Latest works in progress.....

From sketchbook to artwork and beyond.....

Some of my works in progress at the moment, taking advantage of the lovely sunlight to do some hand painted artworks, which I hope to take through CAD to become a collection of fabrics and wallcoverings.

Cranes Again

So I tried to save the cranes for a rainy day but they kept niggling me to do something with them, so I've come up with a couple of ideas, one in a tight grid which I think could be really nice in a children's room or a nursery.  I'm in the process of coming up with some alternative colour ways to make it a bit more grown up.  The other design in the hanging arrangement could perhaps be a bit more versatile and may work in a dining or living room.  

Cranes

I was struck with brainwave yesterday, all be it a rather time consuming and engrossing one, but decided to fold about a million Japanese paper cranes.  After photographing them and putting them into layers in Photoshop I think perhaps there might be something in them, so going to keep them in the back of my mind for a rainy day.

New Roomsets

Finally got round to doing some visuals for my most recent designs.  This is just a really good way to get a sense of the scale of a design and what kind of environments they work best in.

From top, Geo Tree,  Orchid, Silhouette Stripe, and Zip Stripe.

The images themselves are not copyrighted by Charlotte Boon, just the designs within them.  Images of rooms are from:  greatinteriordesign.com, interiordesign.onsugar.com, nydwr.com and cinetech.com.au.

A beautiful Glasgow morning....

The rain has finally stopped, the clouds have parted and the early rays of crisp Scottish light are beginning to peep through.  A beautiful Saturday to go and finally explore the Botanic Gardens at Glasgow.  Due to lack of camera (unless I can temporarily loan the brother's) I'm relying on sketches this morning but I'm looking forward to a peaceful stroll around the gardens armed with sketchpad and pen.

Despite the weather, the buzzy atmosphere of Glasgow's west end has really got the creative juices going lately, and the soggy grey days have inspired a more subdued palette of greys and blues.  My time so far at Timorous Beasties has also demonstrated to me the strength and beauty of monochrome, and some of my most recent work is attempting to explore these qualities.

So after much titivating and fiddling in Photoshop and Illustrator a few new designs are beginning to emerge.  Still a lot of work to do in some cases but the following are just a few examples of what I've been up to.

Beginnings

The start of a couple of new designs.... inspired by my lovely neighbour Barbara's silver birch trees.  The childhood-familiarity of silver birch and their instantly recognisable scruffy peely nature bring a sense of cosy comfort to the initial drawings I've done - outlines traced from photographs in Illustrator then exported to Photoshop.  I've played around with colour-blocking some of the detail, such as the leaves, and I'm interested to see how this idea develops as a wallpaper design.  

Continuing ideas from the Orchid series I did recently, I've outlined the motifs in a solid line, which gives almost a cartoon-like feel.  This combined with some heavily saturated and  some very desaturated elements create interest, which might help the motifs to escape the confines of a repeat.  

Ultimately I'm aiming for these drawings to form a series that comprises quiet monotone or softly coloured designs as well as some bolder designs that rely more heavily on block colour and motifs that are perhaps more layered or structured.

The end of an era..... and the start of a new one

The sad death of my beloved Macbook has temporarily (and rather incoveniently) halted my digital designing, but I am currently working on some drawings which ultimately will become a beautiful new floral collection, inspired by Autumnal tones and warm, cosy evenings in. 
Keep watching this space for a first look of the preliminary drawings.