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Unlock the full set of Easy Pattern Play visual resources! This 22 page .pdf collection features 15 pages of simplified pattern ideas, each with 5 easy-to-copy designs that are perfect for sparking creativity. The 80 painter-friendly pattern ideas are tailored to make patterning easier and more accessible.

You’ll also get a handy guide with 7 ways to use the patterns, with tips for how to apply them for best effect. The mindset behind these resources is that everyone is creative and that inclusion benefits everyone, providing a foundational understanding of why this approach is so effective. Whether you’re looking to keep it simple by using a couple of pages at a time or mix and match designs for more complex creations, these resources adapt to your needs. This ensures no one feels overwhelmed, making it easy to inspire creativity in every participant—regardless of their experience or skill level.

I’ve used these exact patterns to help my family, friends, and clients create hundreds of collaborative artworks with over 2,000 people in South Australia—now you can use them too with your family, friends, or clients!

Be sure to join my Inner Circle email list to receive my free guide, “Starting Your First Social Art Project at Home.” This 7-page guide helps you create an artwork like those on my website, with helpful tips and an email mini-course that supports you as you develop the mindsets and skills to fall in love with Pattern Play Collaborative Art, my unique style of collaborative art projects.

Included Easy Pattern Play Sets:

• How to Do Your Pattern? – Start with big and small; medium happens naturally. Try each pattern in lines, around a shape, in clusters, or emerging from edges for seven ways to explore.
• Starting Here is Easy Pattern Play – Always return to raindrops, pouring rain, circles, and swirls if you’re unsure where to start.
• Easy Marks Pattern Play – Simple mark-making in clusters adds visual texture in a fun and easy way.
• Easy Circles Are Fun – A circle is the first shape, but it can also become an egg, blob, dot, or spiral.
• Easy Circle Pattern Play – Circles are everywhere and easy to decorate with these simple additions.
• Easy Kiddie Pattern Play – Little kids love returning to familiar patterns like these they already know.
• Easy Linear Pattern Play – Any line can be decorated with simple, repeating patterns for an added touch.
• Easy Pretty Pattern Play – These simple, pretty patterns are iconic and loved by many.
• Easy Art Story Pattern Play – Drawn from a project created by 600 painters over two weeks, these patterns tell a story.
• Easy From the Edge Pattern Play – Patterns emerging from the edges of artworks are always intriguing and dynamic.
• Easy Flourish Pattern Play – Add complexity with interesting flourishes, starting with a simple swirl.
• Easy Galaxy Pattern Play – Inspired by astronomy, these patterns embrace the infinite possibilities of the galaxy.
• Easy Leafy Pattern Play – These patterns were inspired by a project about kids growing together and connecting with nature.
• Easy Netting Pattern Play – create shapes and fill them with
  netting patterns for a fun layer.
• Easy Aspire Pattern Play – Inspired by a project with 120
  junior school children, reflecting their value of ‘Aspiration’.