Here are a mix of #colour_collective illustrations which I worked on over the last few months. Colour Collective is a Twitter challenge to create artwork based around a given colour each week. These were for – Blue Grey, Burnt Umber, Orange Lake Light, Pale Pink and Indigo:
I’ve been working on a new illustration lately which I filled with pattern and painted textures.
I particularly wanted to use a pattern that was based on a paisley design. I painted this in acrylic, using the head of a pin dipped in paint to add in the dots.
I like the contrast of painterly areas and textures against smooth clean shapes, the stripes shown below were done using an edge of card dipped in paint, I also use textured art paper which I paint or spatter using a toothbrush to get the effect that I want. I can change these textures into different colours and add them into the final artwork.
Laila Hills Illustration and Design 
