It’s no surprise that I love bold colour, and I’m absolutely loving the pet portraits I have been creating that are all about colour! I was listening to an artist talk a few months ago and it was suggested that all artists include pet portraits as part of their work
Channel your inner mermaid with these shell-inspired pattern designs! I just LOVE seashells and can draw them endlessly – so it’s no surprise that they feature in many of my patterns. If you are handy with a sewing machine and looking for summer vibes for your projects you’ll be glad
Last year I donated three artworks to the Incognito Art Show – I loved the experience so much that I decided to do it again this year! Some background – the Incognito Art Show sells A5 sized artworks at $100 each – the catch being you don’t know who the
Come on Barbie let’s go party – this is one trend I’m totally jumping on, probably because 99% of my pattern designs have some sort of pink in them! I do love my pink patterns, and it is one of my favourite colours to design with. What is really interesting
In this blog post I’m going to give you a sneak peak into how I design for a client brief. My client asked for a pattern design that was hand-painted with watercolours, including fish and the world. My client also supplied a colour palette of their preferred colours. The first
I have been thinking a lot lately about my art style and have started an almost daily sketchbook practice (I call it art play) where I can do whatever I like in a little A5 watercolour sketchbook. I’m hoping with regular art play I will develop a stronger sense of
I’ve just added a new page to my website called ‘My Creative Resources‘. I decided to list pretty much everything I could think of that I use in my business as a surface pattern designer and illustrator. I know when I have found these lists from other artists they are
As I have been learning about pattern design and running a business, there was one activity I did that really helped me focus my art creation, marketing, and clients to approach. That activity was deciding on an industry to design for. The industry I chose was swimwear, particularly sustainable swimwear.
Welcome to the story of how I got over my technophobia of using the iPad to draw and why I now love doing pattern design using Procreate. I’m one of those people that struggle with technology and tend to avoid using it unless I have to. Whenever I hear something
I often like to reflect on my art style and my source of inspiration for pattern design. Most of the time this inspiration is nature – especially anything to do with the beach and ocean or the tropics. The motifs I always seems to be drawn to are shells, palms,