Here is the second in the new set of geometric patterns that I’ve created for my stores this month. This one has a simple stylised flower motif in shades of green and light yellow green. […]
Category Archives: Art Updates
Bowling Pin, Apple and Cylinder – Painting Exercise #16
Over the holidays I took some time off from working on my painting exercises for Evolve Artist. I enjoy the course, but it was nice to have a break and just do other (easier!) art […]
Green, Brown, Orange and Yellow Retro Geometric Pattern
As I mentioned in my last post, one of the things I want to focus on this year is building up my stores on Spoonflower and Society6. I’ll be creating both wall art and patterns, […]
Purple Storm Clouds Abstract Painting
It’s a new year, and time for new art! I took a break from my painting course and colouring books over the last couple of weeks, but had fun doing some other art in my […]
Bird and Bird House – Painting Exercise #15
I slacked off a bit on my Evolve exercises in the last few weeks, because I wanted to focus on getting my next colouring book out before the holidays. Then some other stuff came up, […]
2021 Round Up
Time for my annual post looking back at what I’ve done this year! It’s hard to believe it’s the end of 2021 already – it doesn’t seem like long since I made a post for […]
Cone, Pear and Stand – Painting Exercise #14
This is exercise 14 of 20 from Evolve Artist Block 1. I made quite a few mistakes here, although more on the cone and the pear, which weren’t the hardest parts of the painting (that […]
Jug, Apple and Cylinder – Painting Exercise #13
Here is another painting exercise that I completed for the Evolve course. This still life jug, apple and cylinder is number 13 of Block 1, and as usual was a bit more complex than the […]
Brown Abstract Painted Spots Pattern
This is another recent repeating pattern that I made in Procreate a few weeks ago. It has warm autumn colours, with loosely drawn circular motifs in orange and cream on a light brown background. You […]
Pear, Cylinder and Pot – Painting Exercise #12
I just finished my next painting exercise for the Evolve course, which is this still life pear, cylinder and pot. This is the second execise with reflections, and it definitely felt a bit harder than […]
Brown and Teal Abstract Mandala Pattern
Here is another of the repeating mandala patterns I made recently, using one of my existing mandala designs. This one is a light brown in colour, with a detailed teal green, orange and white pattern. […]
Apple, Pot and Ball – Painting Exercise #11
I didn’t have time last week to work on my Evolve exercises, and I missed it. But this week I got back to it and have just finished exercise 11 of Block 1. For this […]
Blue and White Glowing Mandala Pattern
Here is another repeating mandala pattern that I made from an older mandala illustration. This one is blue and white, with a glowing white pattern on a deeper blue background. I always like monochromatic colour […]
Vase and Tape – Painting Exercise #10
I’m now halfway through Block 1 of the Evolve Artist course! I just finished painting #10, which is this vase and tape. The subjects aren’t too exciting, but the point is not to make pretty […]
Blue, Pink and White Mandala Pattern
This is another repeating pattern that I made from one of my existing mandala designs. This one has vibrant blue, pink, turquoise and purple lines over a bright white background, and a speckled texture. To […]
Mushroom and Cone – Painting Exercise #9
Here’s another painting finished for Block 1 of the Evolve Artist course. This one was a bit trickier, with gradients in some tight spaces. Each exercise has been slightly more challenging than the last, but […]
Deep Blue and Green Mandala Pattern
This is another repeating mandala pattern that I made from one of my older mandala designs. This one is a deep blue and green in colour, with lighter details. This was the first (usable) mandala […]
Bottle and Cubes – Painting Exercise #8
I just finished my eighth painting for the Evolve Artist course. I’m a bit behind schedule, thanks to various stuff getting in the way last week. This one continues with more practice of gradients and […]
Green and Yellow Geometric Mandala Pattern
I always enjoy creating mandala art, and one nice thing about mandalas is that they usually work well as repeating patterns as well as standalone designs. So I’m making seamless patterns from some of my […]
Brown Squiggly Circles Pattern
Now I’m back on a pattern kick, here’s another new one that I made yesterday. This also has warm autumn colours, this time browns, beige and a bit of plum purple and brownish pink. The […]
Green, White, Red and Peach Spots Pattern
I realised the other day that I haven’t made any new patterns this year, other than for my new colouring books. The ones I’ve been posting on here are all older designs. I actually had […]
Vase and Cylinder – Painting Exercise #7
This is the seventh painting for Block 1 of the Evolve Artist course that I started few weeks ago. This exercise continues to practice sharp edges, gradients, and recognising the four basic values. I actually […]
Geometric Shapes – Painting Exercise #6
I finished the next exercise for the art course I began recently. And I really screwed this one up! It’s not as obvious in this photo as in the actual painting, but I badly messed […]
Sphere – Painting Exercise #5
I just finished another assignment for the art course I’m doing. This is exercise five from Block 1, and is a simple greyscale sphere. It’s painted in oil on canvas, and it’s safe to say […]
Cubes – Exercise for My New Art Course
I recently started the Evolve Artist online course. I’d been considering it for quite a while, but put it off because I was busy with my colouring books and other stuff. But I know there […]
Blue Spiral Abstract Pattern
This is a repeating spiral pattern that I drew last year in Procreate, with a chalk spiral motif in light blue on a darker blue background. Even though it’s very simple, it’s one of my […]
Green and White Chalk Leaves Pattern
This is a simple repeating pattern design, with a white leaf motif on a green background. I drew it in Procreate using a chalk brush, so it has a nice textured look. This simple leaf […]
Green, White and Black Geometric Pattern
This is another geometric pattern that I made several years ago, for my first colouring book Geometric Patterns. The pattern in the current book is different to this one (I updated some of the designs […]
Black and White Doodle Flower Pattern
This is another of the repeating patterns that I made last year. I drew this one in Procreate on my iPad. It has cute doodle floral and leaf motifs in black, on a white background. […]
Blue and White Geometric Pattern
I created this geometric pattern a few years ago, as part of my first colouring book, Geometric Patterns. It has a rounded motif in shades of blue, on a white background. It has a bit […]