life can seem Chaotic:
… until we recognize its patterns.
Patterns are an outward manifestation of an ordered structure and are clues as to how things are organized and connected. By studying patterns and their connections at all levels, we are better able to appreciate and understand living organisms, non-living objects, and our world.
Bill Graham “Nature’s Pattern: Exploring her Web”
learning can Overwhelm:
… until patterns are recognized.
Study of pattern … allows us to bring together mathematics with music, visual art and craft, vocabulary building, creative writing and verbal communication, social studies, science and environmental studies, talent and technology.
Dr. Merily Buchanan, “Pattern Power” NRICH, part of the Millenium Mathematics Project, University of Cambridge
why draw Patterns?
Useful in any non-drawing activity, the skills that are developed during the practice of drawing patterns include:
- The ability to recognize patterns.
- A willingness (even desire) to hunt for patterns.
- An understanding of the process of deconstruction — taking patterns apart, to understand elements within.
- An appreciation of the process of construction — creating patterns, by connecting its individual elements.
… back to Explore Art with Trish