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Pre-order today for £48 in our Gratitude Sale (offer ends midnight UK time Tuesday December 03, 2019)!
Calling all doodle addicts, designers and nature and garden lovers coming this November we have a floral and nature masterclass!
Would you love to:
- Build up a bank of floral motifs for your portfolio
- Develop your design skills
- Learn new ways to approach motif making
- Explore mark making techniques
- Get an exclusive insight into professional surface pattern design Rachael Taylor’s design practice
If you are passionate about surface pattern and would love to bring some fresh design work and excitement to your portfolio, then this self-paced* masterclass is for you.
This new course will be led by renowned surface pattern designer, stylist and coach Rachael Taylor.
*Self paced = Start now with instant access to the course and complete in your own time.
About Course Leader Rachael Taylor:
Global design innovator, creative coach and florals and nature lover
Rachael Taylor is a renowned designer and print and pattern innovator, who takes on regular commissions for various companies around the world.
She has designed floral and nature-based prints and patterns for almost every area in the marketplace. From books to giftware, furniture and even clothing, her designs have decorated a vast array of surfaces.
Rachael is also a trademarked brand with a number of licensed ranges worldwide.
Rachael has been described as a household name with regular features in the press such as: ‘Company’ magazine, ‘Period Homes and Interiors’, ‘Period Living’, ‘Mollie Makes’, ‘House Beautiful’ & ‘Homes and Antiques’.
Her work has also been recognised by TV design industry experts and has been featured several times.
What the course includes:
- 13 x beautiful and professionally and beautifully shot videos filmed on location at Arley Hall & Gardens, Cheshire, UK as well as a visit to Course Leader Rachael Taylor’s garden, indoor studio and outdoor studio spaces
- An in-depth look into the portfolio of renowned and globally licensed print and pattern designer Rachael Taylor
- 2 x screen-capture based, technical videos in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop taught by Course Leader Rachael showing you how to turn your floral and nature drawings into designs and patterns
- 1 x exclusive video tour that dives deep into Rachael’s 15 years of floral and nature-based design experience
- Bonus materials such as a gorgeous downloadable pdfs and motivational, portfolio-enhancing creative exercises
- An in-depth look into one of the UK’s most varied and stunning gardens, Arley Hall
- 50 x visual downloads including gorgeous photography of florals and nature taken at Arley Hall & Gardens as well as styled photography to use as drawing reference and portfolio inspiration
Why it’s awesome!
Here are some extra features about this wonderful masterclass that you can look forward to:
- Discovering how to gather inspiration from a local space available to you or even your own garden, that can really help enhance your creative portfolio
- Been inspired by the seasons and create artwork all year round
- Getting inspired by Rachael’s varied archive of floral and nature-based design from drawings and designs to physical products
- Learning how to scan in and manipulate your original drawings and motifs in both Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Creating a floral and nature inspired pattern within Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Using textures and scanned backgrounds within your designs
- Designing a placement print or design concept
- Learning how to create your own plant hybrids and species to really add originality to your design work
- Creating motifs in a variety of styles from detailed and realistic to simple and abstract
- Presenting your floral and nature-based design portfolio in a professional and beautiful way
