Welcome to your

Drawing rituals

All pattern constructions and analysis by Stephanie June Ellis

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Materials needed for all workshops

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Compass

Ruler

A3 Paper

Rubber

2H & 2B pencil

Tracing Paper

Coloured pencils or medium of your choice

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Please visit Resources for a full list of materials Stephanie enjoys using.

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Tutorial One

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6 fold spherical pattern

plus bonus tutorial ~ A weave trilogy.

 

Explore curvy six pointed stars to create a spherical pattern tessellated design ~ culminating with a weave trilogy.

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Tutorial Two

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Variation on a 6 fold pattern found on The Minbar of Saladin

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An inspired variation of a traditional Islamic design from

The Minbar of Saladin ~ The original pattern uses the third layer of the flower of life whilst this variation uses the 2nd layer ( overlapping circles ) Class culminates with a free hand weave illustration.

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Tutorial Three

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A stunning 32 petaled Ancient Mosaic pattern found at the Apollo Temple in Cornith, Greece ~ built around 560 BC ~

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Tutorial Four

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Triple Weave Motif

~ A little trickier ~

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This tutorial is divided up into three parts.

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The design is comprised of three starry weaved motifs which are combined and weaved throughout the whole design.

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Part One explores the outer 10 pointed straight edged star.

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Part Two explores the inner curves of a 10 pointed curved star.

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Part Three explores the outer 10 pointed curved star.

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Tutorial Five

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Part One ~ A trilogy of starry eights

Part Two ~ Trace, transfer & colour

including tips on paper and watercolour

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Tutorial Six

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Explores two designs using a curvy weaved 8 pointed star.

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