Telephone

I can remember when a telephone did only two things: made calls and received calls!

I was initially inspired to make this piece because of the colour scheme I had in mind. I wanted a red background, handpainted with a bit of texture, and I wanted to feature a black item drawn in ink. I actually own and use a telephone like this and had always wanted to draw it, so here was my opportunity.

A failure to find my little bottle of India ink lead me to break out the Sharpie markers again. I thought using the markers on manila folder stock would add a nice little contrast to the finished piece as well.

The completed work bares little resemblence to what I had in my head initially. Like always, the concept and artwork took on a life of it's own and I was just along for the ride. It was fun to work on though, and I really like the way it came out!