Recently I joined Design Cuts at their Live Procreate Event. The fun three-day event featured free live demos by illustrators and hand letterers. In my session I draw an adorable bear and his feathery friend which you can follow along to below! I walk you through a...
Playful palette: floral burst
Ah! Mustard yellow! One of my favourite colours in the universe. If you've seen my other playful palettes you'll notice that the sunny colour features, well, a lot. Can't help myself. Just looking at yellow makes me smile. This quirky little pattern design was created...
Playful palette: forage
This yummy colour palette is probably one of my favourites and one I use the most often. It has all my standard go-to colours I gravitate towards when designing - I have to talk myself out of using mustard as a background colour EVERY time I create something. This...
Playful palette: citrus flavour
Lately I've been using a lot of inky brush strokes in my work mixed with strong colour palettes. Similar to my Ink & Brush Botanical Collection. I love the loose nature of the shapes and how a simple suggestive stroke can actually reference a well known shape our...
Playful palette: bunny-licious
Another fun palette that's super versatile! In this Playful Palette I wanted to show the fun results if I interchanged the focus colour. Although the cute bunny is pretty much the same illustration, each colour combo has a different personality. It's always exciting...
Playful palette: ice-cream
I'm always drawn to cheerful palettes that remind me of the summers we had as kids. One of the many chores I had growing up was gardening on most Saturdays with my older brother and sister. An activity we unanimously disliked! But as a treat we were rewarded with an...
Playful palette: colour pop
I've always loved wearing bright colours, you know the kind that change your mood the minute you wiggle yourself into that apple red dress! Most of my summer wardrobe is brimming with lemon yellows, girly pinks and cobalt blues. My love for colour has been my...
Playful palette: adventure awaits!
This is not the colour palette I initially created for this sketch. It had tones of olive green and ivy green which worked ok, but didn't convey a certain feeling I was after. But with a little playing around I finally landed on this gentle palette that helped enhance...
Playful palette: orange and mint colour palette
I'm really enjoying my 5 minute drawing challenge I started a while back. So far it's helped me to be more thoughtful about my colour choices given the limited time. This illustration started out as one of those drawings which I decided to finish. I particularly like...
Playful palette: magical colour palette
This illustration started out as one of my 5 minute drawings. I loved the colour palette so much that I thought I'd finish it. It has a magical feel to it, perfect for a bold look! Drag the colour chart below onto your desktop for future reference. Enjoy!