Creating Patterns Using Watercolor
A course by Lola San Román Marshall , Watercolor Painter and Textile Designer
Learn how to create patterns and compositions that bring your designs to life
Learn how to create patterns and compositions that bring your designs to life
When painting with watercolors, experimenting and going with the flow of your paintbrush is essential to achieving interesting and unique results. Painter and textile artist Lola San Román specializes in painting textile patterns that exude harmony and fluidity, through compositions filled with rhythm and delightful rapports.
Lola has been creating textile patterns for the fashion industry for over fifteen years, working with brands like Mango, El Corte Inglés, and Vera Wang. In this course, she shows you how composition is key when creating professional wallpaper or textile patterns that stand out. Learn how to develop your own style and shapes into your patterns and finish the course with all the tricks and techniques to create your first professional pattern collection.
What will you learn in this online course?
13 lessons & 8 downloads
- 100% positive reviews (259)
- 4,585 students
- 13 lessons (2h 9m)
- 8 additional resources (3 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Create a pattern for textile, paper, or wallpaper using watercolors, basing your design on scale, and full and empty color concepts.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
For all those who want to learn about composition (in drawing, illustration, or watercolor techniques) and how to create repetitions.
Requirements and materials
You need to know how to use the basic functions on Adobe Photoshop and the eagerness to learn from a new perspective.
As for materials, you will need basic tools such as different types of paper, paintbrushes, watercolors, scissors, and cardboard.
Reviews
A course by Lola San Román Marshall
Lola San Román is a painter and textile designer with over fifteen years of experience in using watercolor to create textile designs.
She is passionate about repetitions that are created through patterns and the harmony found using rhythm, repetition, and the equidistance of elements.
She designs textile patterns for clients in the fashion and home interior industry such as Inditex, Mango, El Corte Inglés, and Vera Wang.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Who I am
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Influences
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What will we do in the course?
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U2
Before creating: The Preparation
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Job material
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The inspiration mood board
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Working mood board
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U3
Creation
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Fundamental concepts about watercolors
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Composition
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Illustration of our forms
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U4
We transfer it to computer
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Scan and clean
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Create repeat 1
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Create repeat 2
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Preparing the file for stamping
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FP
Final project
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Creating Patterns Using Watercolor
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kyna
Great course ! I learned a lot !
desireelaradenia
Me ha gustado mucho, me encanta poder plasmar las acuarelas en las telas :-)
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anrogi
"I expected the instructor to teach how to work with a scanned painted image in Photoshop. She just mentioned that she cleaned it but didn't explain how. Additionally, the English audio quality was terrible. Very disappointed."
roxcasabo
El curso es excelente y Lola es muy buena profesora. No tenia conocimientos previos y la verdad es que estoy aprendiendo mucho acerca de la creación de patrones textiles. Muchas gracias!
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anaclara4075
Curso maravilhoso, pra quem quer aprender a criar as primeiras estampas com qualidade , é ótimo.
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