Instruction
Using 10 images from natural things, create iterations based off of the four categories of: proportion, individual components, direction, and color and value. Create a total of 40 sketches.
Purpose
Understand what makes a pattern and how they hide in plain sight in natural elements of life. Explore color and pattern in an extremely basic way, highlighting patterns that already exist. Hopefully become inspired by shapes or texture you may have never noticed before to develop a pattern in the future.
My Interpretation
I decided to focus on bugs. I knew starting out that they were both colorful and full of pattern, so maybe I could understand more quickly. I used a variety of bugs from bees to flys, beetles to spiders, and even more focused parts like eyes and wings. I struggled with proportion, but thoroughly enjoyed focusing on color and value as well as direction.