Welcome to Alexandra's Sunday Sketches! This piece is done in my art journal in watercolour crayon, waterproof black artist pen, and washi tape. The piece evolved from some photos I saw in a department store brochure. I am calling it 'Placemats - $2.99' why not?
Alexandra is having a wonderful contest for next week's Sunday Sketches, please check it out!

What a fun sketch, love all the detail! Happy Sunday, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDelete....and why not indeed, great title and art - that was very inventive with the washi tape :)
ReplyDeleteIt is very lovely!
ReplyDeleteVery chic place mats Christine, you must have used quite a bit of patience to produce this piece of art.
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday to you
What a great piece!!!
ReplyDeletethat washi tape is so versatile!! what a great piece :)
ReplyDeleteLove your placemats!! great job... and lots of detail!! have a wonderful new week and yes, that contest will be fun!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks wonderful Christine! It really draws the eye in...
ReplyDeleteThe placemats are fantastic. The background ties it all together so well.
ReplyDeleteAmazing work!! Visually powerful..almost surreal to me..the patterns are very stunning! Love it!
ReplyDeleteVictoria
What a cute idea to include the washi tape! I've seen other artists using it also. Creative title too! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThe details! Nice.
ReplyDeleteThis is SO clever. Well done!
ReplyDeletegreat sketch... it's always interesting to see where one's inspiration comes from. hope all is well.
ReplyDeleteWonderful illustration of placemats!
ReplyDeleteHappy Week to you ~ ^_^
What a wonderful title for this drawing. Perfect. I am recently using woven placemats with grays, blacks, beiges and browns. Found them at Wally World and love them...and they may well have been 2.99. Love the pen work. I am curious to know what pen you use that is really waterproof. I keep ordering them and they always bleed or else clog up. I get so frustrated. I wait for the work to dry to avoid the clogging and if I do not wait long enough I get some bleeding.
ReplyDeleteGenie it's a Faber-Castell pitt artist pen black 199, it seems to work well, I have brushed water over it and no bleeding luckily so far!
DeleteLook amazing !
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