Category Archives: Art Updates

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Red, Black and White Hexagonal Geometric Pattern

My first colouring book was geometric pattern designs, and I’ve been adding colour to some of them to sell in my stores. This one is a bold hexagonal design in black, white and red, with […]

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Black and Purple Spot Pattern

The other day I posted one of my older spot patterns, and this one was made at the same time, several years ago. It has colourful pink, purple and white dots on a black background, […]

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Blue Spots Pattern

Here is an old pattern, that I made several years ago. It’s a simple repeating pattern with blue and white spots on a medium blue background. Of all pattern motifs, spots are among my favourites. […]

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Purple and Black Painted Stripe Pattern

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 […]

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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 I originally made it when I was working on my first colouring book Geometric Patterns, but it didn’t make the […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Green Bubbles – Watercolour Pencil Abstract Circles Pattern

I like the look of coloured pencil art, but it’s quite rare for me to make an entire piece in pencil only. I find them a bit hard on my hand and get impatient with […]

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Green and White Digital Abstract Painting

This is another digital abstract painting that I created in Procreate. It is square format, with loosely drawn horizontal brush strokes in teal, light green, dark green and white. I especially like how the colours […]

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Pink and Purple Digital Pencil Abstract

I created this square format abstract with a digital pencil brush in Procreate, using vibrant pink, purple and white colours. It has a loose feel and a rough pencil texture. This colourful abstract art is […]

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Blue and White Winter Waves Abstract

This is another digital abstract that I made in Procreate just before Christmas. It has wavy white lines and dots on a blue background, and the texture reminds me of ice and snow, so I […]

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Purple and White Lines Abstract

I drew this square format digital abstract in Procreate last year. It has curved lines in purple and white on a dark background, with a snow-like spot pattern overlay. This purple abstract art is for […]