D05) The Art of Pattern Design

About this class

The course intends to give you a glimpse into the vast world of patterns, starting off with a brief history of their development across centuries. However, the course will focus on and expand upon Qatari patterns, and teach effective, creative, yet simple methods to recreate them. The main objective is to enable you to transform, modernize, and express traditional patterns in both 2- and 3-dimensional applications. Eventually, you should be fully capable of viewing patterns through a different lens and appreciating their complexity and importance beyond what is merely decorative or visual.

Class Outline

Understanding patterns

• Introducing, defining and explaining patterns, their types, and their history from prehistoric to modern period, while expanding on Islamic patterns.
• Explicating traditional Qatari patterns: their origin, as well as importance.

Creating new from old

• Explaining how to develop and create patterns using different types of grids and guidelines.
• Demonstrating how to transform traditional patterns and create multiple variations from a single pattern.

Enhacing patterns with colors

• Developing and finalizing one detailed pattern by students.
• Creating a harmonious range of colors to enhance the components of the final pattern.

Tangible utility and context of patterns 

• Demonstrating how the context, product or item, in which patterns are used, affects a pattern’s configuration, and how its configuration, in turn, affects its visual quality.
• Explaining two basic, yet convenient methods to reproduce patterns on items.

Reproducing patterns as a 3D art

• Printing patterns on items of students’ choice to explore patterns in a 3-dimentional world.
• Sharing final thoughts…

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

 A3 sketchbook (mixed-media paper)

• Geometry set
• Color or Paint set (any type that is convenient and dries fast: watercolor, acrylic, gouache, pencils, markers, oil pastels etc.)
• Brushes 
• Graphite pencils
• Technical Pens
• Rubber & Sharpener
• Precision knives 
• Tracing paper
• Masking or Magic Tape
• Glue stick or white glue
• Color palette (if needed depending on which paint type a student chooses)

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:

• Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
• Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
• Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
• Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
• Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Sun, 14 Feb, 2021
End: Thu, 4 Mar, 2021
Lessons: 6
Days: Sundays and Thursdays
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Online
Cost: QAR 800

Instructors

Amani Abbara

As an interior designer I perceive art and craftsmanship as imperative components of design. Gaining and teaching design and art skills is interesting and deeply rewarding. I pursued a rigorous and diverse career experience full of design problems and real challenges, and this is exactly what I aspire to do for the rest of my professional life; to design, meet new people, research, experiment, inspire and spread valuable knowledge. Currently, I am working on developing my design aesthetic or brand which is defined by “responsive” or interactive spaces and products

Register

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