1. Patterns In Nature

2. Patterns A pattern in art is a decorative design.
Patterns in art are a little different than patterns in math where you identify elements in a cycle that repeat themselves.
Patterns in art can be repeated, but they are not required to.
Give examples of plaid, polkadots, swirls, checkerboards, etc.

3. Anything in nature can be grouped into one or more of the Five Patterns in Nature.
Spiral
Meander
Packing
Branching
Explosion

4. Spiral

5. Spiral

6. Meander

7. Meander

8. Packing

9. Packing

10. Branching

11. Branching

12. Explosion

13. Explosion

14. Many objects may contain more than one of the patterns.

15. Patterns of Nature Designs
Choose 2 patterns
Make a design that uses both. Figure out how to join them together, your idea will be different from someone else’s and there are lots of possibilities.
Draw the design across the page, be sure to leave spaces between the lines. Your design should cross the entire page vertically and horizontally.