Something I love to see other creatives share are their sketchbooks and their behind the scenes processes, so I thought I would give you some insight into how I created my spring flowers collection.

I really enjoyed creating these designs. These are some of my sketchbook pages for you to see how I developed the designs that I came up with for the final collection.

I started hunting out pictures of spring flowers and bulbs on Instagram and found lots of lovely images to be inspired by.

I particularly liked informal bouquets of flowers created by people in their homes, rather than formal arrangements by professionals.

I like working with block colours in watercolour and use pen and Parker ink to give definition. I love the illustrator Quentin Blake, and the simplicity of his style and materials. He still manages to give so much character to his illustrations, particularly when he draws animals and people.

Using different materials in my paintings and sketches always gives me energy, so I experimented with using Pentel oil pastels as well as Winsor and Newton watercolours and Caran d'Ache coloured pencils. I also used some Winsor and Newton Brushpens when I wanted to work quickly and try out different compositions.

Some of the flowers I captured seemed to be more suited to repeat pattern designs, so I have started to create a collection of surface pattern designs using these. Keep an eye out for updates on my portfolio pages for new ranges that I’m developing.