Watercolor Without Fear – Painting for Pattern Design

This course offers a low-risk and highly-flexible approach to watercolor painting for pattern design. Using small blocks of watercolor paper, you’ll learn how to work on a dynamic canvas and create your painting as a half-drop repeat.

In this class, you’ll follow a step-by-step process that covers the following topics:

• Finding motifs
• Creating a color palette, keeping in mind trend and color research
• Composition, storytelling, and flow
• Scale
• Sketching
• Layout and color thumbnails
• Painting
• Checking the repeat

This course is suitable for anyone who wants to work more freely with watercolor. The method using small blocks of paper makes it easier to take risks and be more adventurous with your paint. Whether you’re tired of making small, neat watercolors or you want to be less tentative with your paint, this course is for you. It’s also perfect for surface pattern designers who work digitally and want to have more hand-painted work in their portfolios.