Hygge – lettered pumpkin chai latte recipe

40 min Easy

The word hygge, which means comfort and wellbeing, is on everyone’s lips at the moment. It also denotes a warm, cosy atmosphere, enjoying life with friends and family and sitting round the table with them by candlelight, eating and drinking.

Autumn and winter are especially hygge. Get right into the wonderful spirit of hygge with our delicious illustrated recipe – first be creative, then try out the recipe and finally enjoy it with your loved ones!

An article by Claudia

Print out the design. Shade over the back of the template with a soft pencil (e.g. Lumograph B6).

Download template

Fix the template (front side up) to the top corners of the paper using masking tape. Next, go over the design with a sharp HB pencil, so as to transfer the design onto the watercolour paper. Before you remove the template, lift it up from the bottom corners to check that you have transferred all the lines.

Go over the banner, title, quantities and fine lines with the black pigment liner with a line width of 0.1 mm. Use the black pigment liner with a line width of 0.3 mm for the big glass and the food.

Use the coloured pigment liners for the word HOMEMADE and the food lettering.

Now colour in the food, the banner and the title with watercolour pencils. Make the title multi-coloured. For each letter, use yellow at the top, then orange, red and brown, and blend the colours together.
Then colour in the background around the drink very gently in light blue.