Odile

"Pouf Odile" (detail) by Gaby de la O Illustration from original- ink, watercolour and coloured pencils © 2014

Dear all, 

With a baby around the house these days I have been struggling to find some time to draw and update my blog. As a new mother, it is important that you have your favourite things at hand. 

One of my favourite artists is french symbolist painter Odilon Redon. Although you won't find anything mystic in this pouf, what I tried to acquire is the colourful and dreamy nature landscapes of Redon's paintings from 1907. 

This is Pouf Odile and it is an illustration from my sketchbook which you can see here below. The flower card next to it helped me to get some ideas for flowers:

Weather is still warm in London. Happy Sunday!