Playing with Surface Design by Courtney Cerruti

Intermediate | 1 hour

Taught by Courtney Cerruti

Courtney introduces you to essential surface design techniques, showing you how to combine markings to make patterns. Using markers, paints, and a variety of application techniques, these lessons are ideal for creating designs on paper, fabric and ribbon. Courtney shares important tips on testing color combinations and combining different mediums to create vivid motifs. Loosen up and get creative with Courtney’s free-flowing creative style.

Learn how to:

Paint with a credit card on paper and fabric
Create an all-over pattern on fabric
Make color palettes with markers
Make a variety of marks and patterns with markers
Combine materials and mediums to create new motifs
Create “watercolor” ribbons

Chapters

Series Overview01:14

Part 1 - Mark Making
Part 1 Overview01:03
Materials03:18

Mark Making with Paint
Credit card painting on paper07:00
Credit card painting on fabric11:11

Mark Making with Markers
Creating palettes and patterns with markers21:45

Mark Making on Ribbons
Painting ribbons05:06

Materials

Here’s what you’ll need:

Credit card or library card

Various water-based fabric paints

1 yard heavy-weight cotton or canvas fabric

Medium weight art paper (print making paper or heavy weight drawing paper works great)

Palette or tray

Apron or smock

Baby wipes

Brush pen markers

China marker (optional)

Water-soluble pencil (optional)

4” x 6” postcards or index cards

Envelopes

Scratch paper

Foam brush

Variety of paint brushes

Solid color satin ribbon

Fabric paint

Scissors

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Playing with Surface Design

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Playing with Surface Design: Mark Making

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Playing with Surface Design: Monoprinting

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Monoprinting is a gorgeous and unique way to make one-of-a-kind images using a simple printmaking technique. Courtney explains how to use gelli plates to make your monoprints, and shows you how to create custom stationery and small pieces worthy of hanging on the wall. This technique is also perfect for layering on the patterns you created in the first part of this course.

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Playing with Surface Design: Repeat Patterns

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Learn how to create large-scale patterns to use for fabric or wrapping paper in the final part of this course. Courtney teaches you how to use block stamps to make different styles of repeating patterns, from organized and symmetrical to loose and random. With just a few stamps and ink, you can create gorgeous custom papers and fabrics.

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