Creating Patterns Using Watercolor

A course by Lola San Román Marshall , Watercolor Painter and Textile Designer

Watercolor Painter and Textile Designer. Boadilla del Monte, Spain.
Joined August 2019

Learn how to create patterns and compositions that bring your designs to life

100% positive reviews (260)
4,627 students
Audio: Spanish, English
Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

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.

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What will you learn in this online course?

13 lessons & 8 downloads

What will we do in the course?
2 minutes, 18 seconds
Job material
5 minutes, 2 seconds
The inspiration mood board
5 minutes, 26 seconds
Working mood board
3 minutes, 35 seconds
Composition
16 minutes, 20 seconds
  • 100% positive reviews (260)
  • 4,627 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

What 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.


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4,627 Students
260 Reviews
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Lola San Román Marshall

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Watercolor Painter and Textile Designer

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

  • U1

    Introduction

    • Who I am
    • Influences
    • What will we do in the course?
  • U2

    Before creating: The Preparation

    • Job material
    • The inspiration mood board
    • Working mood board
  • U3

    Creation

    • Fundamental concepts about watercolors
    • Composition
    • Illustration of our forms
  • U4

    We transfer it to computer

    • Scan and clean
    • Create repeat 1
    • Create repeat 2
    • Preparing the file for stamping
  • FP

    Final project

    • Creating Patterns Using Watercolor

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Creating Patterns Using Watercolor. Illustration course by Lola San Román Marshall

Creating Patterns Using Watercolor

A course by Lola San Román Marshall
Watercolor Painter and Textile Designer. Boadilla del Monte, Spain.
Joined August 2019
  • 100% positive reviews (260)
  • 4,627 students