I love traditional patterns and find that, because my Mom was in to antiques, I seem to be surrounded by them. I am fairy new to SPD still learning and this was a challenge for me, both from a drawing standpoint AND creating the repeat. I usually am drawing very simple floral motifs. Some inspirations from around my home.

First Damasks - image 1 - student project First Damasks - image 2 - student project

Here is my drawing for the first simple damask although the result was my 3rd try! (Much erasing on the acanthus!!) I struggle most with how to judge how wide to make the black lines. And, as you can see, I have a problem leaving gaps!!

First Damasks - image 3 - student project

Here is the scan, then I realized, though I drew it this way, it looked better the other way so I flipped it! Also looking at this I think I have a tendency to put in too many small details. However, I did learn from each attempt, so that's good, right?

First Damasks - image 4 - student project

And here is the final repeat, which I did in like 12 color ways!! I ended up loving it.

First Damasks - image 5 - student project

The second intertwined pattern was much more challenging. After a couple of tries I finally simplified the whole design just to get it to work. And darn it if I STILL don't need to increase my line width!

First Damasks - image 6 - student project

Here is the final sunflower repeat! I am still working on the third damask in the rhomboid shape. I only have a small scanner and am finding it difficult to join two scans in AI and get them to line up well. But I'm going to get there!! Thanks for a great class Barbel and am really looking forward to the Arts & Crafts Class!

First Damasks - image 7 - student project

One final attempt at the double damask. Need to work on thicker lines still and filling the space better. This was a hard one, it doesn't quite "intertwine" but I'll keep working on it. My drawings seem to be all filled in nicely so not sure what I'm doing wrong. I kind of like the more "open" flower medallion with background showing through against a more solid medallion. .

First Damasks - image 8 - student project

First Damasks - image 9 - student project

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