Words and Wildflowers Creative Prompts – Issue 73

We LOVE research and learning as a way to get inspired and boost ideas and creativity!! So, Kenzie and I are going to be sharing the inspiration that we collect here in our second newsletter…. once a week!!!

Here’s how it works:

We provide the inspiration. You interpret it however you wish… any medium, any size. It is meant to inspire lettering and floral art combined together. But, you can:

Just do the florals, just do the lettering, or combine them together.
Use the provided quote for your piece or select your own.
Use colors from one of the inspiration images or select your own favorites
Create the floral art… as a still life in a vase, a single flower, a border, a pattern, a bouquet

Hope you will create with us and post your work at #wordsandwildflowers2024 and tag @lorisiebert.studio and @snippetsofwhimsy

Quote of the week…

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”

— Gandalf

Inspirational artist of the week: János Kass

János Kass (1927-2010) was a sculptor, graphic designer and printer, who also worked in film and animation. He illustrated over 400 books and was honoured with many awards in his life time including Hungary’s highest award, the Kossuth prize. János Kass’s style is a mixture of fine black lines and broader colour lines there is no mixing of colour, which is kept bold and singular. This is not János Kass’s only style of work, but it is very distinctive and instantly recognisable as well as being bright, fun and happy.

Hand lettering inspiration of the week: Natalya Balnova

Natalya Balnova is a New York–based illustrator, printmaker, and designer known for her bold, expressive black-ink drawings and richly layered silkscreen techniques. Originally from Saint Petersburg, Russia, she trained in classical fine art before earning a degree in design and printmaking from the Academy of Industrial Art and Design. After moving to the U.S., she completed a BFA in Communication Design at Parsons and an MFA in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts.

Balnova’s work blends fine art, graphic design, and illustration, often infusing dark whimsy, poetic humor, and a hand-crafted sensibility. Her illustrations appear across editorial publications, books, posters, packaging, and self-published art projects including zines and silkscreened books. In addition to her freelance practice, she has taught courses in book design, color and design, and hand-lettering.