SKETCH.PATTERN.PRINT. intensive

$147.00 $197.00

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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
ADDITIONAL INFO

You create so much art that hides inside the pages of your art journals and sketchbooks. What if you could turn your art journals, sketches, and paintings into beautiful textiles or printed papers?

Do you want to learn how to transform your mixed media art into beautiful digital freestyle patterns that can be used to create collage papers, planner pages, art journal ephemera or fabrics for art quilts?

Join artist Traci Bautista for SKETCH.PATTERN.PRINT. intensive

In this online experience, you’ll explore the entire creative process and Procreate workflow to create freestyle surface pattern designs. The course is full of colorful inspiration and ideas to encourage you to paint and create patterns in Procreate.

Get the blueprint for designing your own freestyle patterns that can be used to create prints, pillows, fabrics, and more.

join me for a self-guided virtual intensive with over 6 hours of content & tutorials to learn about turning your sketches into beautiful patterns using your iPad, in the workshop these topics are covered… {see detailed course itinerary in PROGRAM SCHEDULE tab}

Defining your Creative Process
Creating Mixed Media Motifs
Digital + Traditional sketching/painting
Art + Digital Surface Design Procreate workflow
Creating custom pattern brushes
Designing patterns in Procreate
Create Custom Fabrics in Spoonflower
SKETCH.PATTERN.PRINT intensive

MODULE 1 {storytelling + inspiration}

This will be a short day to give you time to prepare for the rest of the course. We’ll dive into the creative process and storytelling PLUS talk about ways to gather inspiration. This will set you up for the intensive work during the workshop.

Storytelling with your art & patterns
Gathering + recording inspiration
What product types of products can you create?
Creating a collection/series

MODULE 2 {creative process & mark making}

We’ll gather for three sessions to explore creative process, mixed media motifs including making marks with ink & watercolor, digital sketching, and ideation and talk about creating collections.

Tools and Materials
Creating an INSPIRATION BOARD in Procreate
Creating color palettes from photos in Procreate
Sketching + ideation {physical + digital}
Creating thumbnails
Using photos, found items or foraged materials for creative exploration
Mixed media motifs
Foral motifs in 3 different ways using mixed media
Creative textures from found objects
Deconstructing a mixed media painting

MODULE 3 {Procreate workflow, digitizing motifs & Procreate Patterns}

During these sessions, we’ll put everything together that we’ve been working on in the previous sessions and create colorful FREESTYLE patterns in procreate. You’ll experiment with digitizing motifs, creating custom patterns brushes from your art and explore digital collage and patterns. PLUS we’ll discuss ways to take your Procreate patterns and create fabrics in Spoonflower and other items like wrapping/tissue paper, collage papers and more.

Digitizing your Motifs
Scan vs photographing your artwork
Extracting motifs and cleaning up designs
Custom Procreate pattern brushes
Designing FREESTYLE patterns in Procreate
Transform mixed media paintings into patterns
Patterns from custom digital stamps and stencils
Creating a set layout pattern brush in Procreate
Creating fabrics in Spoonflower
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFO

FORUM ACCESS | You will have access to the private #digitalCANVAS3 forum FOR 6 MONTHS to share your work, connect with other students and ask questions.

PROGRAM FORMAT | SEE program schedule tab. The workshop was originally delivered LIVE and now is available for self-guided access with Q & A sessions.

CLASS LIFETIME ACCESS | to this version of SKETCH.PATTERN.PRINT INTENSIVE. This means you have access to this version of the course until it's retired, it does not include the future version or LIVE sessions of this program.

ART SUPPLIES | various watermedia, brushes, black pen. use what you have in your studio. I'll be using #tracibautistaCOLOR paints & inks along with Golden.

APPS | Procreate and Noteshelf2 apps, Procreate Pocket {optional},

IPAD & STYLUS | I'll be working on a 12.9" iPad Pro {2018} and using an Apple Pencil 2. If you have early versions of the iPad or a different stylus you can still join this course but some of the updated features in Procreate may not be available. Keep in mind I used Procreate on an iPad mini {first generation} and a Wacom Bamboo stylus for about 5 years before I upgraded to my new iPad. So a lot of my digital work was created on what is now an ancient iPad..lol. This course is suited for beginners to advanced students.