I found some challenges again that called my name. Especially there was a sketch challenge that I wanted to try. To that I wanted to add 'inspired by a song'.
I have slowly collected Japanese stamps and thought this would be a perfect occasion for them. This is what I pulled out:
I had a song in mind, old English folk song "Lavender blue", which is is also a nursery rhyme. Luckily I had a stamp with lavender.
I worked according to the sketch, but turned it sideways. I used grey ink for stamping, I wanted the result to be delicate and dreamy. I stamped the stem of lavender as is, but had to isolate the stems I wanted to use in the oblong Japanese stamps. I selected the Kanji characters 'imagine' and 'beauty' as my text.
Then I used a large brush and added watercolor in blobs to the stamped flowers.
Entering this in these lovely challenges:
CAS Colours and Sketches: #593 Sketch challenge
A Place to Start: #202609 AG/ relates to a song - My song is Lavender blue
Love to Craft: #94 AG
Polkadoodles: #9 week 1 AG
