Repeating Pattern Choose an item from nature, draw it in ink, then simplify it and use it in a repeating pattern with colour grading from a primary colour to a secondary colour.

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Colour for Design

Balance

Harmony

Dominance

Rhythm

Contrast

Elements of Design Demonstrate the five elements of design, listed above. Break up into five equal sections; each to be defined by a strip of colour. Within each section one particular element of design to be shown in as many ways as possible. Use coloured paper from magazines,  cut out and stuck on the background strip. Each section to stand out on its own, ie, not blend in with its neighbours. NB: this image has suffered a little in the scanning process.

Circles Panel 1 Deconstruction of a circular image cut from a magazine. This one was a round perfume bottle. Panel 2 16 Circles in a 4-square grid. Each square to show one of the following: Circles overlapping, Circles with shapes cropped out; Dominance; Free design. Only 4 colours per square. Panel 3 Use a circular shape from nature in a free design and show contrast of: colour, size, texture and position. Panels 2 and 3 rendered in gouache, painted directly on board.

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