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Welcome to my blog!

I am a freelance printed surface designer - I create artwork for use in fashion (womenswear mainly), interiors and stationary and created this blog to share my inspirations, work in progress, and design interests.

You can also follow me on http://pinterest.com/samwarren/ and have a glimpse of my printed surface portfolio on http://www.samanthawarren.me.uk/


Enjoy browsing! Thanks, Sam x

Saturday 11 February 2012

Some of this weeks florals

For the watercoloured florals I've used Windsor & Newton's watercolour paints with Derwent's Inktense pastels which work great together. The Inktense Pastels are my new discovery. They are watercolour pastels which you can use in a few different ways. I like to draw with them and then paint water over to soften, you can also paint water onto paper first and draw over which is also a nice effect as the pastel bleeds into the water. You can also shave off specks of the pastel onto your paper and then paint over for a more intense watercolour look.
I also use tippex for highlights










And with these paintings I created these too........powder pastel florals

















Yesterday's view

The gorgeous wintry view as I work :)


Sunday 5 February 2012

Polish Inspiration

Here are some snaps from a winter break to Warsaw and Zdory
Also I came across Wycinanki - the Polish art of paper cutting. Here's a video complete with cheesy music of some examples.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYXGPRyNgM&feature=related












I must do a collection with these sweet folk motifs from Poland. A fun & colourful collection!


Laura Ashley & Uniqlo Collaboration