Blue Orange Tree

Recently I purchased a beautiful book on George Barbier, the Art Deco artist and illustrator.

I was inspired by some of his illustrations to create some yardage pattern designs of foliage to use in my own illustrations. Here’s my never-ending blue orange tree. These ink drawings of leaves and oranges were tiny, under a centimetre in size, and have been enlarged about 400% to create a chunky effect.

And here's a detail of Barbier's gorgeous original that inspired it.