When Jude goes to soccer practice, we generally head out to the mall to go do some grocery shopping so that we don't have to see the shops again until his next practice. The other day we popped into a local home and decor shop to pick up a new pillow for Dave as he has been complaining about his old one. I took a stroll around the store, as I do :) and as always they have really nice displays everywhere which are either promoting new stock or stuff they are wanting to clear out.
I have long since adopted the phrase "inspiration is everywhere when you open your mind" and I was taking note of the colour palettes - which is pretty much a habit of mine. There was a really nice display of goodies and the decadent looking colour combo really caught my eye, so I took a snap shop. All artists steal with their eyes, didn't you know :D
I decided to use the display as a little bit of inspiration! I don't often create with "black" as a base, and if I am honest - I had no intention of doing that originally. I was going to go with a dirty pink and then I thought I might make use of a very deep green or to go completely light, with a pale olive green or something like that, but when I was exploring the options as I was playing around, I quite liked the black - plus it was a little different to what I usually do.
If you look at the centre of the photo I shared from the decor shop, you will see the combination of the earthy greens, black and pink. Once I had added the black and then changed some of the foliage to a rich pink, almost burgundy... then I knew I was on a track I liked - so I carried on meandering in that general direction.
A few more hours of illustration and fiddling - adding a few little blooms and other little accents (because I love to go overboard when it comes to details as you know, lol) and then I was a happy camper! Introducing... Midnight Blush!
It is always wonderful to find inspiration unexpectedly and also to try something different! I really love how this particular piece turned out, but I think I might also do some variations of this one - making use of the originally intended lighter palette choices - I will see how it goes... What do you think?! If it sparks anyone's interest - Midnight Blush is now available in my Redbubble store on a variety of products - I have dropped just a couple below... but you can click on any one of the images to take a squizz at the rest!
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Until next time...
Much Love from Country Bumpkinland, South Africa xxx
Jaynielea
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