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Painterly Abstracts: Connected
I've been playing around lately with Affinity Photo, creating abstract designs and putting them into repeat. It has been fun using the...
John Wylie
Jun 4, 2020


Too Colourful?
I've started working on another Jacobean-inspired pattern incorporating hand-drawn motifs. I think I've gone a little crazy with the...
John Wylie
May 25, 2020


Winter Blues
Anither round with the Random Motif Generator! This time I got; curtains, high key colour palette, winter, collage! I did three abstract...
John Wylie
May 4, 2020


A New Botanical Collection
Roses, hydrangea, peonies, tulips, and freesia cometogether in a new botanical collection! It's been nice to slow down, get off the...
John Wylie
May 4, 2020


An Easter Pattern...maybe...
Another round with the Random Motif Generator that I mentioned in my previous blog post! This time around the Generator gave me;...
John Wylie
Apr 7, 2020


The Random Motif Generator
One of the many great things I've been introduced to through the Textile Design Lab is the Random Motif Generator. The idea is to use...
John Wylie
Apr 6, 2020


Yin Yang Collection
This collection started from a series of ten black and white paintings of abstract motifs, marks, and organic shapes. The painted motifs...
John Wylie
Mar 24, 2020


Oleander
Oleander, a collection of patterns using pen and ink drawings of branches, oleander blooms and organic shapes, for home decor. Now...
John Wylie
Mar 20, 2020


A Sneak Peek
Here's a sneak peek into a new collection I've just started working on. The influences for this collection are Japanese patterns and...
John Wylie
Feb 19, 2020


Two Options, No Decision!
I'm currently working on developing a pattern that will be used on an accent pillow. At this point, it is a single pattern not an entire...
John Wylie
Feb 19, 2020


Pink Hydrangea Pattern
The basis for this design is a watercolour painting of a hydrangea bloom I did years ago; I just never seemed to get around to using the...
John Wylie
Feb 13, 2020


Santorini
So excited! Santorini, my entry for Spoonflower's Classic Blue design challenge, placed within the top ten (#9 to be exact)!!! What a...
John Wylie
Feb 6, 2020


Spoonflower Challenge: Santorini in Classic Blue
For this week's Spoonflower challenge, designers were asked to create a pattern inspired by Pantone's Colour of the Year for 2020,...
John Wylie
Jan 27, 2020


Spoonflower Challenge: Black, White, and Painterly
Wild Fields! My entry for Spoonflower's Black, White and Painterly design challenge. The flora was hand-drawn using ink, calligraphy...
John Wylie
Jan 9, 2020


Wild Fields
Sometimes I just love working with a monochromatic colour palette! I also love the variety of marks you can make using calligraphy pens...
John Wylie
Jan 3, 2020


Boho Love
A new boho inspired pattern, perfect for Valentine's Day, is now available in my Society6 shop! The hearts were hand-painted using...
John Wylie
Dec 28, 2019


Marvelous Moths
My Marvelous Moths design is now available on a variety of products in my Society6 shop. Link to my Society6 shop can be found at the top...
John Wylie
Dec 3, 2019


A Boho Mock-up
A mock-up of a pillow with one of the designs from a boho collection I'm working on. The motifs were hand-painted and are based on...
John Wylie
Dec 3, 2019


Start of a Boho Collection
Here is a sneak peek at a hand-painted boho design I'm working on based on medieval devices and tiles. The circular devices, tiles, and...
John Wylie
Nov 19, 2019


The Berkeley Hall Collection
A hand-painted watercolour paisley pattern, part of the Berkeley Hall Collection.
John Wylie
Oct 31, 2019
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