Playing with Surface Design: A 3-Part Series
Intermediate | 1 hour 35 min
01:14
Mark Making
01:03
03:18
07:00
11:11
21:45
05:06
Monoprinting
01:09
02:03
12:37
07:05
Repeat Patterns
00:38
01:40
11:45
07:46
Taught by Courtney Cerruti
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You don’t need a background in art to create beautiful surface designs on paper and fabric. Join Courtney Cerruti as she leads you through a series of exercises from her book Playing with Surface Design: Modern Techniques for Painting, Stamping, Printing and More. In this three-part series, you will learn creative ways to play with paint, markers, and stamps, plus a simple form of printmaking called monoprinting. Combine all of these lessons to create layered, textural surfaces that can be used as cards, wrapping paper, fabric yardage and more.
 
Here’s what you’ll need:
Playing with Surface Design: Mark Making
  • Credit card or library card
  • Various water-based fabric paints
  • 1 yard heavy-weight cotton or canvas fabric
  • Medium weight art paper (print making paper or heavy weight drawing paper works great)
  • Palette or tray
  • Apron or smock
  • Baby wipes
  • Brush pen markers
  • China marker (optional)
  • Water-soluble pencil (optional)
  • 4” x 6” postcards or index cards
  • Envelopes
  • Scratch paper
  • Foam brush
  • Variety of paint brushes
  • Solid color satin ribbon
  • Fabric paint
  • Scissors
  • Playing with Surface Design: Monoprinting
  • Credit card printed paper from Part 1
  • Gelli plate
  • Envelopes, blank cards, tags, or additional material for printing
  • Variety of printmaking inks or acrylic paints
  • 2-3 brayers, including soft and hard
  • At least 2 non-porous surfaces to roll ink on (such an enamel tray or plexi glass)
  • Credit card for cleanup
  • Spray bottle
  • Scrap paper
  • Flat 2D objects that have texture (such as leaves, feathers, string, paper doilies)
  • Baby wipes
  • Apron
  • Playing with Surface Design: Repeat Patterns
  • Wooden batik blocks or rubber stamps (Courtney uses Fabric Creations Block Printing Stamps)
  • Felt sheets or cotton fabric yardage
  • Large pad of drawing paper or other light-to-medium weight paper for gift wrap
  • Water-based printmaking ink for fabric
  • Water-based printmaking ink for paper
  • Brush
  • Enamel tray
  • Dense foam for applying paint
  • Credit cards for cleanup
  • Spray bottle of water
  • Baby wipes
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    • A 3-part course on surface design techniques including: monoprinting, mark making and repeat patterns
    • 8 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
    • Detailed supplies list
    • Step-by-Step instruction from Courtney Cerruti
    • The ability to leave comments, ask questions and interact with other students
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    Playing with Surface Design: A 3-Part Series Reviews
    1817 users recommended this class to a friend
    Rita Melgert
    I liked all the different ideas for printing. I love my tiny gelly plate, and use it with acrylics. Have to try the printing on fabric next time.
    May 7
     
    Nevenka Fabijanic
    Marvelous exercises to get you into a routine, and very encouraging.
    April 4, 2024
     
    Mary Lou Keegstra
    I enjoyed the section on monoprinting as that is something I haven't tried before.
    March 11, 2024