How Do You Draw Islamic Tile Designs Step-By-Step?
Islamic tile designs are remarkable works of art because of their unique use of symmetrical patterns of circles, hexagons, triangles, squares and pointed stars. Within these intricate patterns are blended floral and plant motifs as well as symbols of the Islamic culture. An ideal way to draw and construct these designs is to use lined graph paper. Graph paper has pre-printed blue squares, so it is easy to draw the design on the lines without having to stop and make measurements. This allows you to think like an artist, but draw like a technical draftsman while you are creating the geometrical pattern for your particular Islamic tile design. Draw a 10-by-10 inch square on the graph paper. Place the tracing paper over the square you have created and draw over the lines. Take the tracing paper with the square on it and rotate it until it is in a diamond shape. Position this diamond-shape design so that it is centered perfectly above the square on the graph paper, turning the combination o
