Hand drawn floral save the dates

I have just been working on some floral save the date cards for my lovely friends Miriam and Jake, here's a bit of a record of the ideas and the final result!

Artisan Summer Sale

Artisan summer sale arrange in a local village hall with two creative friends, milliner Eleanor Houghton and baker, Victoria Pickford.

 Works in progress for the sale..

Tropical brights!

Bleugh, what is going on outside?! There appears to be a hurricane blowing a gale past my window! As an antidote to this bleary autumn here are a few summer brights to perk me up!

Autumny watercolours

Oh they just keep coming!

Watercoloury drawings

Some recent fun and girly watercolour designs. These were drawn freehand with  a fine water-colour brush and a little set of watercolours. I find it helpful to draw out designs first in pencil and then set about using colour!

Autumny drawings

Ahh isn't it just lovely and Autumny outside? I am loving getting the cosy jumpers, scarves and wellies out! Here are some designs I've been working on this week with the same theme..

Masking fluid discovery!

Have long been meaning to try using a bottle of masking fluid, a gum which resists ink and watercolour -  to see the effects with my drawings, and after investing in a bottle yesterday, am super excited by the results, love it!! Excuse that they're a bit basic, but it was my first attempt and now there's no stopping me! Step by step below...

1. So. Le masking fluid - tinted pale blue so you can see what you're doing, v handy! Used an ink nib at first unsuccessfully, as it all dried and wasn't particularly fluid, so moved onto a fine brush. Be warned, it utterly ruins the bristles, so use a manky old one!!

2. A close up of the slightly raised dried fluid before it's been peeled away, you can sort of see what happens when you paint on top in the blue floral image below.

3. The best bit... peel off the dried masking fluid by rubbing gently with your fingers, it's a bit like when you get dried glue on your hands! Et voila... some details of the end results!