feels a lot like autumn

It's been raining for the past two days in Providence, it feels, and smells, a lot like autumn. I love it, after the heat of the summer we've had.  And I love Golly Bard's drawings, which are perfect for welcoming my favorite season.

Find more of Golly Bard's work on Etsy.

sunday morning happy

Having stumbled upon these colorful illustrations by deKanimal on etsy, I had to post on Sunday, which I usually don't do. But sitting on my front porch in soft sunlight, listening to the trees, birds, and wind-chimes, the colors and shapes echo the morning perfectly.

geninne’s nature-inspired collection

Geninne D. Zlatkis’ watercolors continue to inspire. This particular drawing makes me want to create a five-piece place setting, each dish with a different natural element in the center: a piece of corral, a pebble, a beetle, two feathers, a piece of fern, and a leaf.

This summery watercolor is available on Geninne’s etsy shop.

Elegants and Mushrooms

Love these adorable illustrations by Melinda Josie...

Leila's World

It's soft and refreshing... I want to run around in Leila's illustration world...

{by Leila Shetty, via wherethelovelythingsare}

Natasha Morton’s exquisite paintings

Natasha Morton layers botanicals, circles, textiles, insects, typography, and pottery shapes, then sands the surface to give her paintings a worn, antique look. The result is multi-dimensional and mesmerizing. Natasha’s work can be found in her Etsy shop.

Jackie Peppermint

I adore these wonderful illustrations by Jackie Bos, but what I love even more is how she turned these into even more gorgeous things...

{Jackie Peppermint at Etsy}

Birdy & Me

If you haven't checked out the fashion illustrations by Kelly Smith you must! In my opinion, her wonderful drawings are often more magical than the actual photos they're based on.

{by Kelly Smith}

the botanical paintings of olaf hajek

Olaf Hajek is an illustrator whose work never ceases to amaze. Full of magic, his colors and textures are a wonder of visual storytelling. In February, a very first monograph of his paintings will be published by Gestalten Books. It's called Flowerhead. How appropriate.

Katy Gromball

I adore Katy Gromball's work, her use of mixed paper texture is wonderful and I love the influence of Japanese art. Her illustration seems so vivid too, seems like each one is telling a story...

Check out Katy's blog & Etsy shop!

Tania Mason

is the artist responsible for these wonderful ink illustrations

(images from Tania Mason)

geninne zlatkis’ inspiration board

Via the latest issue of Uppercase Magazine, I found Geninne Zlatki's inspiring studio, and wonderful watercolor illustrations. I love her collections and inspiration boards, click on the images above for a larger view. What beautiful arrangements of natural materials, paintings, photographs and books. Visit Geninne's blog for more of her life and exquisite work.

From Geninne' journal.

Geninne's A to Z of birds.

fashion, illustrated

in case you haven't come across Sarah Hankinson's illustrations... they're simply gorgeous!

(all images from Sarah Hankinson's website)