Patterns, Peahens and Passionflowers.

This week i've been working on a print that i've had in my head for quite a while. Over the last couple of weeks, the passion flower in my garden has gone crazy with buds, and i have been longing to incorporate them into a print somehow. Originally i wanted to incorporate peacocks into the print, but thought it would be lovely to feature the humble peahen instead, not as showy as the male bird, but still beautiful in it's own right.
The final print is shown below, with an added of pale grey to the rich blue to create  further depth to the foliage.

 

I consciously designed the print with the idea of creating a repeat for further designs and patterns, not only as a stand alone print. I've been playing around with the image on Photoshop to try and create a few repeats and patterns that may just work for fabric and paper. A lovely way to combine traditional printing with digital tools.