The Gold Lady

Last week I was asked to produce an illustration that would run alongside a beer and curry night, the brief was fairly open giving me a lot of creative wiggle room, the criteria to fill; Indian and decorative.
Armed with the excuse of 'researching' I was happily absorbed for the next hour or so in a whirlwind of embroidered saris, sequinned bindis and pretty Asian ladies.

Composition wise I needed to leave enough blank space to accommodate the text that would explain the event but this would luckily balance out any heavy detail, allowing me to get trigger happy with henna inspired patterns!

I also had to bear in mind that I was going to need to turn my illustration into a life sized version for the accompanying wall mural.

 

This was the outcome and unknown to me at the time, the easy part. 

Next came the wall painting/drawing, not having actually drawn on walls before I was in the dark as to what the effect might be.. 

Despite a few misplaced smudges and smears needing to be fixed a face did emerge from the wall, a bit of a ghostly face to begin with, but a face none the less!

 

 

The picture above shows the organised mess that helped create her including; pens, pencils, paint, paint pens, paint brushes, gold ink and various unhealthy snacks.

And not to forget a final sprinkle of hand glued gems hidden amongst her jewellery and bodice to give her an extra bit of sparkle.