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 I originally made it when I was working on my first colouring book Geometric Patterns, but it didn’t make the […]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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Brown Pastel Stripes Retro Abstract Art
This striped abstract is the final in the series of digital pastel stripe paintings that I made in Procreate last year. This one has a retro colour palette in shades of warm brown and beige. […]
Blue and Teal Green Scratchy Abstract Painting
This is another digital painting that I made in Procreate last year. This one has a fine scratchy texture in turquoise blue, teal green and purple. This digital abstract art is available in my stores […]
Cool Blue and Turquoise Abstract Pastel Stripes
Here is the fifth digital painting in my pastel stripe series, this time in shades of blue, turquoise and white. It has a horizontal stripe pattern, and textured surface. You can find this blue stripe […]