This week, Spoonflower challenged us with making bedding for tweens. I oughta be able to swing that, considering how many tweens I have had/currently had. (Hint: it’s a lot) I whipped up a Pinterest board to get a feel for currents trends. Here they are: midtones (colorful, but not bright), 70’s, boho, rainbows and cute…
Tag: watercolor
Buttercup Design Challenge
Process “Those don’t look like buttercups…” you might be saying. True. These are Hellebore Flowers, or Lenten Roses. They are in the Buttercup Family, believe it or not. This challenge was to design fabric for home decor using flowers from the Buttercup family, which includes all sorts of flowers…delphiniums, ranunculus, and…Hellebores! I used my snazzy…
Doodle Bugs Spoonflower Challenge
Process I had so much fun getting this design ready! I had recently purchased Bardot Brush’s watercolor brush set for Procreate. They really allow you to get an authentic watercolor look while painting digitally. I grabbed some reference images for inspiration and got to work creating a loose, paint splatters look. Hope you enjoy! Voting…
Favorite Things Design Challenge
Watercolor is my Favorite! Spoonflower gave us a lot of freedom in this challenge. Basically, they just gave us instructions to build a fabric design around one of your favorite things. I’d say painting floral watercolors is absolutely one of my favorite things. Thus, I took a favorite painting and made a repeating pattern out…
New ORIGINAL Artwork
Hi friends. I had a lovely, relaxing Sunday last weekend. I spent the whole morning lettering scripture verses on some backgrounds I had painted a few weeks ago. This new original artwork was all done with Italian-made metallic watercolor paints that almost look embossed. Up til now, I’ve only had digital downloads available for sale…
New Watercolor Backgrounds
I’m dabbing a toe in the waters of digital watercolor background downloads on Etsy. (Mostly, this was excuse to spend all morning painting therapeutic, swirly, no-rules designs. It was a lovely use of a weekend!) But there seems to be quite a demand for these. People love them for social media posts, card making, scrapbooking,…
Victorian-Era Florals Spoonflower Challenge
My entry for the this week’s Victorian-Era Florals Spoonflower Challenge. I love a floral challenge, as it gives me an excuse to pull out the watercolors. I spent one afternoon looking up the Victorian Flower Language, picking, and painting flowers I thought were lovely. Side note: why don’t we all learn the language of flowers…
Birding Spoonflower Design Challenge
This design took me ten hours! It’s definitely a personal record for hours invested in a Spoonflower design challenge. First, I painted the Lilac-breasted Roller, a gorgeous bird from Africa. Then I painted all the botanical elements. Lastly, I combined everything in the illustration app Procreate on my iPad. That alone took 6 hours! Here’s…