Grammar of Ornament

So I just finished my Design History project and I LOVE IT! It’s probably my favorite project I’ve ever done, especially painting speaking.

We had to take an idea from a specific time period and re-create or create a project with that theme. I took my inspiration from a page in the “grammar of ornament”. I have always loved the ornate look. It’s amazing the things people come up with. So I took this original… I added color to it. So first I had to find my colors, and tape everything off to get the perfect squares and paint the first layer on. This took awhile painting perfect lines and I had to apply two coats. Then I sketched on the designs, some are these originals, some are modified, and some are new. Then I used an oil based paint marker. This was the longest part. I bet it took me about 10 hours to paint in all the designs. I had to be really careful not to mess up or get it on my hands because I don’t have the stuff to clean oil based paint (which can’t be washed away with water and soap) so it was all of drawing and waiting to dry etc. etc. So enough of my rambling… Here’s the final product… the picture is kind of bad, but just as I was going to take a different one my camera died So when I take a new one I’ll fix it. seriously, I love it.