"Sweet Beginnings" - Project Selvage/Spoonflower Fabric Contest Entry

Well, I made the deadline for Spoonflower's Project Selvage contest by the skin of my teeth!  This was a busy week, with birthdays and vacation.  But I managed to get some work done and finished my last minute fabric design change.

I decided the baby shoes just weren't quite right, so I switched themes to nests & birds. It's a familiar theme for me.  I did a different twist on it and decided to keep it very simple.  Just sketched lines with overlapping colored rectangles behind.  Here is the result.

Detour! Paris!!

Well looks like my butterflies are going to have to wait a few weeks. I got two new commissions this week that need to be completed ASAP. One is a mural for a nursery and the other is a painting of a Paris street scene. I think I will do a series of work in progress photos of the Paris painting. It will be very detailed and colorful. Here is the initial (very) rough sketch...


Starting to rough in the canvas...


Didn't like the perspective on the small background buildings so I made them bigger.


Adding some detail to buildings. Also changed the curve of the street so street light can be added.


Adding more details, tower appears somewhat crooked...


Didn't like how dark the foreground was so I added light to the windows of flower shop. Straightened out the eiffel tower also. Almost finished now...


Detail added to Anna's Cafe building, windows still need work. Chalked in rest of details, may add more people, not sure yet if it's needed.


Finished except for girl with poodle and other people if client wants them. Waiting to hear back.


I added some people. I also changed the sign color on the florist shop.


More details added. People at cafe now. People still need some shading.


Finished!