While traveling through Venice last month, I was struck by the Islamic influence on the city’s architecture. Such lovely peaks and curves, so unique to that culture.
Today, I made a pattern from the doodles I did on the train from Venice to Florence. Introducing “Venice.”
Talk to me if you’d like to use this pattern somewhere.
As many of you know, my husband and I recently went to Europe for a couple weeks. I was so, so, so inspired there. The ages-old artwork was astounding! I took a bunch of pictures, hoping to have a reminder of all that inspiration once I returned home. So many things I want to draw! And everywhere I turned, I saw patterns. Patterns, patterns, oh look! patterns! It was good for my artistic soul.
Here is a photo gallery of just the pics of things I found inspiring. There were no rules to what and why I’d take a pic; if I liked it, if it caught my eye, if it made my brain whirl, I took a pic. I tend to notice very small things, or very large things. My mind has always aligned the things around me, so sometimes, I’d just notice the shapes made by several buildings or objects all together, from whatever perspective I was able to see them. I hope you’ll enjoy them and feel inspired, too!