Creating patterns that start with watercolor and gouache on paper results in your unique hand and style, rich with texture and colors in a way that digital graphics can’t.

In this workshop, we will work hands-on on paper following three inspiration boards or your own ideas. From working with silhouettes to creating watery-flowy watercolors to more detail-rich mixed media. I will guide you on how to make the art so that it works for large repeat patterns. This art will become a stunning stand-alone repeat pattern or your collection hero (you can later work on the secondary and basic patterns).

Then, I will demo how to take the art -scan or photo- into your devices to create the repeat pattern. No device in the conference? No problem! Everyone attending this workshop will get a printout with step-by-step instructions about how I turn art on paper into patterns using Photoshop or Procreate so that you can refer to it every time you make great art.