1. The Art of tessellation drawing
M.C. Escher
The Art of tessellation drawing

2. Who was M.C. Escher???
20th century Dutch illustrator whose innovative works explored echoing patterns, perception, space and transformation.
Escher developed a print and engraving style that distinctively played with orientation and space
Influenced by Moorish designs in Spain, works like "Day and Night" featured interlocking forms and transformation on a surreal canvas.
Later embraced by both artistic and math/science communities, Escher died on March 27, 1972.

3. Influenced by Moorish designs in Spain, works like "Day and Night" featured interlocking forms and transformation on a surreal canvas. Later embraced by both artistic and math/science communities, Escher died on March 27, 1972.

4. Famous Math Oriented Art
Escher took a journey to Spain, returning to Alhambra Palace and visiting La Mezquita ("Mosque") of Cordoba as well. Escher was inspired by the structures' complex designs, and further focused his work on tessellation and repeating patterns, often featuring overlapping, interlocked images morphing into something else, as seen in his "Metamorphosis" and "Development" series.
He continued to create eye-opening dreamscape work such as "Up and Down" (1947), "Drawing Hands" (1948), "Gravity" (1952), "Relativity" (1953), "Print Gallery" (1956) and "Ascending and Descending" (1960). In addition to eventually becoming a lauded international artist with mounted exhibitions, Escher was embraced by mathematicians and scientists, as much of his heavily researched, precise output embodied or explored concepts around geometry, logic, space and infinity.

6. Tessellation Samples by M.C. Esher

7. More Tessellation Samples

8. Assignment
Choose an object or shape to use repeatedly. Draw sketches of your idea of the shape for you tessellation in your sketchbok. After your idea is finalized. Thrusday we will begin creating Tessellations on big paper.
A tessellation is created when a shape (or polygon) is repeated over and over on a surface (or plane) with no empty areas or overlaps in the arrangement. Squares, triangles, rectangles, and hexagons can be repeated like tiles on a surface to create a tessellation. These shapes can also be changed (or deformed) to create new shapes to create unique tessellation designs.