustrate under the pen-name of Binky McKee, McKee being my mother's maiden name. Binky was the name of every single cat my great-grandmother kept - allegedly about 40 of them during her 94 years of life. I changed the website address a few months ago, so some older links on previous posts are broken. If you click one of those and it takes you to a strange page, simply replace the .co.uk after the binkymckee. with weebly.com and it will work again. I hope you enjoy your visit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I keep lots of scrapbooks and sketchbooks where I develop ideas and design little creatures. Here's a peek inside one ...
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As you may know, I am also known as Heather Eliza Walker.
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April 2024
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This time, take a peek into my ceramic design sketchbook. I actually made some of the mugs, but I kind of prefer the drawings! The plate designs are painted on paper plates, a most liberating process.
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These watercolours are from my pattern sketchbook. I used coloured wax crayons to resist the washes of watercolour, also home-made rubber stamps dipped in bleach then printed on crêpe paper - the bleach takes out the paper dyes.
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A sketchbook I used for mark-making with unusual objects - corks, seed-heads, feathers, home-made rubber stamps, my fingers and lots of flicky things ...
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