Grape Hyacinths....so flowery

Hello ladies!

I have been busy with a number of things...one thing is practicing these surface pattern designs.

Above are some doodle I did in adobe illustrator.

There are alot of random drawings here....but I picked out the grape hyacinths and a few other items for my design.

All these are the exact same pattern design...only in different color combos. 

It is amazing to me how different they can be. 

Ooohhh...I love this one!

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Changing the colors is totally addicting! 

I love how soft it can look... 

and then how earthy it can be. 

Purples... 

This is a favorite too 

Always attracted to lime green 

I tried to add patriotic colors for this one.

Black and pink! 

Seems like the look is never ending.... 

This one reminds me of summer....and Popsicles!

Plum goodness!

Here is a screen shot of my program I work on.

The pattern is developed with my drawings ...on a square.

Everything must match up exactly on the outer lines of the square.

It also has to be where you can't see where it repeats on the finished project.

I recommend the Bonnie Christine surface pattern class on Creativelive....if this is something you want to do.

I do think you have to be computer savy...otherwise it will all be way to hard.

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Rosie outlook...floral surface pattern design

I have been designing some floral repeating patterns....which I intend to submit to a fabric company.

It is also great for other products...and I love practicing...which is very important.

Above are some hexagons....they are each the same design...just in a different color combination.

Which do you like best?

These larger images will give you a better idea of the actual pattern design.

This pink and red was the original.

This one is alittle strange....but I had to see it it in orange.

It is really fun changing up the colors.

These next two should be bluer...something changed when I converted the file.

Super bright yellow!

I llike this one alot.

More yellow ...this time with some pink.

Next I gave it some browns....kind of earthy.

I really like this one for some reason.

Green!

Green and black.

Here are the earthy ones in a hexagon formation.

As you can see....it is fun to play with.

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I will have to now make some designs to go with these.

If you have a favorite....please tell me in the comment section...

I would love to hear from you!!!

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What the peep?

Ok...I promise I am not getting vulgar!

Just having some fun...Easter is coming...lol.

I love the look of peeps and the marshmallow smells so good.  I just don't like biting into the sugar.

Well...I am not really going to talk about Easter....

I want to share with you some little bits of art I have been doing.

I have been playing around with lettering.

I need a lot of work, but practice always helps.

Here are some atc cards (they are white cardstock pieces of paper the size of a playing card)  I did...first the lettering on a card...just using a black sharpie.

Then I watercolored it...very simply I might add.

I was enjoying the painting alot. 

Here is what is looked like before.

Just me goofing around.

There are globs of ink and letters that look goofy....but I was trying to let myself just play around. 

Isn't this funny!

I love it! 

I love this one....believe it sooo much!

If you can't be nice, then either I am leaving or the pest is!! lol

I watercolored it with some favorite colors....then I added a border using the free photo editor

Pixlr 

I love pink also....my digital sign"Everything is better in pink" sells constantly on Etsy...I think there are alot of pink lovers out there! 

I added pink watercolor...which I had to make mixing red and white together since I didn't have it in my watercolors.

I think you should try making some of these to.

Take a favorite saying....write it on a atc card using a black sharpie...then watercolor.

It doesn't matter if something didn't turn out...you an always throw it out if you hate it.

Play alittle today!!

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Pretty color palettes

I love working with color palettes.

Here I took a watercolor painting I did ...years ago....and extracted some colors out of it....using Adobe Illustrator.

These colors can then be used in other projects. 

It is great when you really like a set of colors from something.

Here is an old valentine...scanned in and some of my favorite colors extracted out.

I like doing this since I usually get bogged down with the same color choices all the time.

I tend to use the same over and over ....when there are tons of colors out there.

Here is a picture my daughter took.

It has some lovely colors!!

I took out lots of colors for this one!

I have used these colors for many illustrator projects.

This would also be handy when painting too....not knowing what colors I would like....I could refer to this!

It is fun to just take any photo I have....that may have some great color...and getting this color group.

On adobe illustrator, there is this tool that is called an ink dropper.

You can fill a rectangle with the ink dropper tool....by having the ink dropper tool over any color in the photo you want.  It is like basically selecting colors...with just a click of the mouse.

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Notice colors around you.

What colors do you use in projects?

What colors do you decorate with?

Sometimes going through old magazines...ripping out pics you like then noticing the colors....gives you great insight.

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I took this on a country drive last summer....I have spring fever bad!

I am thankful our winter has been pretty good though.

I am really looking forward to those signs of spring!

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Don't quit your day dream!

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My Valentine floral surface pattern design

I have been working hard on learning adobe illustrator...getting all the techniques down.

It is very fun and exciting when a pattern design is put together....feels like a miracle.

 

One of the funnest parts is changing up the colors.....I really love that part.

Can you believe that this is the same pattern design....the color changes make everyone unique.

It is amazing to me how different they can be.

The backgrounds can be changed as well as the elements.

Basically I drew some hearts, flowers, and a stem with hearts.  I added some dots and leaves too.

I would never have thought to put some of these colors in these spots...but the program allows random changes and then you can save them.

This one reminds me of St. Patricks day.

I love this black one...it reminds me of what a little Swiss girls dress might have on it.

Beautiful pinks....love this one....so soft.

Hot pink!  

Lavender and yellow....amazing.

I saved a lot more color combos....just showing these ones.

I will keep working on design...there is much more to learn.....but I have the basics down for sure.

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