Custom Watercolor Food Illustration Services
Elevate Your Food Story with Watercolor Art
Whether you're publishing a cookbook, designing packaging for a specialty product, or working on a feature for a food magazine, hand-painted watercolor illustrations bring warmth, authenticity, and charm to your project. As a freelance food and botanical illustrator based in Vancouver, I specialize in creating detailed, nature-inspired artwork for commercial use.
My watercolor food illustrations are designed for:
Cookbook illustrations and recipes
Editorials and magazines
Food packaging and product branding
Restaurant menus and signage
Why Watercolor for Food Illustration?
Watercolor is the perfect medium to capture the freshness, vibrancy, and delicate textures of food and drink. Unlike photography or digital illustration, watercolor offers an artisanal, handcrafted aesthetic that’s ideal for brands focused on natural, gourmet, or organic products.
Benefits of watercolor food illustrations include:
Organic textures signalling natural ingredients and hand-crafted care
A timeless aesthetic that fits print and digital formats
Versatility for modern or heritage-inspired branding
High visual appeal on packaging, books, and websites
Gallery: Watercolor Food, Drink, and Ingredient Illustrations
Watercolor heirloom tomatoes varieties illustration for Cookbook
Watercolor Kent pumpkin illustration for Fall Harvest surface design
Illustrated Pasta Puttanesca Recipe for Client Project
Food Illustration: Bitter Orange & Lemon
Watercolor Wild Foods Series. Wild Berries: Huckleberry, Blackberry, Alpine Strawberry
Custom Food Illustration Projects
Every illustration project begins with a custom brief. I work with art directors, editors, chefs, and creative agencies to design artwork that aligns with your project goals and visual language.
My illustration process includes:
Discovery call and illustration brief
Sketch concepts and layout ideas
Hand-painted watercolor artwork
High-resolution scanning and digital editing
Final file delivery tailored to publishing or production
Experience & Clients
With over 10 years of experience as a full-time illustrator, I’ve worked on packaging for food and beverage brands, illustrated spreads in recipe books, and created visuals for natural medicine and wellness brands.
Notable projects include:
Custom tea packaging illustrations
Ingredient features for natural medicine
Illustrated recipes for herbal drinks
Edible wild plants and botanical identification charts
My watercolor food illustration services are perfect for:
Publishers looking for hand-painted artwork for cookbooks or books about herbalism
Packaging designers creating food, drink, or herbal product packaging
Marketing teams wanting branded content for natural and organic products
Restaurants or cafes looking for unique menu or decor visuals
Let’s Work Together
Looking for custom watercolor illustrations of food, drink, or botanical ingredients?
Fill out my inquiry form here, or email me directly with your project details and deadline. I’d love to bring your culinary vision to life through art!
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