#5 Abstract Fruit

WHAT

A fun and relaxing controlled doodle that resembles patterns found in cut fruit such as figs.

YOU WILL NEED:

A fine black felt-tip pen (berol or similar), a small brush and water, cartridge paper (or your sketchbook)

INSTRUCTIONS:

PART ONE

Take a few moments to gather together the materials you will need. Clear a space on your table or desk. Take three deep breaths. In through the nose and out the mouth. This exercise is similar to #1 Peacocks and Shells but introduces the addition of a squiggle pattern.

1. Starting near the centre of the page, draw an elongated ellipse with a single line. Keep the line flowing and draw a similar ellipse within the first one and repeat until you have split your ellipse into three sections

2. Continue to draw more stretched ellipses (each split into three sections using smooth flowing lines) until your page feels nicely populated.

3. Using a continuous squiggle add pattern to the central band on each ellipse shape..

4. Add a solid seed in the centre of each ellipse and shade in

5. Further define your cluster by shading in the areas between the ‘fruits’.