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Color study for a palette inspired by Anita Jeram

'Collector' Week 17 in 52 Week Illustration Challenge

Added on April 28, 2016 by ellapointe.

It seems like you can never have enough friends, but not all of them can sleep in one bed together.

I felt like I needed a bit of a break from the world of saturated colors and heavily detailed pictures. So although the theme 'collector' is particularly suited for a detailed and jumbled interpretation, I chose to go with a subtle and calmer motif.

Something that has occupied me lately is the idea of beginning to create works that are a kind of dialogue with some of my favorite illustrators. In this case I chose to search for a subdued and calm color pallete of warm grayish/brownish colors, inspired by Anita Jeram (guess how much I love you and more...)

I wasn't interested in copying her colors directly, as much as trying to bring a similar quality of softness and mood that her illustrations usually have. I wasn't entirely able to stick to it and I didn't have the courage (that Anita would have) to go into this softness with pen and ink outlines...

Nevertheless, it was an adventure to (consciously) try on another illustrators shoes.

It seems like you can never have enough friends, but not all of them can sleep in one bed together. A watercolor illustration by Ella Lapointe

'Camping' Week 14 in the 52 Week Illustration Challenge

Added on April 11, 2016 by ellapointe.

I recently found this exciting illustration challenge called '52 week Illustration Challenge' it's open to anyone and the only rule seems to be 'make something great'... I love their list of themes which they give ahead of time, for every week of the year. Their Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/418616991575037 features so many lovely creations from artists of all ages...

The challenge for week 14 was the word 'Camping'. I was inspired by my experience of camping as a child: the mysterious shapes of the trees and bushes when one looks at them in the dark, how loud all the insects are- and it feels like the whole world belongs to them.

I worked with colored pencils, this was partially because I started out just sketching (on scrap paper) but then it evolved into something I wanted to execute in color, when I tested on a different piece of the same kind of paper it became apparent that this paper could not handle any type of wet media, not even pens or markers (!) It's always worth taking a moment to test the paper you use and see what it will tolerate.