Sarah Watts is a surface designer, illustrator, and art educator.
Whether you’re a messy maker, meticulous planner, traditional media fan or digital wizard, Sarah is here to help you make art you love!
Workshop Highlights
- A playful drawing approach – learn how Sarah keeps her sketches fun, loose, and approachable.
- Step-by-step Photoshop workflow – see exactly how she transforms drawings into a seamless repeat.
- Bridging analog + digital – discover how hand-drawn motifs and digital tools can work together.
- From sketch to pattern – watch the full arc of Sarah’s process, from first lines to polished design.
- Practical insights + inspiration – pick up tips you can apply directly to your own art practice.
Join Sarah for a creative session that begins with her signature playful drawing style and unfolds into a full repeat pattern inside Photoshop.
In the first half of the demo, you’ll watch Sarah sketch in her natural, intuitive way, while keeping the process light, fun, and approachable.Â
From there, she’ll pull back the curtain on her digital workflow, showing you step by step how she transforms those sketches into a seamless repeat pattern. This demo is perfect if you’ve ever wondered how Sarah balances both sides of her process: the loose, hand-drawn beginnings and the polished technical finish.Â
Be inspired
Learn how to loosen up your drawing process so sketching feels approachable rather than intimidating!
Learn the skills
Learn setting up a Photoshop file for repeats, including layers and canvas prep.
Create
Learn tips for balancing hand-drawn textures with digital polish to keep your art’s personality intact.
Whether you’re curious about drawing, Photoshop pattern-building, or the bridge between the two, you’ll leave with fresh insights and inspiration for your own art practice!
More about Sarah
Sarah Watts is a surface designer, illustrator, and art educator. When she’s not designing fabric collections with Ruby Star Society, she helps creatives bring their own ideas to life, from drawings to surface designs. She has tons of experience working with brands (think Target, Houghton Mifflin, and American Greetings) and is obsessed with helping you turn your ideas into real, beautiful things. Whether you’re a messy maker, meticulous planner, traditional media fan or digital wizard, Sarah is here to help you make art you love!
for this workshop
- Pencil
- Paper
- Pen
- Other drawing supplies of choice.
- For the Pattern portion of the workshop, Sarah will be using Photoshop CC, which is available starting at $20/month
Look at what past participants have achieved at our workshops!!!
Thank you, her way of making art inspires me so much...
Trying new techniques is so precious to find your own voice. Her teaching is fresh and clear and quick, so there is nearly no space for starting to overthink things. Love it! Thank you also for your always fresh way of being in the Windowsill Workshop and in your delightful Windowsill Chats.
-- Pauline
Loved every minute!!
It was really useful to have a resources list beforehand so I had everything ready. She is such a clear and calm teacher and had us all ‘doing’ within minutes of starting. It was great to learn new techniques and to come away from the session with several pieces of artwork as well as ideas for more. Thank you!
-- Ness
Hi. I'm Margo.
I’m so glad you’ve found your way here.
A little bit about why me & why this...
I have spent basically my whole life immersed in some sort of creative project or another. I love putting art out into the world, especially the work of other creatives.
I am an entrepreneur first, however I’ve got decades of experience in design, manufacturing, wholesaling, retailing, product development, licensing and all around management of artful products and creative people.
My absolute favorite pursuit though, is helping other artists and creatives grow by focusing on what they do best. That’s why I created Tantau Studio. I love helping people hone in on what lights them up, and then watching the magic that can unfold. I mentor and teach students through the Make Art that Sells courses, my Windowsill Chats Podcast and The Foundry Membership, and now, Windowsill Workshops.
I promise you will find something that will entertain or delight, the time to play & dream, and I’ll bet you’ll even learn something new. I look forward to supporting you as you grow into your potential even more along the way.
I see you shining!
 xxo Margo
Are you Ready?
Not only can you listen to your Windowsill Chats episodes but now you can also participate and interact and learn from my guests. This will give you more of a hands-on knowledge of what they do and love.
My hopes are that it will inspire, motivate, and grow this wonderful creative community we have.
We look forward to seeing you at this month's workshop!
- Learn a playful drawing approach – learn how Sarah keeps her sketches fun, loose, and approachable.
- A step-by-step Photoshop workflow – see exactly how she transforms drawings into a seamless repeat.
- Learn to bridge analog + digital – discover how hand-drawn motifs and digital tools can work together.
- Learn sketch to pattern – watch the full arc of Sarah’s process, from first lines to polished design.
- Learn practical insights + inspiration – pick up tips you can apply directly to your own art practice
- You'll receive the recording so you can watch it again!
Come and get creative with us!!!
Saturday, November 1st at 11 am PDT
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