Drawing Inspiration: Paper Worlds

I'm gearing up to get drawing. I have had eight sheets of paper with a first layer of color up on my closet door for over a year now just waiting. I'm starting to get attached to them just the way they are, but now I'm going to risk ruining them. I think that is what drawing and art making are all about: how far you can take something before you go too far. Knowing when to push it and when to stop. Can't wait to dive in.

I was doing image searches this morning and found some offbeat inspiration while clicking through the patterns and color ways on the Thibaut Wallpaper website. The site has nice functionality and the option to bookmark favorites. I ended up wishing I had a room to wallpaper. In the meantime, I love the crazy details in wallpapers like the parrot feathers above and also seeing how changing the color palette completely transforms a design. I wouldn't be surprised if a crazy parrot emerges in one of my drawings.

Wallpaper: A Love Hate Relationship

I love the rich possibilities and patterns wallpaper offers and yet, as I prepare to sand the wallpaper glue residue off the walls of a room that I am taking back to a neutral paint color, I hate wallpaper. As always I'm split. I could image a wonderful sitting room papered in one of the deeper hues of the peacock feather inspired Grete pattern above by Villa Nova. I could also imagine finishing up only to find another pattern I loved even more. For those with the strength of conviction when it comes to wallpaper this pattern is available at wallpaperdirect.com.