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Creating a watercolour repeat - by hand!

21/8/2018

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This is such a fun way to create a repeating pattern with minimal photoshopping.
I started off painting my design in the centre of my paper. This square will be the size of the repeating section.
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I carefully measure and cut my page into four quarters... the centre points go to the outside, then I proceed to fill in the blank areas with pattern, painting across the cuts.
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I match the sides as I continue to fill in across other cut lines until I'm happy with the design.
Watercolour repeat pattern
Mermaid's Coin watercolour
The pieces look like this once I'm finished ^ then I scan them into my computer to join them back together as a seamless tile that can be repeated again and again! Check out the final patterns below:
Scallop shell repeat pattern on white
Scallop shell repeat pattern on black
beachy repeat design for coffee cup
If you're new to repeat patterns, check out this really simple explanation here. It's for designing a stamp, but the same technique applies to watercolour.
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