For the last 15 days of 2021, I challenged myself to come up with one pattern per day and then post them on my Instagram. I had so much fun with this challenge! Some of the patterns turned out better than others but was very fun to come up with different illustrations to turn into patterns.

I will definitely be challenging myself like this again. It really pushed my creativity.

DAY ONE:

Christmas Bassett Hounds

Before I added Christmas to the Bassett Hounds:

DAY TWO:

Christmas Sugar Cookies

Light Background Version of Christmas Cookies:

DAY THREE:

WinterGreen

DAY FOUR:

Old Fashioned Candy. This was one that I wish I would have had more candy in the pattern. Each individual candy illustration took a little more time than I expected. I wanted to get my daily pattern posted, so I just used the candies I had illustrated by the end of a busy day.

DAY FIVE:

Gnomes. I had so much fun illustrating each individual gnome for this pattern. I posted more on the gnomes here.

DAY SIX:

DAY SEVEN:

DAY EIGHT:

Floral patterns are always my favorite to create.

The same pattern, smaller.

DAY NINE:

Playing with abstract shapes.

DAY TEN:

My first attempt at a diamond-shaped-old-fashioned-wallpaper style pattern.

A look at the single block:

The same pattern, smaller.

DAY ELEVEN:

More experiments with the Diamond-shape.

DAY TWELVE:

Chrysanthemums. I love these flowers. I used almost the same color palette as the floral pattern I made on day eight.

DAY THIRTEEN:

My attempt at a throw pattern. Can you tell Valentine’s Day was on my mind?

DAY FOURTEEN:

Playing with line drawings of chickadees.

DAY FIFTEEN:

I decided to color in my chickadees.