When my husband suggested today that I design some jewelry around a “holly” theme, what instantly came to mind was images of Santa sweaters and Walgreens’ jingle-bell earrings. So, I decided to overcome my resistance and embrace the challenge. I’ve actually come up with two holly-inspired designs, but you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see Variation #2…
As usual, I started by sketching in my sketch book. From here I transferred the design I liked to vellum:
Then I rubbed the back of the vellum with silver pencil, placed the vellum right-side-up on a piece of black Canson art paper, and traced over the design again to transfer the lines to the black paper:
It is hard to imagine that the above line drawing could come to life with just a little watercolor paint, but here is the finished rendering:
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