fun with paints at Harvest Workroom with Dawn

I had such a great time at a watercolour illustration class last night at Harvest Workroom with the gorgeous, sweet, funny Dawn Tan. Dawn is a super talented illustrator - and she is so sweet and generous!! Her class was a lot of fun, and went far too quickly, but I am looking forward to dragging out my old watercolours and seeing how I go now that I have had a refresher!! Dawn's work is super fun, fresh, honest and also featured in Frankie a lot - love!! :) To see more of Dawn's work and a glimpse into her colourful world, go check out her blog Handmade Love, its definitely a fave blog of mine!!
(please excuse my dodgy iPhone pics, I feel like a wally lugging my SLR around to places like this!)

blocking in the basic shapes and colours

adding more layers and detail

my pretty paint palette!

coming together now - not bad for a first attempt

such a fun subject matter, probably the most fun thing about Dawn's beautiful illustrations

knocking together another quick one, inspired by Dawn's latest project

throw in some detail - waterproof pen people!!

and of course I couldn't help myself and added a new Dawn Tan with Harvest Textiles teatowel to my growing collection, recipe illustration for tomato relish!!! must make this one.. for sale here