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Mar 5

Written By Sarah Hailey

illustrated blog header with hand-painted blue background with an artist palette with colors the shape of foods and paintbrushes to look like chopsticks

This week was another great week in the studio! I consider myself lucky that we seem to be through the winter sads. When the house runs on sick time, the studio time sure suffers.

Spring is ringing in a new season, a new year, and new energy — which I’ve been spending at my desk…

✨What’s On My Palette is a recurring studio series where I share the art supplies, color palettes, and creative tools behind my current illustration projects. Perfect for artists, stationery lovers, and creative entrepreneurs curious about process and materials.

overhead shot of red toolbox full of junk journal supplies. open journal in the back — It’s been a while since I busted out my junk journal kit.

red junk journal toolbox open showing collage paper bits, gluestick, ink pads and markers with journal open in background — I haven’t used a junk journal style in a long time. Perhaps I’ll make more time for that once 75 Art is finished…

75 Art Challenge | Louisiana Love

This week saw a few more 75 Art drawings done. I’m a bit surprised it’s already nearing the end. Just a few weeks left!

I’ve been thinking about what to do with these after the challenge ends:

Pattern collection?

Gelli printed greeting cards?

overhead shot of a sketchbook with a hand-drawn illustration of a group of 3 onions — 75 Art | Louisiana Love — Onion

Used in damn near every dish and part of the Holy Trinity. 🧅

very close up image of onion illustration — I keep fussing over the limited color palette, but it’s just gonna have to do.

We called these kind “brown onions” when I was growing up in SE Louisiana — but I’ve never seen them anywhere else?

overhead image of bell pepper illustration in a sketchbook with white marble background — 75 Art | Louisiana Love - Bell Pepper

close up of a water pastel drawing of a green bell pepper — I love the texture of these water pastels.

close up of green bell pepper illustration — Even if the only veg you’ve got is some onion and bell pepper — you can still make something delicious! ;)

Next week I’ll share the rest of the Holy Trinity (our girl, garlic + celery, of course!)

I’ve also been doing some portfolio work and have really enjoyed getting back to hand-cut paper after several weeks of digital illustration only.

Anyone else feel like they completely forget how to make ANYTHING when they’ve been away from their desk too long? 😅

overhead desk photo with a painted paper collage yuzu fruit on a cutting mat with paper bits all around — Working on a painted paper collage.

desk shot of papercut collage process with handmade papers and templates and scissors strewn across the desk — That almost always means making templates first.

overhead shot of yuzu collage pieces being lined up against a template before being glued together — Working with templates has made my process so much faster because they lessen my decision fatigue and keep me more organized than using just a sketch for reference.

close up image of plump little yuzu paper cut collage — A plump little yuzu is loading….

yuzu fruit painted paper collage on a black cutting mat with painted papers and templates around on the desk — 🍊🍊🍊

almost completed papercut collage of edelweiss and yuzu — Then, it was on to the Edelweiss.

edelweiss papercut flowers on black cutting mat with scissors and paper scraps all around on the desk — I adore collaging herbs and flowers!

work in progress of edelweiss and yuzu papercut collage illustrations — I hit a flow state with all these petals and tbh, it’d been quite a while since I’ve had that feeling.

For a long time, I just couldn’t string together that much time for creating in one sitting. ;)

closeup of detail on painted paper collage yuzu and edelweiss — Just adding the finishing textures…

close up of yuzu and edelweiss papercut collage illustration with artists signature hidden in the foliage — Yuzu + Edelweiss 🌿🍊💚

Thanks for reading! See you next week!

Xo,

Sarah

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