After completing the illustrations for Hyde Park I moved onto the ones for the Bonnington Gardens in Vauxhall. I finished the animals last week and now I’m moving onto the plants and scenery. First I made illustrations of berries and flowers I saw in the gardens. I experimented with different techniques as well as using some of the most successful ones from the Hyde Park illustrations. I really like the colours in these images as it brings a lot of life to the collection.
These are the 3 illustrations of the scenery in the Bonnington Gardens. The first one is a more refined combination of water colour and biro.
This piece is inspired by Beatrix Potters illustrations of natural scenery.
Another experiment with marker pens.
Also I went to a session to learn about book making. It was very helpful as I now know how to produce multiple different types of books. If I have time I’d like to produce a physical art book to accompany the digital version. I would use a traditional stitch binder book style.
I have now completed all the illustrations I’ll need for this project so I can now move onto the next step, assembling them in an art book.
Samuel Green Illustration 