Collage. Watercolor. Simple bold color. Fashion. All things I love. When these come together into works of art, I pretty much fall in love. Tomek Sadurski’s work is a combination of simple and complex. I love his collaboration with photographer Marcin Tyszka as well. The melding of photographs and illustration of talented artists is always a treat.
{Tomek Sadurski} Website – Twitter
Do you like his illustration and collage style?
Since seeing her depressed superheroes series on Fab, I was hooked. Kind of like the darker version of Pixar movies that show you this completely different world through another’s eyes, 21 year old Russian painter Lora Zombie shows the deeper side of comic book heroes and other figures we might’ve grown up with. I love her style, use of lots of color, and subject. I love it all!
{Lora Zombie} Website – DeviantArt – Facebook – Twitter
Have you ever thought about the lives of imaginary characters or objects?
I absolutely love watercolors. That paired with pen ink and simple lines and I’m sold. The works of Barcelona based illustrator Conrad Roset are not only colorful, they have an amazing simplicity that I can’t resist. I love his use of watercolor and his choices of colors just make his work stand out. I also love the organic feel of the watercolor dripping down the page in some of his work. A book of his inspiration, life, and pieces is in the works too. See more of his work in the links at the end of the post.
{Conrad Roset} Portfolio – Blog – Shop – Flickr – Facebook – Twitter
Do you like the look of colorful watercolors?
I just love following Samantha Hahn on her blog Maquette. I love her work and I love seeing her latest inspiration and drawings/paintings. I also love the photography of Heather Culp. They could really both have their own entry of Wish I Was Wednesday. When I saw that they were collaborating, I was stoked! I just love the dreamy yet colorful images they’ve come up with.
{Samantha Hahn & Heather Culp Collaboration} Recent Blog Post – Flickr
Do you like the combination of photography and painting or drawing?
Belgium-based mixed media artist Raphaël Vicenzi aka My Dead Pony quickly caught my attention on Design for Mankind. I love fashion sketches, watercolors, and just his incorporation of patterns, words, small objects, and illustration into something really interesting.
My Dead Pony: Portfolio – Colagene – Tumblr – Behance – DeviantArt – Shop
Do you like fashion inspired art?
I honestly had the sensation of falling in love I saw her work. It’s colorful, natural, simple, and sometimes involves watercolors. That’s pretty much what I’m all about! She uses pens, pencils, watercolor, and the computer to create her unique typography, illustrations, patterns, and graphics.
Sasha Prood: Website – Portfolio at The Art Dept – Portfolio at Behance - Shop (Coming Soon)
You’ve most likely seen Jenny Bowers’ colorful works before. It may have been in the Kate Spade calendar, for Roxy, the NY Times, or even in Elle Decoration. Maybe you like me didn’t realize it was one little lovely UK based lady behind it all! I found out on MAiYA and I’ve been hooked ever since.
I thought maybe sharing her work would inspire you to think and create more colorfully!
See more of her inspiring work at Peepshow Collective and Art Dept.
Do you like incorporating bold colors into your art or crafts?
Ombre is a French term for shaded. It’s usually in the form of gradually changing from a light to dark color or gradients of different colors. It can be woven directly into the fabric or sometimes it’s achieved through dip dyeing.
I’m not sure when my love affair of ombre began. Probably when I was young before I could even figure out how to pronounce the word. It probably goes right along with my desire to own things (dresses, shoes, jewelry, etc.) & supplies (ribbon, sequins, paper, fabric, etc.) in pretty much every color available just so I can arrange them in rainbow order and enjoy the ombre-like effect in the shades of each color. You should see my closet!
Before I go any futher into discussing my rainbow coding everything I own, I’d like to share with you some of my ombre finds! I’ll confess. I had to finally post this post because my ombre inspiration folder was bursting at the seams! It’s a popular trend indeed.
What’s your favorite color to see in ombre? Do you love it most on cakes? clothes? hair? paper?
Pink Ombre Wedding Cake Photo By Lisa Lefkowitz via Style Me Pretty
Gray Ombre Shoes By Luisacativo via Design is Mine
$55 Via Accessorize
$73 by KronKron From Olive Shoppe via Modish
Via Freshly Picked via You Are My Fave
$ 48 By Perch Ceramics via Fancy House Road
DIY via Once Wed
$58 by Ayofemi Jewelry
Via You Shall Above All Things, Be Glad and Young
$470 By Bottega Veneta via Net-A-Porter
Turkish Antique Kilim Rug from Sukan via SF Girl By Bay
$120 via ABC Home
Invitation by Studio Lin via Oh Joy!
$149 by Tutu Du Monde via Hip Hip Hooray!
$2195 by Jayson Home & Garden via SF Girl By Bay
Watercolor Style Dyes & Ruffled Silk by Felicity Brown via Ali Loves Curtis
To this day, the beauty of watercolor still strikes a chord with me. Something about how you have to paint with no abandon because once that paintbrush hits the paper, there’s no undoing or erasing. It just is. Also, in life, it wasn’t until graduating college that I was confident enough to embrace the boldness in color of other types of painting and even in clothes. I was always that shy girl in the corner that spoke and acted in the often softer colors of watercolors. I’ve noticed the use of watercolor blending with design nowadays. I’m loving this trend! I love the mix of it with typography and its subtle sweetness it adds to everything.
What do you think? Do you prefer lighter or brighter colors?
I’m going to start a series called {Wish I Was Wednesday}. There are so many artist, designers, photographers, crafters, etc that are incredibly talented and I wish I could be. This is my way of sharing them with you in case you’ve never seen their work. Hopefully it’ll be inspiring enough to get you through hump (middle of the week) day!
The first artist up is Marc Johns that I discovered through Design Love Fest.. His simple ink and watercolor drawings are adorable and funny. They are totally random and that’s part of their charm! He also draws on sticky notes, which are equally awesome. He has lots of his artwork and merchandise in his online shop and a book!
Which piece is your favorite?
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