Thursday, 12 May 2011

Collecting Pictures on Web

I always collect interesting prints I find on the web and save them for inspiration.  Here are some of my collections:

Wednesday, 11 May 2011

Sunday, 8 May 2011

More subjects for inspiration

I wanted to draw butterflies and was looking for Japanese prints of butterflies to look at the style and layout for inspiration for my wall covering designs.  The whole design will have a strong Japanese influence.  I found the following prints:
This is from a woodblock print by the artist Shunkei:
 This is also a woodblock print by Shunman:

Monday, 2 May 2011

Wallcoverings I have found

I found some wonderful chinoiserie style wall coverings.  Here is a design by Sorelle Fine Arts:
De Gournay also make some wonderful oriental style hand-painted wall coverings.  This is from their range of chinoiserie style designs:
And Japanese Garden is from their Japanese and Korean range: