Art of Floral Patterns
A joyful painting class designed to help you turn flowers into expressive compositions and even pattern-ready artwork. You’ll learn how to break down real florals into simple shapes, explore brush techniques with watercolor or gouache, and experiment with color, composition, and stylization. By the end, you’ll not only paint your own floral motifs, but also turn them into a seamless repeat pattern—perfect for prints, stationery, or just your sketchbook.
7 Packed Art Lessons + Q&A
What You’ll Gain From This Class
✨ Master Simplified Florals & Brush Techniques – You’ll learn how to break down real flowers into easy shapes, then bring them to life with paint & mixed media through layering, blending, and playful mark-making.
✨ Understand color & contrast – You’ll discover how to build dynamic color palettes and use hue-based shading to create vibrant depth and visual interest in your work.
✨ Create balanced, natural compositions – You’ll gain the skills to arrange both real and imagined flowers into engaging, well-composed floral arrangements.
✨ Turn your florals into repeat patterns – You’ll learn how to digitize your artwork and create seamless repeat patterns for prints, fabric, and other products.
Are you ready? Let’s dive in!
A joyful painting class to help you turn flowers into expressive compositions—and even pattern-ready artwork. You’ll learn how to simplify real florals into playful shapes, explore brush techniques with watercolor or gouache, and experiment with color, layout, and stylization. By the end, you’ll create your own floral motifs and transform them into a seamless repeat pattern—perfect for prints, stationery, or your sketchbook.
Live Q&A
To celebrate the launch of this new class, I’ll be hosting an exclusive live Zoom Q&A session. During this event, I'll answer your questions and provide art demonstrations related to the class.
For those who can’t make it, the session will be recorded and uploaded.*
Struggling With These? This Class Can Help…
-
You don’t need to master botanical realism to create beautiful floral art. In fact, this class is all about letting go of perfection and embracing the joy of imaginative mark-making. We’ll focus on expressive brushstrokes, playful shapes, and stylization that captures the feeling of a flower, not every petal in scientific detail. Through guided lessons and creative prompts, you’ll learn how to loosen up, trust your instincts, and develop a floral style that feels personal, approachable, and full of life.
-
This class will teach you how to arrange your flowers with intention and creativity using simple but powerful composition techniques. We’ll explore different layout styles to help guide the eye and create visual flow in your work. These easy-to-understand approaches will help you transform your florals from a collection of individual blooms into a harmonious, well-composed piece that feels cohesive and complete.
-
You’re not alone—many artists feel uncertain about how (or if) different materials can work together. This class is your open invitation to play and experiment. We’ll explore illustrating florals in a variety of ways, using different tools and techniques—layering colored pencil with gouache, adding pastel pops, and letting brushstrokes shine. By the end, you’ll see that there’s no single “right” way—just millions of exciting possibilities. Whether you’re after bold and painterly or soft and delicate, you’ll learn how to make any medium work for your own floral style.
-
Maybe you’ve filled pages with beautiful blooms—but now you’re wondering, what’s next?
In this class, you’ll discover the Bonus Workshop so your floral art can go beyond the sketchbook. We’ll explore how to transform your hand-painted designs into seamless repeat patterns, perfect for printing on fabric, stationery, or other products.
FAQ
-
The supplies used in this class are flexible—you don’t need to buy everything I mention. Feel free to substitute with any art materials you already have on hand.
General Art Supplies mentioned:
(Specific art materials will be listed in the class notes of each class)W&N Designers Gouache Paint - Purchase colors separately depending or start with this set
Paint Palette
Water Spray bottle
Paint Brushes - find separately sizes: 05 Round, 1/2” Flat, Rigger or 20/0” Detail or start with this W&N set or this Royal Langnickel set
Colored Pencils: Carand'Ache Pablo, Carand'Ache Luminance, Faber-Castell Polychromos
Carand' Ache Neocolor II Pastels
OR Hot pressed watercolor paper (I prefer with atleast 50% cotton but 100% cellulose/wood pulp also works) Brands: Fluid, Blick’s, Fabriano, Arches
*These are my honest favorites. Some links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission from qualifying purchases—thank you for the support!Bonus workshop Tools: A scanner, computer, and Adobe Photoshop (feel free to use the free trial version)
-
This class isn’t designed for beginners—it’s best suited for intermediate students. While I’ll guide you through techniques like brushstrokes, color mixing, and using certain art tools, the focus is on the subject matter: painting floral patterns, rather than covering general drawing fundamentals.
-
Yes there are only English subtitles at the moment. But I am working on other language translations for the future.
-
Absolutely! Watch the lessons as quickly or as slowly as you like and complete the assignments according to your own schedule.
-
Yes! The class is available on your account as long as the internet continues to exist. Unlimited lifetime access.
-
The duration of each lesson varies, the total video content of this class is 2+ hours.
Lessons are sped up at certain sections to ensure a smooth flow for the class. Each lesson includes teaching content and assignment for the student.
Two 1 hour zoom Q&A (exclusive to students who register during the month of class release) will be recorded and edited for students to watch.
-
My art classes feature over 6 pre-recorded art lessons available for a single, affordable payment, making it accessible for everyone to join.
-
There is no end date for this class. They are pre-recorded lessons that will always be available. However the special live Q&A Zoom session is only be available for students who sign up during the launch month. It will be recorded for the rest of the students.
-
Although this class is geared toward and teaches with traditional mediums.
You can use a gouache paint brush (Adobe has those sets) and a colored pencil like brush (like the Shale brush on procreate) to mimic the outcome of the art lessons.
I think it depends on how well you can adapt these lesson into your preferred medium - but the concepts are definitely transferrable. -
Please send me a email describing your problem and I will try my best to help. You can reach me at hello@dearelaine.co .
