My first thought for this week's Illustration Friday topic was big cats. When I was a kid I used to collect any wallpaper remnants we had after my Dad decorated, and draw pictures on the reverse side. I loved it because they were the biggest bits of paper ever. I especially liked the embossed stuff because it gave great textures when I used my crayons. My most epic endeavour was of a sleeping lion. I rolled the paper out, weighing it down at either end with books, opened my Animal Kingdom Encyclopedia for the reference image, and worked my way down the lion from mane to hind paws. I remember laying on the floor next to it once I'd finished, and being really happy and a bit amazed that I'd drawn something that was bigger then me.
I've got a bit of a thing about wallpaper.. it's also inspired a previous Illustration Friday post from me, which you can see here if you like!
Very cool picture and a sweet story.
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DeleteLove the details, what a beautiful illustration! The story behind it is very sweet as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Abigail!
DeleteWhat a great way to make lemonade out of lemons. Or however the saying goes. You can skip the frame if you draw directly on the Wall!
ReplyDeleteHehe, yep exactly! My parents did end up letting me draw on one wall of my bedroom, which was really cool! Thank you for your comment!
DeleteI love that you had huge pieces of wall paper to draw on, What a great childhood memory! I love your drawing, the lion and the animal patterned wallpaper.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jennifer! It was a great way to use up all the decorating odds and ends :)
DeleteWhat a great story! And wonderful illustration of it! I love this style. Terrific color and patterns too.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Cindy!
DeleteLove the story and your illustration. Both are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chibi! I'm happy you liked them :)
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