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 […]
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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. […]
New Book – Geometric Patterns Colouring Book (Volume 3)
It has been a few months, but I now have a new colouring book! This is another pattern book – the third volume in my Geometric Patterns series. I’ve been on a bit of a […]
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 […]
Purple, Turquoise and Grey Easy Mandala Colouring Page
This is another of my easy mandala colouring pages, this time from my kids’ book, Magic Mandalas. Rather than a solid fill, I coloured it with a simple line pattern using markers, and added a […]
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 […]
Olive Green and Pink Easy Mandala Colouring Page
I coloured this mandala page a few months ago. I wasn’t sure about the colours at first, but it has grown on me. The design is from my kids’ book, Magic Mandalas 2 (which of […]
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 […]
Purple, Grey and White Abstract Kaleidoscope Colouring Page
This is another coloured page from my fifth colouring book, Through the Kaleidoscope. The illustrations in this book are basically full page abstract mandalas, and you can see them all here. This design is one […]
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 […]
Free Abstract Geometric Pattern Printable Colouring Page
Here is another free colouring page to print at home, this time from my book Geometric Patterns (Volume 2). I’ve been a bit slow to get around to posting about this, as I published the […]
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 […]
Brown, Orange and Yellow Simple Mandala Colouring Page
This is another easy mandala design, this time from my second kids’ book, Magic Mandalas 2. I coloured it a bit differently than normal, creating a thin line and stipple fill with Staedtler Triplus fine […]
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 […]
Free Easy Giraffe Colouring Page for Kids
Here is another free printable colouring page, taken from my newest colouring book, Very Easy Animal Faces Colouring Book for Toddlers and Young Kids. It features a cute giraffe face, with strong lines and large […]
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 and Green Easy Mandala Colouring Page
This simple mandala colouring page is from my first mandala book for children, Magic Mandalas. Of course it’s not just for kids – anyone who likes mandalas with large spaces will enjoy the book, and […]
Green, Brown and Burgundy Mandala Colouring Page
This coloured mandala has a mix of warm earth tones, including brown, green and burgundy red. The design is from my book Abstract Mandalas, which has fifty original mandala pages that you can preview here. […]
Red, Grey and White Abstract Kaleidoscope Colouring Page
I coloured this abstract kaleidoscope design in a simple red, grey and white colour scheme, using Tombow brush markers. I like colourful palettes, but sometimes it’s just as much fun to stick with a more […]
Free Simple Pattern Printable Colouring Page
The page in the photo below is another free colouring page download, this time from my recent book Easy Geometric Patterns (Volume 2), which came out earlier this year. The patterns in this book all […]
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 […]