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Magical Patterns: Simple Watercolors and Pencil Drawing
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Overview
Karina shows how a detailed pencil drawing or a simple watercolor painting can become a repeating, magical pattern using nothing more than basic materials. The class covers her personal creative process end to end, including a post-production step where a pencil drawing is colored in Photoshop to arrive at a crisp, colorful final image.
Who it's for
Illustrators, painters, and designers who want another route to a striking, tileable image beyond digital-only workflows.
Key takeaways
- Turning a drawing or painting into a repeating pattern
- Coloring a pencil drawing digitally in Photoshop
- Creating patterns usable on posters, wallpaper, and fabric
About this course
If you are an illustrator, a painter, or a designer and would like to expand your ways of creating an outstanding image, this class will help you to do that.
Explore how to transform a detailed drawing or a simple watercolor painting into a magical pattern. Learn about Karina’s tips and secrets used in her creative process, in which the main tools are just a simple pencil or watercolors. This lesson will teach you not only a traditional approach, but a detailed instructions in a post production process, for example how to complete a detailed pencil drawing by coloring it in Photoshop. You will see how easy it is to approach a crispy colorful image from the artwork that was originally created with a basic materials.
By the end of the class you will be ready to create your own tailing print that can be used as textures for the posters or on such things as wallpapers, clothes, scarfs and other items.
For sure you will be amazed how simple it is and you definitely would like to make more infinitely repeating patterns!
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