Merry Christmas "From My Stoop To Yours"

Hand-drawn cards from my dear friend, artist and shoes designer Sarah Keane of DoThat:
Cafe Mogador & From my Stoop To Yours.

Monday Style: 'Secretary' Bow

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Watercolor Fashion Illustration by Jessica Durrant

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Girl With A Bow Jordan Grace Owens

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

The Art Of Lipstick

Lipstick by Jason Brooks

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Lipstick Illustration by Kristina Hultkrantz

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Elsa Andrade for Elle Vietnam

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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