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Drawing and Painting for Textile Design
Dominique L'Olive BA (Hons)
Whether you are working on paper or fabric based designs for development into textiles, good drawing and painting skills are important. This studio-based course offers drawing and painting tuition in a variety of media, progressing through to design requirements for printed textiles. You will learn how to develop your ideas through drawing and painting and how to develop your research drawings into designs for printed textiles. The course will look at pattern, form, colour, design and repeats. Beginners are most welcome, as are those who wish to return to the studio to explore new ideas.
Dominique L'Olive is a textile and surface pattern designer who works in a range of different markets. She teaches on the BA Fashion course at Central Saint Martins.
Alternative Dates and Times
Many of our courses are repeated throughout the year. If the above dates is not suitable for you,
or there are no dates showing for this session, then please choose an alternative session.
Please bring with you to the first session:
- A4 sketchbook
- Glue stick
- Scissors
- Apron
- Palette
- Water jar
- Windsor & Newton Gouache Starter Pack
- Selection of painting brushes
- Selection of coloured pencils
- Selection of coloured felt tips
- HB pencil
- On this course you will be given a project brief to design a textile collection for a specific purpose.
In order to fulfil the brief in the time given it is essential that you conduct some preliminary visual research beforehand. So the most important part is to decide a theme which may be simple ie. flowers, fruit, or more abstract ie. time, space, movement, or an ethnic theme ie. Indian or African art, etc. Primarily the subject needs to be something that you find interesting. When you have decided upon your theme, gather together drawings, images from magazines or postcards, colours, small pieces of fabric, packaging etc - anything that you feel will inspire you and keep your interest during the course. These materials will be used to make a 'storyboard' which will form the basis of your design collection.