by Riëtte Cawthorn | May 27, 2020 | Lettering, Practice makes Progress
A few weeks ago Ian Barnard posted an article on his website called “Let’s Colour a 3D Letter”. I thought it was a really good idea and decided to give it a go. I chose to use Adobe Illustrator to create my alphabet and chose two colour palettes to...
by Riëtte Cawthorn | May 22, 2020 | Illustration, Practice makes Progress
I really have to work hard at keeping a consistent practice routine (any routine really) and even more to consistently share my practice pieces, but I also realize if you don’t consistently practice and consistently put your work out into the world there’s...
by Riëtte Cawthorn | May 22, 2020 | Practice makes Progress, Surface Pattern Design
A few weeks ago I started a new project called “100 Simple Patterns”. The idea is to create 100 simple patterns using shapes etc. in Illustrator with different colour palettes. The reason I started this challenge was because I felt so bogged down by my...
by Riëtte Cawthorn | May 22, 2020 | Lettering, Practice makes Progress
In October 2019 I started a project for #inktober. I did a few drawings and also started playing with drawing some flower letters. I got sidetracked and never finished the project, but decided a few weeks ago to work at getting the project finished. It’s been...
by Riëtte Cawthorn | May 21, 2020 | Illustration, Practice makes Progress
Around the end of 2019 I watched Liz Kohler Brown’s Skillshare class – Create an Illustration Series: From Inspiration to Print and I really loved it. I don’t know why, but it really resonated with me. And so my Christmas Top Hat series was born, I...
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