Print, Paint & Pattern

My brand new course all about printing, layering and creating floral- and pattern-inspired artworks runs 14 September to 4 October.

Not sure if this is for you? I've got some amazing news - Play with Print is a three day warmup course covering some of the basic concepts. It ran 11-13 September and it's not too late to join. What's to lose? Keep scrolling for more details or click here to register. 

Learn new techniques and brand new ways to put your art materials to use.

What you're capable of creating will amaze you.

Register for Print, Paint & Pattern here

Print, Paint & Pattern

$397 / ÂŁ287

Single payment with option to split over three months

  • Three packed week long modules
  • Five projects per module
  • Automatic enrolment on Play with Print
  • Eighteen months access
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Berand new content, watch at your own pace!

Between the warmup lessons in Play with Print and the three modules of Print, Paint & Pattern that's eighteen pre-recorded video lessons + bonuses all available for you to watch over the next year and a half.

I am so excited to launch a brand new course built around gel plate printing, colour layering, drawn and printed forms inspired by nature and beautiful patterns discovered along the way. These are processes that I’ve developed over time and that I've introduced, taught and refined on my in-person retreats. They're all included in this comprehensive course.

Lorainne S

My head is spinning at the moment. I appreciate your kindness for sharing this as it has filled up my creative cup and by the time we finish I will be on cloud nine !!

Linda X

Absolutely loved the layers and the way colours mix and alter the appearance and dimension of the shapes. Thank you, Esté. Thoroughly loving this mini course!!

Kim J

You're always an inspiration. How inspiring! I can’t wait to start playing with these techniques. Thank you so much for sharing these lessons, Este’.

Julie X

Its such a treat to watch the way you play with color and to see your loose creative process. It helps to remind me that the magic happens with unplanned explorations. Thank you

Jilly L

Thank you so much Este. Your ideas are such excellent prompts to stimulate the creative process! Looking forward to the next lesson.

Catherine K

Your super ideas have generated a whole tribe of other ideas in my imagination!

The Inspiration

Even though gel plate printing is central to Print, Paint & Pattern this course is about much more.

Colour is an important pillar of art making, and in this course we'll do deep dive colour mixing and working with specific colour moods and limited palettes using combinations of magenta, yellow and bright blue with black and white to create shades, tints and subtle tones as well as juicy semi-translucent mixes to be painted and printed in juicy layers, beautiful patterns and interesting textures.

Over the last six months  Print, Paint & Pattern took shape as a course after I've done loads of experimenting with combinations of acrylics and other water based materials ... I have  a few tricks up my sleeve.  😉

Helping students to develop their own unique creativity and find their artistic voice has been aims since the start of my online teaching back in 2015. In Print, Paint & Pattern you will be taken on a creative journey in which you'll explore a wide array of new ideas for making art on paper and more. The addition of gel plate printing opens up fresh possibilities and broadens the options for new techniques to be explored.

  

When I first started teaching online, the first courses were focussed on acrylic painting, and incorporating layers to add both depth and vibrancy.  The goal of teaching students to paint in layers of varying saturation with a combination of acrylic and paint medium was quite challenging. As I thought of ways to break down and simplify the processes I used in my own practice I realised how effective the collaging of thin, semi-translucent painted papers is to explain what I wanted to teach. Collaging is a wonderful way to incorporate play, embrace happy accidents and explore in a way that is bold and free.

Over the last ten years I've offered different courses, including ones built around collage, but this is the first course where gel plate printing is used to make collage papers as well as for printing directly onto paper. 

This allows for more techniques in different media to be incorporated.

Print, Paint & Pattern consists of three packed modules that are delivered over three weeks from 14 September to 4 October (you'll have access for eighteen months from the end of the course, so plenty of time to do the projects in your own time).

Each module consists of five projects delivered in easy to digest lessons from Monday to Thursday, and a bigger weekend project released on Saturdays.

All projects are pre-recorded, edited and come with subtitles in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish.

Join Play with Print FREE

There's also three warm-up projects that make up the Play with Print mini-course included. If you'd like to join Play with Print only, it's available here absolutely FREE.

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đŸ–Œïž Brand New Content

You'll be taken on a creative journey in which you'll explore a whole array of ideas for making art on paper and more, with fresh possibilites and new techniques to explore.  

🎹 Professional Guidance

Quality pre-recorded video lessons from Esté MacLeod, a professional artist and educator who shares knowledge and techniques you won't find together anywhere else.

đŸ’” No Risk Guarantee

Try Play with Print absolutely free! If you then join Print, Paint & Pattern, and truly belive that you haven't learnt something new, there's a full money-back guarantee.