Creating A Repeat Pattern By Hand

Here I’ll be showing you a step by step process of how I created this repeat pattern! The assignment was to take a picture of a flower, study it, and then come up with ideas for the motif one is to use for the pattern! Below is a picture I took of the plant

I made use of Reeves gouache paint, Winsor & Newton brushes & sketchbook, A2 paper, water tape, cretacolor pencils

The second step was to create sketches, which I did in my Winsor & Newton A4 sketch pad. I drew 4 different motif ideas. I went with the third one, which was more of an abstract interpretation of how I saw the plant.

The next step was trying to figure out what colors to use for the motif. I wanted something warm but also cool. So I painted out 3 color ways to figure out which would work better. It was a struggle trying to pick out the perfect shade of dark red ;)