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Ubud Artist Inn Residency

February 18, 2017 by hollyblake84

It’s time to say a temporary goodbye to Bali after three weeks of creativity and relaxation in Canggu and Ubud. I’ve been travelling and collaging in various places over the last few years and coming to Bali regularly as it’s always been a great place to work remotely. It does tend to be a bit of a struggle to find an appropriate spot to stay that also enables me to cut and stick, but, on this visit I finally found accommodation that suited my […]

Categories: Blog, Illustration, Resources & Recommendations • Tags: Air BnB, AIR Ubud, art in bali, Artist Inn Residency, Artist's retreat, artist's studio, artist's workspace, Bali, Bali art, collage artist, make art, remote worker, Ubud, work from anywhere

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Bali Rice Terraces – Giclee Poster

April 2, 2016 by hollyblake84

I’m really pleased with my Bali Rice Terraces poster. I recently received the first giclee print back from my printer and it looks great! The detail of each blade of grass has been captured and it’s printed on beautiful, high quality paper – the printer I use always does such a brilliant job. I’ll be making these prints available via etsy shortly…more info coming soon.

Categories: Illustration • Tags: Bali, Bali collage, Bali poster, Bali print, Bali travel poster, Balinese rice paddies, giclee print, Indonesia poster, Mount Agung, paper collage, rice terrace, rice terraces, travel poster, Ubud

Wedding in the Loire Valley

January 4, 2016 by hollyblake84

Just before the end of last year I was asked to create some travel poster wedding invitations for a wedding in the Loire Valley in France next summer. The wedding will be taking place at the Chateau Saint Victor which is a beautiful turreted building set in gorgeous grounds. A river flows past the chateau and Megan and Jonathan were keen for me to give the image a twilight feel with twinkling stars and guests enjoying the beautiful venue. I was so […]

Categories: Blog, Illustration, Wedding Stationery • Tags: bespoke wedding stationery, Chateau Loire Valley, Chateau Saint Victor, collage, destination wedding france, destination wedding invitations, destination wedding stationery, French chateau wedding, french destination wedding, french wedding invitations, Loire valley, Loire Valley France, Loire Valley wedding, Saint Victor La Grand Maison, travel poster wedding invitations, travel poster wedding stationery, vintage travel poster, vintage travel poster france, vintage travel poster loire valley, wedding in france, wedding in the loire valley, wedding invites chateau, wedding invites france, wedding invites loire, wedding invites loire valley

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Il Palio di Siena

December 30, 2015 by hollyblake84

I was recently asked to create a bespoke piece of art depicting the Il Palio di Siena – a famous horse race that takes place in Italy. It occurred to me whilst working on this piece that I rarely create images featuring animals or people so it was an exciting challenge to have so many to make in one picture! I decided not to go into too much detail with the faces of either the crowd or the racing horses as […]

Categories: Blog, Illustration • Tags: art, collage, collaged horses, famous horse race, horse collage, horse racing, horses, Il Palio di Siena, illustration, illustration of Italy, illustration of Siena, illustration of Sienna, Italian architecture, Italian art, Italian horse race, italian piazza, Italy, Palio, paper collage, piazza, Piazza del campo, Piazza del campo siena, Siena, Sienna, The Palio, The Palio Sienna, Tuscany, water colour, water colour horses

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Getting Married in Italy

September 17, 2015 by hollyblake84

This week I’ve been working on some new wedding stationery templates for couples getting married in Italy. Inspired by picture-postcard views of the gorgeous Italian lakes, this is the first illustration in a range of invitation and save the date designs that will convey the beauty and romance of a wedding in Italy. More to come soon!

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Mandala meanings

February 19, 2015 by hollyblake84

I’ve been learning lots about mandala meanings over the last few months and, as I’ve grown to love mandalas so much, I’ve also been running workshops showing you how to create your own mandala and find out what it says about you too. Today I thought I’d share an example of a mandala and what it’s possible to learn about the mandala meaning from the colours, shapes and numbers held within….. Red is the primary colour in this mandala and it exists in […]

Categories: Blog, Illustration, Intuitive Mandalas • Tags: art mandala, cross symbol meaning, diamond symbol meaning, intuitive mandalas, mandala, mandala art, mandala meaning, meaning of colours, meaning of cross, meaning of diamond, meaning of lilac, meaning of mandala, meaning of orange, meaning of red, orange, read a mandala, red, significance of lilac, significance of ornage, significance of red, what is a mandala

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Category Archives: Illustration

Ubud Artist Inn Residency

Bali Rice Terraces – Giclee Poster

Wedding in the Loire Valley

Il Palio di Siena

Getting Married in Italy

Mandala meanings