Category FabricPaintTechMastery

For more predictable results, it’s essential to treat fabric as an active surface rather than a passive one. It reacts to touch, moisture, and manipulation in the moment. The fibers of the fabric move, the tension of the fabric changes,…

In most color mediums, color is applied directly on the surface of the paper or canvas. Fabric is different. Color seeps into the fibers of the fabric, travels irregularly, and can look significantly lighter after it dries. Without some discipline,…

Illustrations are often one-off images, but in surface pattern design, you repeat patterns. As you repeat, you’re increasing the definition of each stroke, while learning about the variables of the fabric, the paint, and your hand. And each of those…

If you look at any painted fabric you may think at first glance that it was done freely without much thought. But if the fabric looks good there is an underlying logic to it. The pattern isn’t just random elements…