I like drawing and painting patterns by hand, and I made this simple horizontal stripe pattern in Procreate last year. It has horizontal purple stripes drawn using a gouache brush, on a black background. This […]
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Pastel Rainbow Stripes Pattern
This stripe pattern is one of my older designs, made in Photoshop a few years back. I like pastel colours, although I don’t tend to use them a lot. This one is a kind of […]
Grey and White Geometric Pattern
This is a simple repeating pattern with a hexagonal geometric design in grey and white. I originally made it when I was working on my first colouring book Geometric Patterns, but it didn’t make the […]
Red, Yellow and Orange Spot Pattern
I made this brightly coloured spotty pattern a few years ago. It has a bold spot motif with red, orange and yellow dots, on a clean white background. You can find this fun spotty pattern […]
Purple Diagonal Stripe Pattern
This is another older pattern, made several years ago in Photoshop. It is an abstract stripe design, featuring diagonal stripes with a rich magenta pink and purple gradient. This colourful purple stripey pattern is for […]
Geometric Flower Pattern Colouring Page in Red and Yellow
This geometric flower pattern page is from my first colouring book, Geometric Patterns (Volume 1). Most of the designs in this book are abstract, but there are a couple of floral patterns too. I coloured […]
Blue, Yellow and Brown Painted Stripe Pattern
Here is another hand drawn stripe pattern, this time one that I made in Procreate using a gouache brush. It has horizontal stripes in yellow, brown, beige and light blue on a deep blue background. […]
Purple, Black and White Geometric Pattern
This is one of my favourites of my more recent repeating pattern designs. It has an abstract geometric motif in black and purple, on a bright white background. I made it on my iPad in […]
Black and White Geometric Flower Pattern
This repeating pattern is one that I made a few years ago. It has a stylised white geometric flower design on a black background. This simple floral pattern is for sale on various fabrics in […]
Red, Orange and Pink Easy Mandala Colouring Page
Sometimes I enjoy colouring mandalas and patterns by drawing or doodling inside the spaces, rather than filling them all with colour in the usual way. In this page from my Easy Mandalas Colouring Book, I […]
Purple and Pink Folk Art Hearts Pattern
I’ve always liked folk art, with its bright colours and flat look. I do quite a lot of art in this general style (not following any particular tradition), but it’s more for fun than something […]
Red, Grey and White Abstract Mandala Colouring Page
Here is another coloured mandala, this time a design with rotational symmetry from my adult colouring book Abstract Mandalas. I coloured this one in a simple grey, white and red palette, using Zig Clean Color […]
Blue and White Raindrops Pattern
I made this raindrops pattern in Procrate last year, using a watercolour brush. It has drops and spots in blue and grey, on a bright white background. Procreate isn’t my favourite way to make repeating […]
Blue and Purple Easy Mandala Colouring Page
This coloured mandala is from my first children’s mandala colouring book, Magic Mandalas. Of course it’s not just for kids – I like colouring relatively simple designs like this one, since they allow for more […]
Blue and Green Bubbles Circle Pattern
Here is a fun pattern that I made quite a while ago. It has a circle motif in turquoise blue, green and white, with a stylised bubble-like appearance. This blue repeating pattern is available to […]
Blue and White Watercolour Galaxy Stripe Pattern
This is another of the watercolour patterns I painted a few months ago. This one has horizontal stripes in blue and purple, overlaid with white ink splatters to give a starry sky effect. In between […]
Green and Yellow Gouache Stripe Pattern
I painted this simple stripe pattern using gouache paint on paper. It has broad horizontal stripes in warm yellow and green colours. You can find this hand-painted striped pattern on various products in my store […]
New Animal Colouring Book in Progress
My next colouring book will be another toddler book with easy animal portraits. Here are some of the rough sketches, which I’m currently outlining in Procreate: I started working on this book around the end […]
Simple Geometric Pattern Colouring Page
This page is one of the designs from my new colouring book Easy Geometric Patterns (Volume 2). It’s the first page that I coloured from the book – I’ve since done several more, and really […]
Watercolour Stripes Pattern in Green and White
This green and white stripe pattern is another of the hand painted watercolour patterns I made recently. This one has horizontal stripes in two shades of green, on a white paper background. This green stripe […]
Yellow and Orange Watercolour Stripes Painted Pattern
I painted this simple horizontal stripe pattern with watercolour on paper a few months ago. It has thick stripes in warm orange and yellow, with thin white lines of paper showing through. This yellow stripey […]
Free Easy Pattern Printable Colouring Page
This year I’ve released two new easy patterns colouring books. Patterns are one of my favourite things to colour (and draw), since they’re so relaxing! The page in the photo below is a free downloadable […]
Blue and Green Watercolour Stripes Pattern
Here’s another of the hand painted watercolour stripe patterns that I made recently. This one has horizontal stripes in cool blue and green, with a loose feel. This stripey pattern is for sale on phone […]
Red, Yellow and Brown Painted Stripes Pattern
This is another hand painted stripe pattern from a few months ago. It has broad horizontal stripes in deep red-orange, yellow and brown. This one started as watercolour on paper, but I wasn’t completely happy […]
Pink and White Watercolour Stripes
I like making repeating patterns, but I also really enjoy drawing and painting patterns completely by hand, with no digital repeats. I like the more natural, organic kind of look they have. I tend to […]
Citrus Fruits – Digital Painting
Fruits and other natural foods are one of my favourite subjects. This is a digital painting that I made last year in Procreate, with colourful citrus fruits (orange, lemon, lime and grapefruit) on a contrasting […]
New Book – Geometric Patterns Colouring Book (Volume 2)
I have another new colouring book! This one is a more detailed version of my recently released easy patterns book, and is called Geometric Patterns (Volume 2) – see all the designs in the book […]
Green, Yellow and White Brushstrokes Abstract Gouache Painting
This is the third in a series of three abstract gouache paintings that I made last year. It has a loose brushstroke pattern in bright green, yellow and white, and lots of paint texture. You […]
Blue and White Brushstrokes Abstract Gouache Painting
This abstract gouache painting is the second in a series of three that I made last year. It has a mix of deep blues with white, and a loosely painted brushstoke texture. You can find […]
Red and White Brushstrokes Abstract Gouache Painting
I really like painting with gouache, and this is the first in a series of three abstracts from late last year. It has a loose brushstroke pattern in white and bright red, with raised areas […]