How to Design a Blue & Brown Toile Web Graphic
Toile is a French word meaning "cloth." A factory southwest of Paris was the first to manufacture this cotton material. The first pattern was "The Four Seasons." Most of the early toile patterns displayed the French countryside. One color, usually black, red or blue, was printed on a cream or white background using 10-inch wood blocks and later 45-inch wide copper plating. Today's toile still has the "engraved" look of the original designs but there may be more than one color applied and the background may also be colored.
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Instructions
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Select "Start," "All Programs," "Accessories" and then "Windows Paint."
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Select the brown color swatch from the "Colors" group of the ribbon. If you wish a different shade than the one offered, select the "Edit Colors" button. Move the slider on the right to adjust the luminosity or move the selector in the color window, select "Add to custom swatches" and then click "OK."
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Select the paint bucket in the tools group. Click anywhere on the empty drawing area to fill the page with your background color.
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Copy and paste a blue monochrome image into Paint. Move the image to the location on the page you wish it to remain. You will not be able to move the image easily later so careful planning is important.
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Click on the blue swatch in the colors group. Select a brush style and line width. Click and drag to draw on your canvas.
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Click "Save As" from the "File" menu to save your file in a Web graphic format, such as JPEG, GIF or PNG.
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Tips & Warnings
Windows Paint is very limited in its capabilities. Use a vector-based graphics program such as Adobe Illustrator or CorelDRAW for better results.
References
- Photo Credit pattern image by Aleksej Kostin from Fotolia.com
