Yorkshire Tea

Yorkshireman Andrew Hutchinson was delighted to be asked to re-design the packaging for Taylors of Harrogate's iconic "Yorkshire Tea" and "Yorkshire Gold" brands. The brief was to make a more realistic style of image without significantly changing the overall look of the package. The illustration was also to include familiar features of the Yorkshire countryside; Andrew's painting captures it's beauty, the Dales' Ribblehead viaduct, Castle Bolton and the Moors' Rosedale mines. Super job!

Hannah Firmin at Herefordshire Arts Week

Hannah Firmin is one of eight invited artists exhibiting at a beautiful venue near Hay on Wye as part of the Herefordshire Arts Week. The show runs from 8th -16th September at CABALVA FARM GALLERY, Whitney-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR36EX.  And on Friday 14th September, visitors are in for a treat as Hannah will be at the gallery for the whole day to meet and talk to anyone interested,  between 10am and 12pm she will be talking about her work and demonstrating her fabulous technique . The piece here is Hannah's latest print which will be on show together with 20 or so other prints. She says "It is a local view near to where I live, showing the River Usk and the Brecon canal. At the moment I am exhibiting in a family show in Whitstable, Kent at The Horsebridge Centre. This continues until the 31st August."

Cloudspotting for Beginners

'Cloudspotting for Beginners' is an illustration completed by Steinar Lund for Country Life Magazine. Published last month, the piece is for an article on the types of cloud we generally see in the UK, Steinar says "I often walk in the English countryside at weekends and take photographs, including clouds. Consequently I had a lot of cloud photographs which helped in doing the image. Although I was not previously aware of the technical names of clouds, I can now impress/bore my friends by pointing what type of clouds are above our heads!"

Longleat House

Ruth Rowland was recently asked to work on some lettering to promote Longleat House, an impressive example of Elizabethan architecture, set in beautiful Wiltshire countryside in the UK. Home to the 7th Marquess of Bath, the house is surrounded by 900 acres of ‘Capability Brown’ landscaped gardens and parkland. The lettering was designed to work with the hospitality side of the business, so as well as the site, it will be seen on wedding and corporate events brochures, stationery and promotional material. It needed to reflect the elegant, historic surroundings with a contemporary flourish, so Ruth focused on a soft italic hand, aiming to keep a fine balance between the flow of the line and the legibility of the form.