Liberty London Prints

Liberty London Fabric Prints
Many of the fabrics designed by the Liberty London Department store is hand drawn with washes of ink and follows a vintage floral theme. This is another style that is instantly recognisable due to the recurring floral theme and the use of bold background colours with a wash of watercolour and hand drawn detailing.

Lucinda Rogers

Lucinda Rogers - Urban Sketching
Urban Sketching is a drawing technique that I have a key eye for, particularly the style of Lucinda Rogers. I like the idea of sitting down and drawing exactly what you see. Lucinda's drawing style is built upon fine line detailing with a small amount of watercolour to create shading or depth in her illustrations. Lucinda also chooses subjects that are not obvious, back street building and high rise apartment blocks in city centres.

Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake - Children's Book Illustrator
Quentin Blake is an Illustrator I have grown up with from reading books from the author Roald Dahl. I like the technique he uses for his illustrations, a watercolour wash with fine line detailing. Quentin's style is simple but recognisable, a lack of detail creates characters suitable for children's books.

I Have This Thing With Floors

I Have This Thing With Floors - Instagram
I stumbled across this Instagram account a while back and it was interesting to not only see the different types of floor patterns there are around the world but also how the floor we stand on is quite possibly ignored day to day because we are so busy going places to appreciate the artwork on which we walk upon. I like these photographs because it has given me inspiration to look around and find patterns and designs in the most common places e.g. the floor, walls and ceilings.

Paper Fashion

 Katie Rodgers aka Paper Fashion
I like the style of painting Katie uses because it is very unique to her, when you see a painting by her its instantly recognisable. Katie uses an outline that she has created herself of a figure (commonly referenced as a ballerina) and she builds upon that, sometimes it is the dress or the shoes and other times its the face. I like these images because I would like to have my own style that is instantly known to be mine that can be worked in different ways.

Everyday Objects

 Javier Perez
Javier created a series of drawings on his Instagram account he called Instagram Experiments. The idea behind these experiments was to create a new creative concept using everyday objects.
I like these illustrations because the idea of finding something and showing it not in its intended use is interesting because the object is not shown in its natural form. The drawings with the objects are also very basic/simple so that the object is the talking point in the image.

SOL Beer – Chalk and Sign Painting

Chalk and Sign Painting - Jackson Alves
I like this painting because it combines photography, hand painted calligraphy and photoshop. Chalk Painting is something I am yet to work with, using it with hand lettering adds a more personal and defined touch. I like the combined elements of digital and hand drawn which gives the poster a more rustic finish.

Timorous Beasties

London Toile - Timorous Beasties
I like the contemporary take on this style of wallpaper print which includes sights of modern day London. If you look closely you can find illustrated prints of traditional landmarks such as: St Paul's Cathedral, Tower Bridge and The Gherkin.
This style of toile takes inspiration from late 18th Century French toile but an urban influence has been added to modernise the print.