Monday 11 November 2013

Facebook page

I hope you all had a great weekend! Just a quick post to say that my facebook page 'Hannah Webb Illustration' is currently down, but it will be back up and running in the next couple of weeks - my apologies! In the meantime please feel free to follow me on instagram and twitter for other updates; @hw_illustration

On a different note, I'm finally going to visit Rob Ryan's exhibition at the Sims Reed Gallery in London tomorrow! I've been wanting to go for weeks now so I'm really looking forward to it. My mum is accompanying me this time which will be great, I hope she enjoys it as much as I will; but I dare say we'll squeeze in a bit of Christmas shopping on Oxford Street whilst we're there, which I know she'll enjoy!

Friday 8 November 2013

Vintage postcards

I find myself in an unfamiliar position. I usually suffer from artists block on a far too regular basis, but recently I've been overwhelmed with ideas for artwork so its just a case of knowing where to begin! So in an attempt to kickstart my creativity I recently purchased a bulk lot of 40 used, vintage postcards from eBay for the bargain price of £6!

I love to use old paperwork in my illustrations for several reasons; the first comes down to my fondness of the aesthetic of aged ephemera, but another is because my mind goes completely blank when staring at a plain sheet of paper! So by incorporating techniques such as collage in my artwork it allows me to free my creativity and not feel so intimidated by the blank canvas in front of me... does that make sense?

Anyway, I digress! The selection of postcards is beautiful and I look forward to creating some new illustrations with them shortly, stay tuned!