A February art challenge as a way to get back to surface pattern design and my creative practice. The surface pattern design challenge Four weeks. Four weekly prompts. Four patterns. Week 1 . The prompt is Paper and Correspondence. So far, it’s off to a good start. I am keeping things intentionally simple... one medium (which is my iPad and Procreate), one colour, one brush and simple motifs. No pressure to make something finished or polished. Just experimenting with the idea

On a snowy Sunday afternoon, I threw on a movie that isn't just enjoyable but inspirational. I ended up rewatching Julie & Julia . Julie committing to cooking her way through Julia Child’s cookbook made me think of a challenge I decided to take part in next month. Not a cooking challenge (clearly 😅) but a creative challenge! It’s been a while since I’ve committed to a challenge like this. Truthfully, I’m not usually a fan of them. As a designer, I already work from briefs…

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