In this class I am going to show you how to take your hand painted motifs or paintings and turn them into a repeating pattern using Photoshop. Whether you love to paint with watercolor, oils, acrylic, or soft pastel, Photoshop will allow you to retain all the subtle variation and nuance that makes your particular painting style unique and it will come through in your seamless patterns as well.

Melanie has been working with Photoshop and Illustrator for over 20 years. She creates illustrations and surface pattern designs in both Adobe programs which enables her to keep her painted motifs as authentic as the originals.

In this class you'll learn:

Why Photoshop is beneficial when using hand painted motifs.
How to extract or cut out your hand painted motifs from a scanned image.
How to compose a straight repeat pattern in Photoshop
How to compose a half drop repeat pattern in Photoshop
How to save for a Print on Demand Site or Spoonflower
How to layer your pattern for more depth