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5 Free Spring Swatches! 🌷

I’m in the midst of recording my new course (course name, sneak peeks and release date will be in your recap email next Wednesday!), so no YouTube vid this week, but I *do* have some pretty palettes to welcome spring into your designs this season! 5 Free Spring Swatches Download links to these Procreate swatch files are listed below – here’s a look at each palette applied to the same artwork – all spring-like, but with a different feel!These were created with a Bouquet Maker stamp (Supporting...

6 months ago • 1 min read

These books changed how I draw flowers 🌸

When I mentioned the Flower Color Guide book in my How to Find your Art Style vid, I had a few requests for more recs, so I’m here to deliver! These 7 books truly helped me to become a better floral illustrator and I’ve reached for them constantly over the years when I’ve needed inspiration or a good reference photo that didn’t come from Pinterest 🙃 In the vid, I’ve included overviews of each along with what I use them for the most. I also included a bunch of flip throughs, so get ready for...

6 months ago • 1 min read

Find your art style FAST ⚡

Developing a distinctive personal art style creates new opportunities, gets your work recognized + identifiable, creates impact, builds relationships *and* can help you to make clearer decisions about where you’ll go next creatively. The trouble is, when you start trying to figure out what that style could look like for you, the possibilities can be paralyzing. There are so many things you like, but what parts can be your own without feeling like a copy of someone else? In today’s vid, we’re...

8 months ago • 1 min read

3 Free Early Summer Procreate Color Palettes ☀️🎨

I’m loving our warm sunny days in the south lately, which has subconsciously prompted me to bring punchier colors into my work. That led to a bunch of new color palettes, so I wanted to share some of them this week! I’d consider these all early to mid summer-ish. Still a few pastel colors, but def heading into those bright/more saturated hues.I put together a full blog post this week that’s filled with color tips, summer art doodle ideas, plus some past palette downloads, too! Head here for...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

3 Ways to Add Style to Your Flower Bouquets 💐

It’s almost Mother’s Day here in the US and I couldn’t let it pass without some stylin’ flowers for the moms 💗 One idea for a flower bouquet led to another…and another. So yep. I’ve got 3 of em for you this week! Since this covers so much, I made this one a written blog post with step by step photos + the process written out :) In the post, we use the same composition sketch + color palette and reinterpret it using the gouache style: flat style: and messy watercolor style: Here’s the final...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read