Is there anyone who does not love acorns? Our drawing group threesome here in the greater Seattle area certainly does. This time, we designed these: Thanksgiving placecards, a label to enhance a bagged gourmet treat, and an autumn greeting card. Being inspired by the cute shape of acorns and the relative ease of drawing them, we had no problem coming up with ideas for applying our illustrations. Take a look:
Exhibit A: A classic place card using tea-dyed paper features an elegant script and border acorns done with walnut ink. The leaf and acorn clusters are accented with watercolor. (Click to enlarge)
Exhibit B: Here are my rare black acorns from Ashland, OR where I collected a surprising variety of others, too. I wanted to have fun creating repeat patterns with my detailed study.
Exhibit C: A delicate line drawing of acorns and a casual pointed pen script create a lively composition for a label attached to gift bags of toffee.
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