Friday Arts & Crafts: Fashion Illustration Process

I have always enjoyed watching artists in Central Park drawing people's portraits. They are quick and the progress from the first few lines to the finished product is incredible.
These sketches and images by Isabelle Oziol of Pignol for La Redoute catalog's blog (whose current designer is Inès de la Fressange) are good example of a similar process for fashion illustration. 1 | 2

Friday Arts & Craft: Happy Winter!

Tubi Du

Owls Wallpaper by Ferm Living

With Just A Pen

Laura Watson

Stopping By The Woods

Remix Wallpaper by Ferm Living

Jennifer Zetts

Mallalu

Friday Arts & Crafts: My Winter Pattern

I just recently designed this pattern. The inspiration came from traveling home this summer. It reminds me of Ukraine. I chose this combination of white outline against dark-grey background. It resulted in winter-ish motif. Adding some dots made it look like it is snowing.

Patterns

Friday Arts & Crafts: Traveling The World

London by Juri Romanov

Rio de Janeiro by illuminant pale

New York City by Talula Christian

Oslo by illuminant pale

Paris by Taren S. Black

Moscow by Laura Lashley

Tokyo by illuminant pale

Friday Arts & Crafts: Map Portrait

This illustration was done by my friend, Sarah Keane, who is an incredible artist and photographer from Brooklyn.

Friday Arts & Crafts: All The Illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock

All The Homes I've Lived In

All The Rain In London

All The Mountains In Switzerland

All The Buildings In New York

All The Snow In Montreal

All The Scooters In Rome

All The illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock

Friday Arts & Crafts: Illustration of Shoe Boxes

Every time I buy new shoes I get excited about the new box to add to my collection. (Now, don't get me wrong, I do get more thrilled about the shoes, but the story here is about the boxes.) I love my shoe boxes. They are sturdy. Some glossy, some matte. Some white, some colorful. I dust them. Most of their designs are so beautiful, it makes me think I want to be a shoe box illustrator. I arrange them in a certain way, by color of course. They just have to get along with each other, my shoe boxes. So, what you see here is an illustration I did dedicated to this little obsession of mine.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend!!!

Friday Arts & Crafts: In The Garden

I have been working in my garden a lot lately. It makes me very happy to see the plants grow! These beautiful illustrations are very appropriate for this time of the year and reflect my gardening dalliances.

I'd Rather Be Gardening by Little Sonrisa

Gardening art print by flapperdoodle

Decorative Grasees by Emma Block

Edible Weeds by zukzuk

Lady & Flowers print by Cori Dantini

Of course I don't just work there all the time. I play there too!

Mixed Media Illustration by lazydoll

Friday Arts & Crafts: Illustrations by Terry Rosen

It is Friday (T.G.I.F.!!!) and today's Arts & Crafts feature is a set of illustrations by Terry Rosen. A native New Yorker, she gets a lot of inspirations for her artwork from objects that can be found in everyday life. There is something familiar in her work, something that makes one relate to the artist through the way she sees the world. I love the little details she captures in some illustrations, like the texture of the Crocheted Purse, or the wallpaper in Triumvirate, while simplifying the architecture in Building Density. Terry's entire collection can be found here.

Friday Arts & Crafts: The Queen & The King

I don't play chess very often, and when I do I lose most of the times. The problem with me playing chess is I get distracted by the pretty shapes of the chess pieces. Instead of thinking three steps ahead, I admire the King and the Queen. The checkered board in front of me makes me imagine new textile patterns.


These pillow are the result of yet another chess game. This time around I decided to make them part of my pillow collection. I created stencils out of thick plastic, giving the Queen slightly curvier shape in contrast to the King. They turned out to be perfect spring & summer pillows as they are a combination of cotton and linen.

Available for sale at my shop

Friday Arts & Crafts: Lemons

Friday Arts & Crafts: It's In The Detail

Some of the pillows I made for the craft show have button closures; I decided to cover the buttons with fabric. It was not an easy task, but the result is great. At first I crocheted a string of sorts to use as a tie, but then I changed my decision and went with the ribbon with red stitching along the edges.