Stylized Gum Flowers...How to Add Flowers

How do you think I could add some of the gum flowers to this panel. This window is along side a door, and is quite long. I love this pattern but think adding a few more flowers would be beneficial. I would appreciate your input. I'm rather artistically challenged! Thank you.
Judy Kunda

Answer

Hi Judy,

It should be fairly easy to make this pattern longer. As I recall, I actually designed this pattern for a sidelite.

Try copying the top branch with the flowers and leaves. Remove some of the flowers so it doesn't look exactly the same. You could rearrange the flowers and leaves to give it a totally new look. You might even reverse the entire branch before making the other changes.

It could then be added lower down, perhaps coming out from the left side of the picture.

Or...

Break up the pattern into sections and you can change and rearrange each section until it looks good to you. It's amazing how you can take a pattern and rearrange it so that it looks totally different from the original.

Or...

You can copy the pattern 2 or 3 times and cut it up into pieces, then lay out the pieces on another piece of paper until you have something that pleases you.

It doesn't matter if you're artistically challenged (and in my opinion, nobody is!). You are actually working with what's already there and changing it to suit your needs.

I hope this will give you some ideas,
Sue