Harriet Russell is a London-based illustrator who is known for incorporating quirky hand lettering into her publishing and editorial assignments. Brought up in a twelfth-century priory, she studied visual communication at the Glasgow School of Art and went on to get her postgraduate degree from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
Russell’s work often combines ares of flat colour with more detailed areas of line drawing and sometimes texture to add some depth. She enjoys the screen printing process so will sometimes try to achieve a screen printed feel to her pieces. Hand-drawn lettering, words and wordplay are also an important part of her work.
She lists her inspirations as many other artists, designers and illustrators, including Edward Lear, Saul Steinberg, David Hockney, Alan Fletcher, Johnny Hannah, Paul Blow, Brian Cronin, Angie Lewin and Bruno Munari, as well as gentle, indie folk music with quirky lyrics.
I have chosen to look at Russell’s work as I like the way her drawings have a quirky and playful feel to them, that would appeal to adults and children alike. I like how she uses a juxtaposition of bright and muted colours and the balance she creates between her delicate illustrations and textured papers and patterns.
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