My love for creativity sometimes takes my focus away from the easel. I often think it would be easier if I was just a painter through and through and thats all I did from one day to the next. But, I’m a dabbler who likes to cross creative boundaries in search of new experiences and possibly a new journey.
Recently I was presented with a new creative possibility; the challenge of putting together a Relationship Map, specifically in ink with touches of watercolour at the client’s request. The client came to me having seen something similiar on the internet, a digitally created relationship map. I have yet to reach those digital heights preferring instead good old fashioned pen and ink. The upside to producing such an illustration digitally is it takes much less time and its easier to correct mistakes! However, with careful planning and a real love for the entire process, it took me no more than ten days to produce from start to finish. It also helped that the client was very clear cut and open about what they wanted.
The Relationship Map was an anniversary gift, to mark the couple’s first year of togetherness. I think thats a beautiful thing.
