As the Arts and Crafts style include many different pattern types I have created a series of courses about this topic. In each part of the series you will learn how to create Arts and Crafts styled patterns in a specific category:

Trailing, Serpentine, Scrolled and Paired - and at the same time learn more about advanced pattern design principles and techniques.

This is the second course of the series and about the Serpentine Arts and Crafts category - which is characterized by a meandering structure and highly stylized motifs.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN CLASS:

• The influences behind the Serpentine pattern category


• The characteristics of Serpentine patterns; structure and direction, layers, pattern composition, repetition, repeat layout, typical motifs and color schemes


• My step-by-step process for creating a Serpentine Arts and Crafts pattern - from planning to creating the pattern swatch and recoloring


• Techniques and tools for creating and coloring your motifs 


• How to create two types of Serpentine patterns - with a diagonal and a vertical flow


• How to create a foreground and background layer of motifs


• How to draw different typical Serpentine branches, flowers, leaves and background motifs


• How to effectively create a classic "picotage" (dotted) background/pattern

As always we will do some drawing exercises to practice and explore your pattern motifs.