HOW TO PAINT A MAGIC PATTERN SQUARE!
Creating a repeating design on black card.
Here’s a great fun technique for creating a fully repeating design. It's always a fantastic surprise to see the final artwork once it has been copied several times and joined together to create an endless repeat!
HOW TO :
Cut four squares of paper equal sizes
Tape lightly on the back – I use low tack masking tape for easy peeling!
Paint a design in the middle - don't go over the outer edges - keep your design in the centre area. Untape vertically through the centre. Swap the paper sides over.
Create a new image – butterflies and bugs here! When done, un-tape horizontally through the middle. Swap the paper sides over.
Create another image in the middle. Undo the paper vertically through the centre, and swap the sides over.
Space for one last motif in this design I added roses!
Copy your design several times & join the copies together for an endlessly repeating pattern! Either scan and print on your computer, photocopy or use a photo layout app for duplicating your original photo.
A repeat pattern can be printed or painted and reproduced in many ways!
My students have had great fun experimenting with this process to create a whole collection of designs. Every time offers new possibilities for new themes and it’s a great fun exercise in getting to grips with how pattern repeats work.
Here’s the link to my film on Instagram for the process…
What next? ….There are companies out there who can print your designs onto all sorts of products, from art prints to cushion covers and tea towels, here’s two favourites my students have used to get their artwork printed up.
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