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The Creative Process: From Concept to Final Illustration”
"Do you just get up in the mornings and draw the random things described in a text to create a list of illustrations for a book?" I was...

Yulia Potts
Oct 73 min read


The Art of the Perfect Afternoon Tea Party: A Storybook Ritual to Slow Down
In the times of quick coffees and meals over a phone, or Netflix series, the idea of an afternoon tea feels almost revolutionary. The...

Yulia Potts
Sep 303 min read


Why I chose the classical illustration style in this trend obsessed reality
Adding the fifth layer of watercolor small strokes, with the tiniest brush from my not so big collection, I feel as If it is me - being...

Yulia Potts
Sep 234 min read


Why My Life Looks Like My Art (Living a Storybook Cottage Core life in New Zealand
Before I even open my sketchbook, I have already spent some time in the illustrated world I am going to bring to paper. At 5.30 am it’s...

Yulia Potts
Sep 163 min read


How I built a Luxury Life as an Illustrator through Storybook Living
I heard that real artists starved in attics, but I chose a sunlit cottage studio and had enough velvet dresses to make Cinderella’s...

Yulia Potts
Apr 85 min read
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