I bought these Frank Lloyd Wright notecards a couple of years ago and I recently started looking at the patterns. I decided to experiment with repeating the same design across a panel.
I've got a 12"x36" panel and needed to divide it into multiple sections.
The first idea wasn't desirable because it wound up having sections in HALF inch marks and I don't wanna mess with fractions of an inch so I decided to make a line every 6 inches on my design.
I grabbed some grid paper and started on a design with my compass while waiting for an oil change. With this distraction, the oil change felt like it took just minutes!
I went home after and had my husband paint the panel white. (I'm bad at painting evenly.) I started the design using the large compass and a gold gel pen after drawing the straight lines.
Applied the varnish, then I started on the gold elements of the design.
Interesting coincidence, I noticed a similar Art Deco design element at the restaurant in the Skirvin Hotel in downtown OKC.
I’ve finished most of the gold parts and now I’m working on the pearly white areas. It’s all smooth sailing from here. I just need a few more days to get the rest of it filled.
