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Handpainted folk floral design in rich reds and greens with the text "Welcome to my Blog," created by Susie Batsford of The Illustrarium.
Bird and Flowers Vintage Tea Cup
Bird and Flowers Vintage Tea Cup

Time for Tea

August 23, 2016
Thrush with Crown and Flowers Watercolour
Thrush with Crown and Flowers Watercolour
Sweet Williams & Cosmic Serpent Letter S
Sweet Williams & Cosmic Serpent Letter S
English Garden Flowers Watercolour Painting Inspiration
English Garden Flowers Watercolour Painting Inspiration
Inspirational Packaging
Inspirational Packaging

It's hard to believe that the Summer holidays are almost over and school starts in just 2 weeks.   I must admit I was rather surprised when I noticed just how long it's been since my last blog post.  I have however, been rather busy quietly fitting in creative time over the last few weeks.  I entered the Global Talent Search with the wonderful Lilla Rogers and although I didn't get through to the shortlisted 50 for the second round, I did learn so much in the process.  The assignment was to produce a tea cup, saucer and napkin with hand lettering, here's the piece I submitted and a close up of the design on the tea cup.

In the lead up to receiving the first assignment we were given a series of 5 preparation exercises.  The first 3 of which were packaging research, colour palette inspiration and an illustration of the letter 'S'.  My letter 'S' is of sweet williams, sacred symbols and a cosmic serpent.

The 50 finalists produced some really amazing work, check out the gallery here: https://www.facebook.com/LillaRogersGlobalTalentSearch/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1078343725585673

The second assignments are due in this Monday 29th August at which point the judges have to pick just 5 finalists with a 6th being chosen by the voting public.  Very exciting, can't wait to see what they come up with.

In Floral, Flowers, Home Decor, Illustration, Inspiration, MATS, Paintings, Pattern Repeat, Portfolio, Watercolour Painting
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