Cathrin Gressieker

I am so happy you are here! Do you love painting florals as much as I do and would you like to learn some tips, tricks and new techniques for painting loose and vibrant watercolor florals?

My name is Cathrin Gressieker (even though Skillshare captions try to convince me that I am Catherine Brassica...) and I am a floral artist, daily painter and textile designer living in Northern Germany, but I am most happy in places with palm trees. Painting loose florals is my neverending passion and I love doing it every day for fun and for a living. My designs have been licensed on products all over the world, from washi tape to high fashion - and while that's super-great, nothing compares to the beauty of the painting process itself for me.

l especially love painting in the early morning, coffee by my side, my family (two girls and hubby) still asleep and dreaming - magic moments! I am also a yoga teacher and I have found out that this is my perfect kind of meditation and way of honoring the creative divine. Flowers and painting them is one mysterious beautiful language.

I will show you the painting part and my process in Photoshop (more classes to come!) of how to turn your florals into patterns for selling and licensing, with all my experience of working 7 years in the textile design industry as a successful freelancing artist.

On my Instagram account @cathringressieker I also post time lapses of my painting process, creative pep talk and every day I am learning and trying something new. Sharing these techniques with you here on Skillshare is my absolute pleasure. If you post anything on your Instagram that you learned in my classes, I'd be so honored to see it! Please tag me so I can see the floral magic that you create. I love to see your class projects too!