Painting Repeat Patterns by Hand: A Daily Practice by Cleo Papanikolas

Beginner | 5 hours 21 min

Taught by Cleo Papanikolas

Picasso said, "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." This month, artist, author and educator, Cleo Papanikolas teachs the old-school tracing and transferring techniques used by designers before computers to create analog surface design patterns that can be used to print fabric, wallpaper, tiles, puzzles, and more. In the final three days, she shows us how to digitize the work with Photoshop and Procreate, and how to upload to Spoonflower to make all your artistic designs a reality.

Learn how to:

Make a seamless block repeat
Design a half drop, fake half drop and an ogee
Transfer and trace images
Make a one-, two-, and four- directional print
Make patterns with stamps and stencils
Paint with gouache

Chapters

Painting Repeat Patterns by Hand: A Daily Practice
Overview01:13
Materials03:17
Day 1 - How to use gouache09:32
Day 2 - Identify a repeat05:34
Day 3 - Graph paper mosaic12:02
Day 4 - Tessellation 09:49
Day 5 - Zigzag stripes10:59
Day 6 - How to test repeats03:33
Day 7 - Tracing paper tricks06:31
Day 8 - Tile block pattern07:07
Day 9 - Half drop05:27
Day 10 - Multicolor penny tile07:50
Day 11 - Mirror/rotation11:30
Day 12 - Rearrange quarters09:51
Day 13 - Transfer or paint four repeats13:17
Day 14 - Folded paper texture08:01
Day 15 - Tracing scraps block pattern15:14
Day 16 - Fake half drop14:59
Day 17 - Collage16:51
Day 18 - Seaglass15:12
Day 19 - Four-directional print 12:02
Day 20 - Abstract stencil13:39
Day 21 - Stencil whole repeat12:51
Day 22 - Ogee09:42
Day 23 - Plaid15:45
Day 24 - Bandana12:19
Day 25 - No motif pattern15:57
Day 26 - Endless squiggle11:36
Day 27 - Border02:42
Day 28 - Photoshop seamless repeat08:20
Day 29 - Procreate seamless repeat14:31
Day 30 - Upload to Spoonflower04:08