Atelier Académics with Stacy Stewart Smith — Couture CAD: Digital Painting & Floral Pattern Repeats in Photoshop
Atelier Académics with Stacy Stewart Smith — Couture CAD: Digital Painting & Floral Pattern Repeats in Photoshop
Description
Couture CAD: Digital Painting & Floral Pattern Repeats in Adobe Photoshop
Atelier Académics — A Recorded Seminar by Stacy Stewart Smith
In this recorded seminar, New York couturier Stacy Stewart Smith demonstrates digital painting and the creation of floral pattern repeats in Adobe Photoshop — essential techniques for working designers in couture, print design, and textile development.
This recording covers:
- Setting up a Photoshop document (17x11 in, 300dpi) and workspace optimized for painting and pattern design
- Importing and organizing floral reference images with clear layer naming
- Creating precise flower outlines using the Pen Tool and Direct Selection Tool
- Building layered color washes — dark, medium, and highlight — for depth and dimension
- Using blur, smudge, dodge, and burn tools for a natural, painterly finish
- Adding fine details: veins, speckles, and highlights with small brushes
- Managing layers: grouping, duplicating, merging, and locking for workflow clarity
- Creating color variations using hue/saturation adjustments and shape variations with Liquify and Distort
- Arranging flowers in a half-drop seamless repeat pattern using alignment tools
- Defining and testing a pattern repeat using Photoshop’s pattern fill feature
Recommended familiarity: Adobe Photoshop. Basic flats are not covered in this recording.
Duration: Approximately 1 hour 17 minutes.
Upon purchase you will receive a downloadable PDF containing your Webex recording link and access instructions. Access is granted for 30 days from the date of purchase.
Select seminars augment the techniques introduced in CAD for Fashion Design and Merchandising (Bloomsbury Publishing, Stacy Stewart Smith).
This seminar is recorded and presented in English only.
This is an independent recorded seminar by Stacy Stewart Smith and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or accredited by any academic institution. No academic credit is awarded.
Care
Stacy Stewart Smith offers made-to-order garments, fine art, and digital publications — each requiring different care. Please refer to the product description for care and handling instructions specific to your purchase. For garments: dry clean or spot clean unless otherwise noted; do not machine wash. For fine art: keep away from direct sunlight and humidity; handle with clean, dry hands or cotton gloves. For digital products and publications: no physical care required; download and archive your files upon receipt.
Design
Every Stacy Stewart Smith piece begins as a drawing and ends as a decision — a deliberate choice of textile, construction method, and proportion made by a single designer with five decades of practice. The same eye that composes a painting composes a coat: line, weight, negative space, and the relationship between form and the body that inhabits it. Garments are produced in New York City, one at a time, to the measurements and preferences of the individual client. No two pieces are identical. No production run exists. This is not manufacturing — it is making.
The atelier sources textiles for their hand, weight, and longevity. Sustainability here is not a campaign. It is the natural consequence of making only what is wanted, from materials chosen to last, by a craftsman who will not put his name on anything less.