Bold Stripes
One of the simplest basic patterns is a row of different coloured stripes. Striped designs are often bold and striking, such as our Goldcrest Gallery fine art print, ‘Fairway‘. Even though the green colours chosen for this design are cool and recessive, the pattern of stripes emphasises the contrast between light and dark. Stripes in bright or contrasting colours quite often remind us of pageantry and celebrations. For example, in our Little Notes range, ‘Ribbons and Flowers‘ features alternating soft orange and dull gold stripes. This looks bright and attractive, crowned with an arrangement of flowers.
Subtle Stripes
But stripes do not have to be bold. In our beautiful greeting card, ‘Cotton Lawn‘, rows of tiny green leaves form delicate stripes. In between these, pretty jewel-coloured flowers line up in stripes on a white background. The title of this lovely card plays on the striped effect of a newly mown lawn. ‘Fondant Flowers‘ is another design with subtle stripes. This time, dark and light pinks alternate in wide diagonal stripes. Small floral motifs in baby blues and pinks are scattered over the background stripes. The effect is soft and pretty.
Striped Designs
In Japanese woodblock prints, rain is often represented by vertical striped lines drawn across a scene. For example, ‘Sudden Shower over Shin-Ōhashi Bridge and Atake‘, by Hiroshige (1857). ‘City Rain‘, one of our fine art prints, is striped with vertical lines in black and magenta. These fine stripes look like steadily falling rain. The bright hexagonal shapes are blurred by the striped magenta lines, and this gives an impression of city lights on a rainy night.
‘Flower Crystals‘ is another design which also uses fine striped lines. From our Little Notes range, this image has fine blue and white stripes behind a shower of brightly coloured flower motifs. In the same range, ‘Flower Shower‘ has wavy pale blue stripes. White wavy stripes with rows of blue diamond shapes alternate with these. This design was created using blended pencil crayons, including the floral arrangement at the top.
Click here to view a curated edit of striped designs from Goldcrest Gallery…
Or browse the Goldcrest Gallery collection of handmade greeting cards, fine art prints and canvases. As well as striped designs, you’ll find many other beautiful patterns!