Amanda Wright, a designer of "stylish-y quirky" greeting cards and paper goods at Wit and Whistle in North Carolina, has shared a tutorial on her blog that shows how she created this very cool, pixelated painting.
I'm crazy about it... both the soothing colors and the concept, not to mention I can relate to what she said about doing the actual watercoloring: "I gravitate toward time consuming, monotonous tasks (especially when they provide a beautiful end result), so I thoroughly enjoyed the process."
You really need to see what inspired the painting to completely appreciate it, so yes, I'm foregoing my Fab-Friday-one pic-only mantra.
Amanda was editing photos from a trip to Iceland and mistakenly scaled down an image to just fifteen pixels wide. Truly a lucky accident, she liked what she saw and grabbed her watercolors.
The painting reminds me in the best possible way of the pixelated fabrics, furniture, and fashions of artist/designer Cristian Zuzunaga, whose work I had admired in the NYTimes Style Magazine not an hour before seeing Amanda's post. Kismet!
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Loved the creative concept and loved the blog too....
ReplyDeleteSathya
Taiwan
This is fabulous Ann , and thanks for the link to the tutorial. It looks simple, may be I will try this.
ReplyDeleteThis is really creative!! This lead me thinking to an idea! Will implement this... Thanks for sharing this...
ReplyDeleteKavya
www.nkavya.blogspot.com
Congratulations what a beautiful creation, I love it
ReplyDeleteGreetings Baukje
an interesting concept most definately; serene, muted colour tones there. Very pleasing to the eye.
ReplyDeleteI love it when accidents turn out to be something wonderful. This is really cool
ReplyDeleteBrilliant idea!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful watercolor. The neutral color palette is stunning.
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