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Star, Branch, Spiral, Fan

Learn to Draw from Nature's Perfect Design Structures

Yellena James

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Borrowing the beauty of nature's forms can help you create beautiful artwork. Observing the structure of nature's forms can help you to be a better designer. The inspiration is limitless. Nature's design magic is a balancing act found in its perfect ratios.

The sections of this sketchbook – Star, Branch, Spiral and Fan – focus on four of those deceptively simple design principles and why they work. The author uses her own nature-based drawings to guide readers toward looking closely at each design form and the places where it occurs. Readers will discover ways to use each form in their own artwork, realistically, abstractly or as motifs in repeat borders and patterns. In a non-academic fashion, the text explains nature's beautiful balances, and the art of using them when you draw and design.