I’ve Made an Etsy Shop!

I’m excited to announce that I’ve finally made an Etsy shop where I will be selling handmade giclée prints of my watercolor and gouache work, and it’s live today! The shop is named Francesca Scala Studio, as I wanted something simple that encompassed more than just watercolor, as I’m hoping to add more products in the future. My first release is four botanical prints, but there will be more coming throughout the year, and possibly some sticker sheets and other goodies as well. You can check it out here: francescascalastudio.etsy.com

I can’t wait to share more of my art journey with all of you!

Wedding Invitations

I was asked to design a wedding invitation set for a Cara and Louis, who will be married at the gorgeous Waveny House in Connecticut this coming August! I also designed their engagement party invites earlier this year. They requested an elegant and vintage style invitation to match the Tudor style mansion setting. I decided to use a lovely floral pattern in a soft peach (a ballet pink for two wonderful ballet dancers) for the backdrop of the invitation set, with a deep lapis shimmer pocket enclosure. I mixed a retro-inspired font I designed with starbursts for the invitation design. The invitation and reply were printed on white cotton paper and bound together with a soft peach cotton band and tag echoing the invitation design. I wish this pair a fabulous wedding day at the fabulous Waveny House!

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Here comes the sun…

This is what happens when you spend too much time at Starbucks… You get songs stuck in your head.

The original idea started out as a random doodle while chatting with my friends over the  weekend. A little time in Illustrator to clean it up, and re-tool some of the letters, and some fun with Photoshop, and here it is; the final poster.

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A Magical Miniature World Of Snails By Vyacheslav Mishchenko | Bored Panda

Beautiful, magical, little snails…

Had to share.

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Ligne, in production!

Creating a type specimen book for my newest (and first) type family, Ligne.  Next up, a few posters for the Senior Exhibition in a couple of weeks.

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Things are slowly starting to come together.

Preview Ligne.

 

Upcoming Adventures in Invitations

I have a request to design wedding invitations and ephemera for a wonderful couple getting married at a lovely mansion in Connecticut this summer. Initially, I was sketching out some more Art Deco styles, but I’ve come to find out that the bride is inspired by Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn, not the Teenage Witch) so I’m trying some floral ideas inspired by the iconic dress worn by Audrey.

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To Young Girls. remember the sky will not always be blue

Love this.

 

Originally posted on –tycogirl:

Cut text from various out-of-print sources. Background image is from “Smith’s Illustrated Astronomy” (1848).
Cut text from various out-of-print sources. Background image is from “Smith’s Illustrated Astronomy” (1848).

I will love you forever if…

You click “Collect Me” to help me win $10,000 and a show in the most immense exhibition of art in New York City : Art Takes Times Square.

via Francesca Scala.  <– Click my name, and then “collect me” at the top of the page. If I win, You’ll get my undying adoration. And a haiku.

 

 

Another semester over.

I’ve been silent here for a few months. Things got pretty busy and the commute into the city everyday was exhausting. But now the semester is over, and I’ve got a few months to work (hopefully. Someone hire me!), and do some of my own personal projects that got put aside this past year. Yay!

I hand-made a screwpost portfolio for my end of the year review, and for never building a book before, I have to admit I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I even hand-painted the logo on the cover.

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year of the dragon

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

I got some new art supplies, and a book of Illuminated Letters, so I thought I would try my own version. Here’s a letter I’ve been working on.

The letter D, with a dragon, since the new year is just around the corner, and this year is the Year of the Dragon.

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