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Ali Elly Design
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Design inspired by the Ocean…🖌️
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This is my new, busy school of European pilchards painting (Sardina pilchardus) - just below the surface 🐟🐟🐟
#sardines #ocean #art #painting #seafood #design
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Fresh off the easel 'Sardines on a plate'
But not just any plate, this one borrows from the classic willow pattern ceramics, reimagined with my own twist.

#sardine #pattern #newwork #marineart #fish #illustration #fishing #northumberland #sardines #seafood ©AliEllyDesign2025
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
l've been working on this watercolour and ink painting of the Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) with seaweeds and Periwinkles.
It’s inspired by the fun of rock pooling, the small discoveries made when the tide recedes.
#art #seaweed #rockpooling #northumberland #crab #sea
September 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My newest work on the easel, 'Catching the light, Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)' painted in watercolor and gouache.
This piece is part of my ongoing series exploring sea life 🐟🐟🐟
#art #underwater #fishing #craster #northumberland #herring #seafood #illustrator #sea #ocean
September 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
'Seaweeds and sardines' is my new painting of patterns, movement and repetition beneath the surface.
Painted in watercolor and gouache with lots of greens instead of my usual ocean blues.
#seaweed #fish #art #underwater #green #design #pattern #ocean #painting #sardines
August 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is a #new #watercolour #painting, in my tin canned #fish series. I've been obsessed with capturing the shine of these unbranded #sardine tins, the way the metal catches light, without the reflection. There's something special about these simple tins with no labels.
#art #pattern #seafood
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
A newly finished painting ‘Sardines and Seaweed’ playing with structure and flow. Inspired by summer days spent observing coastal waters and all the patterns found beneath the surface.
🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
#fish #pattern #summer #art #seafood #seaweed #ocean
July 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I’ve just finished painting these five Sardines 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

#fish #art #illustration #seafood
July 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There is so many things to love about tinned canned fish. This is a new painting that celebrates the tins beautifully retro designs, the colours and the all the fish
💙🐟🐟🐟

#fish #seafood #tinnedfish #retro #ArtThatMatters #design #art #colour #painting #sardines
July 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is my new artwork, School of Sardines 🐟🐟🐟
I very rarely do prints, but I’ve made a small batch of this one - and once they’re gone, that’s it!
Grab yours on my website, AliEllyDesign.com shop>prints

You’re the best, thanks for swimming along with me! 💙

#sardines #art #print #ocean #fish
July 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just finished this busy school of pacific sardines in watercolour, gouache and inks 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
June 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Tin canned sardines on organic cotton

#seafood #sardines #art #tinnedfish #illustration #handdrawn
May 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A busy school of sardines 🐟🐟🐟

#art #design #fish #ocean #blue #seafood #sardines #pattern
May 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
‘See the Wild’ the long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus)

#seahorse #seaweed #art #illustration #nature #ocean
April 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
A very busy school of European pilchards (Sardina pilchardus) 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟

#art #pattern #ocean #fish #seafood #nature #illustration
April 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Here are some Atlantic flying fish (Cheilopogon melanurus) 🐟✈️ I’ve just finished painting

#art #watercolour #blue #illustration #ocean #design
April 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Happy Earth Day
This is my new Sandy rock pool filled with lots is fascinating species.

#rockpool #art #seaweed #shells #ocean #pattern #illustration
April 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Just five Cornish sardines hanging around in this new watercolour painting

#fish #seafood #art #painting #cornwall #sardines
April 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sardines on toast…a new watercolour painting I’ve been working on 🐟🐟🐟🍞

#food
#seafood
#art
#illustration
#sardine
#fish
March 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I’m fascinated by the patterns made between ocean species, this is my version of blue mussels (Mytilus trossulus) entangled with seaweeds.

#sealife #shells #mussels #beach #painting #art #pattern #seafood
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A very busy school of Atlantic Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) I’ve been working in this week 🐟🐟🐟
#fish #art #seafood #ocean #design #colour #underwater #fishing
March 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A new edition to my tin canned fish series, this artwork celebrates vintage sardines 🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
#sardines #art #seafood #pattern #design #fishing #ocean #fish
February 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Another new artwork…this is my blue mussel (Mytilus edilus) with common rock barnacles (Semibalanus balanoides) pattern.
February 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is a new watercolour I’ve just painted, Five Sardines (Sardina pilchardus)🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟
February 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A busy ‘school of sardine’ new painting
#underwater #fish #fishing #pattern #art #painting #scientificillustration
February 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM