I recently did a little Q&A with UK based merch company Zap! Creatives (the awesome company I've been making acrylic charms and holographic stickers with), check it out if you'd like to know more about me and behind the scenes of my little business.
I talk about running a freelance business, my background and inspirations, the products in my shop, and more.
Read the Q&A HERE
Happy 2017! Things have been quiet on the blog lately - oops! I haven't been able to post much for the last few months as most things aren't due to be published until later THIS year! Hopefully I can share more soon.
Here are some fat little festive robins I did for fun over the holidays :)
This week I had the pleasure of working with lovely people behind "Essentis" - a new brand created by chef Nicolas Petrucci. The brand "Essentis" shares its name with the popular biohotel in Berlin where Nicolas is head chef. Their first product is a pro-biotic and organic chilli-based sauce named "Power Sauce" and I was asked to create some vibrant chilli and mango-inspired artwork to adorn the product labels.
The initial inspiration came from my own chilli pepper painting, which I used as a base to add more colourful watercolour splashes to make it that little bit more exciting(!) and painted new mango slices to match. As you can probably tell, this was a lot of fun to do.
Essentis Biohotel - http://essentisbiohotel.de/en/
Artwork (C) Amy Holliday 2016
Photography (C) Essentis by Nicolas Petrucci 2016
A second batch of UK wild animal watercolour studies - this time its the squirrel.
The introduced US Grey Squirrel vs the resident British Red Squirrel. The grey has become the most widespread out of the two and is now the dominant species. (Luckily for me I live in the North where reds still survive, but I love both kinds!).
I also took a little time to try a softer style...
Images and artwork (C) Amy Holliday 2016
For more wildlife illustrations visit the Play section
Shortly after I created some fruity illustrations for California Fruit Wine Co.'s labels, a second batch was needed. This time it was "Pumpkin Spice" and Cranberry, whose flavours have just been released for the Fall/Autumn season. Yum!
California Fruit Wine Co. website: www.californiafruitwine.com
California Fruit Wine Co. on Instagram: https://instagram.com/cfwco/
Artwork (C) Amy Holliday 2015
Photos (C) California Fruit Wine Co. 2015
I've been so busy lately working on quite a few projects, but unfortunately I'm not able to share any of the work just yet - but that's no excuse to neglect my blog. As always I'm still working on few personal projects when I have time to spare. One of them being new vegetable studies. Here is broccoli and sugar snap peas. Both absolutely delicious and superheroes when it comes to nutrition. Let me know what you think!
Artwork (C) Amy Holliday 2015. Do not use without permission.