I had been doing another drawing yesterday (which I can't unveil yet), and still feeling in the mood to craft, I asked for ideas of what to draw next. Mobeena Khan (@greebstreebling) suggested Starry Night, by Van Gogh. Replicating famous art isn't something I've ever done before, but when I looked more closely at the original, I felt I could see a way to do it. So I sketched in in pencil some main shapes that I could pick out from the swirls:
Then I started to draw things in a bit more "properly", and thicken up some of the original thin ink lines, and begin with the filigree doodle infill:
And continue with the infill...and add the details to the sky:
And keep going with the doodles and details until it felt like every space that needed it was filled.
I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out. I'm thinking about getting prints made of this one, whenever I get a chance to get to the print shop. It's half the usual size of the prints I get made though, so I'm not entirely sure the print shops machines can cope with how small it is!
Anyway, I'll leave you with the lovely Starry Starry Night by Don McLean.
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