"first colors" inspiration board

I couldn't resist two posts in one day.  So many fun designs in my sketchbooks as of late.

I am very lucky to be collaborating with the ever-talented Bret Cole again.  I love working with her and the team she pulls together for each workshop.  Did you know there's another one this April?  With a similar aesthetic drive as in the past, we're punching up this stationery suite with a somewhat unexpected color palette.  It's inspired by the first colors of spring: clear blue skies, sprouts of green grass, cheery yellow wildflowers.  The final designs are going to be so fun.

Images, clockwise from bottom left: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 7, 6 

I also really love this painting by Madeline Denaro.  It has so much movement and life without being too heavy.