Showing posts with label bougainvillea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bougainvillea. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 May 2024

Bougainvillea Joy: A Bright New Floral Pattern


Image is a moving gif with various product images showing the bright pink, sketchy watercour trailing florals of the Bougainvillea jJoy Pattern.
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 Bougainvillea Joy Collection on Redbubble.


Hello there, and hope all's well with you.

It's been a really busy week here. I've been participating in the "Trailing Florals", challenge being run over at HistoryRepeating.

Whilst am making absolutely *no*  claim to being able to create patterns in any historical style, it was fascinating to see someone who can do such a thing (Barbel Dressler) at work. It was also massive fun having a go at translating that into my own (very sketchy, soooo much more whimsical) style.

The gif above is moving (or should be!), and shows the pattern in action over at Redbubble, if you're in the mood for some bright joy and maximalism. 

To get a better idea of how this my trailing floral pattern (based on happy memories of bougainvillea on sunny childhood holidays) turned out, this static snap shows it on fabric at Zazzle...


And yes, if you're a card maker or crafter, I am hoping that a new bougainvillea themed design will be up in my Craftsuprint shop in the next day or two.

I have to go now to check that that actually happens:-) . 


And  as ever, there will be...

More soon.

Friday, 14 February 2014

New Digital Painting: Bougainvillea (And a Happy Accident)

Here's the latest: a decidely unbotanical bougainvillea to counteract London's leaden skies. The place my Dad had in Portugal used to have beautiful one, and I spent some time looking through the photos of all that sun this week...

Anyway, this is also a happy accident because, things have felt a little flat. So I started playing. The original painting is in digital oil pastels, from scratch. But this time, it has textures overlaid in Photoshop above it.

I loved the look, and am thinking of going back over everything with similar ideas...

Have a great day.
PS. This design is now available on a whole selection of beautiful gifts, like this one: