flower illustration

Once in a while, I draw flowers. It's rare because I don't like flower art and it's already been done extremely well by others (such as those created by Robert Mapplethorpe and Rachel Ruysch). I decided to go this route for this illustration, which was for my cousin's bridal shower invitation, because it seemed appropriate for the shower and because I was partially inspired by the lovely work of Anna Rifle Bond of Rifle Paper Co. I looked online for bridal shower invitations and most of them had cakes and stylized brides and wedding dresses on them (Puke - we already know the bride is getting married, don't we?).

I had also decided that I was going to save the original illustration and give it to my cousin as my bridal shower gift, along with a frame for it. So, in summation, it had to be really special.

After taking a trip to the crafty/art supply store, I made a concept sketch:

From my Instagram feed. Copic markers & gold acrylic paint.

The concept sketch above is more loose without the outlines. True to my personal style, I decided to make everything relatively tight. This is the final design I came up with:

Copic markers on bristol.

Detail.

Another detail.

The final illustration that I gave my cousin had some gold paint embellished on it, and I wrote her name and her fiance's name in the center. And of course, smarty here forgot to take a photo of that.