Creating Patterns Using Watercolor

Overview

“I have a theory that everything we do with our hands we learn better. Now you are going to see what the base of a composition of a print looks like. The first thing I teach you is the forms with which I am going to compose. I want you to see this before we start drawing, because depending on it you will paint in one way or another.”

In this video lesson Lola San Román Marshall addresses the topic: Composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Patterns Using Watercolor. Learn how to create patterns and compositions that bring your designs to life.

Partial transcription of the video

“Composition Now I will explain the composition for textiles and for "wallpaper". As we already talked about in the influence lesson, that I showed photos of other artists, of people who are dedicated to textiles, of great painters who were dedicated to textiles, there is one thing in common in large prints. And this is fluidity and movement. Once you put a picture on yourself, you don't want it to look like some kind of sticker you're wearing. What you want is to help the garment, be it the blouse or the dress, for everything to flow, to fall, to have movement. You don't want the eye to sta...”

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Course summary for: Creating Patterns Using Watercolor

• Level: Beginner
• 99% positive reviews (269)
• 5020 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 9m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Software

  Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Fashion Design, Pattern Design, Watercolor Painting