JOURNAL — Design

‘Talking about substack, color and word of the year, dark academia, and historic homes and shows and more’ Hi friends! Hope your new year is off to a great start! I’m happy to introduce a new format we are trying for the studio + shop, called the ‘things worth sharing’ newsletter hosted on substack. We’ll be writing once or twice a month to share what’s going on in our studio, plus other things we think are worth sharing in the world of art, design, personal growth, creativity, lifestyle, etc.  We are hoping this will serve as a way for us...

'Peach fuzz 'color of the year', how I use peach in my art + our favorite peachy color palettes' Each year, The Pantone Color Institute selects a shade that they feel will best reflect the color trends in the upcoming year. Pantone’s color of the year for 2024 is ‘peach fuzz’ and as a long time lover of the color peach, I’m all for it. Peach Fuzz, color of the year 2024 via Pantone Peach is a delicate orange-y pink color that exudes warmth, softness and playfulness. It’s muted tone makes it the perfect, warm neutral that can play nicely with so many...

First things first! There’s a new sale section on the web shop for overstock and secondsinventory. See below for details. A great chance to scoop something up for a steal!   Overstock Sale: Item has no flaws - 20% off sale, applied at checkout Seconds Sale: Print has a small bend in 1 or more corners,  would be totally unseen in a frame - 30% off sale, applied at checkout CURRENT HAPPENINGS + INSPIRATION Autumn itself is always an inspiration! I love a warm and muted color palette, so just stepping outside each day is total eye candy for me....

Painted a drawing prompt from yesterday in watercolor (left), acryla gouache (right) and digital (middle). Watercolor version: love the bleeds, imperfections, texture, color, Acryla Gouache: love the vintage storybook vibes that gouache gives off Digital: more perfect and graphic, which I like, but also miss the imperfections and life of painted medium. Plus I like the experience of painting more.

Popping in to announce our new art print release! We have 9 new prints in the shop with recent artwork that I’ve been working on this past couple months. Flowers, bud vases, patterns, bold colors, summer fruits - some of the things inspiring me as of late!  A few weeks ago, we released a part 1 of this collection, which was older art that has never been released. The first 3 were originally exclusively available at Urban Outfitters, but are now also available in the online shop! The begonias are my fav. It’s been a while since we’ve released new...