Hello There!

I’m Liz Kohler Brown, a surface designer and letterer who loves helping creatives find their style and sell their work.

Popular Classes

Art Nouveau in Pattern

Discover techniques like overlapping elements, using S curves, and building graceful, seamless patterns that are beautiful, modern, and licensable art inspired by historical trending methods.

Design a Calendar

Learn how to plan, design, and sell an illustrated calendar from initial concept to finished calendar listed for sale. 

Pattern Math & Layouts

All the formulas and tricks you need to build simple and complex geometric-based layouts.  

gouache in Procreate

Learn how to create realistic gouache-style illustrations using a variety of brushes and layering techniques, and get my full gouache brushset that you can use for personal or commercial use.

historical patterns

Learn how to use layouts, motifs, and techniques used throughout history to build patterns that go way beyond the standard scattered repeats that you see in so many modern patterns.

Etsy & Dropshipping

Stop waiting for licensors to reply to your emails, and start selling your own work without shipping a single package!

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Shop My Work

shop my art

In my Etsy Shop you’ll find my hand lettered cards and calendars that I create in Procreate using the processes I teach in my classes.

fabric

You can shop my patterns on a wide range of fabrics at Hawthorne Supply Co.

books

See all my iPad art tutorial and picture books.

Trend Reports

Each month, I share a trending art and design themes report to help creatives stay on top of trends without compromising their creative style.

Sketch to Sellable

Turn a simple sketch into a sellable pattern
 

Free Two-Week Pattern Workshop

September 3-17