This week’s Life Book lesson was delivered by Danielle Donaldson. I had really enjoyed her previous lesson – Tiny Story Telling – so I was looking forward to further experimentation with watercolour illustration. The lesson demonstrated a different approach to watercolour hand lettering. The idea was for students to write our individual names and then surround that with illustrations of things that make us happy, bring us joy. However, I took my inspiration from a piece Donaldson showed in her tutorial, an illustrated list of art supplies. Since art makes me happy, makes me feel more balanced, and colour brightens my day, I thought the subject was apt. I sketched a variety of my art tools, painted them with blotchy watercolour, spattered, and added the text. I really like how the piece turned out.
A Pict in PA 
The painting is so dainty and full of life just as the colors you used. I have been following Danielle Donaldson in instagram and she does very cute watercolour sketches. I love that the splatter of color added to the whimsical feature of this piece.
Thanks, Carrie Lynn. Donaldson did use spatter in the tutorial but you know I wouldn’t have been able to not spatter anyway.
Ah yes, spattering had become one of your signature style and they always always go well with every work you do. Amazing this spattering thing.
Really great result! And a great creative idea 🙂 thanks for sharing!
Thank you. I’m glad you liked it. Thanks for visiting and commenting. I’m happy you did.
Very welcome! I love getting comments on my blog too! 🙂
I will check your blog out when I’m on a bigger screen. My phone is good enough for comments but my eyes need more space for reading anything longer. 😀
Sounds good!! I hope you like it. I write a lot and also love photography 🙂 Hope it inspires you too 🙂
I love the simplicity, the use of space and the subtle colour.
Thank you very much!
I love the lettering, you have a nice style and I’m happy tinder you’ve kept the British way of spelling colour!😜
Thanks, Mike. I keep trying other styles of lettering when I can but mostly I default to this, a version of my own handwriting. Sometimes my phone autocorrects my spellings to make them American but otherwise I still spell everything in British English. Partly it’s stubborn resistance but mostly it’s force of habit.