Tessellated Art Tutorial
Bored out of your mind in lock down hell?
Here is a little something that will waste and hour or two and give you something pretty to hang on your wall. A suitable art project for both kids and adults.
In my work as a surface designer I have been experimenting with creating shapes that tessellate, designing patterns produced from a single shape so that there are no overlaps or gaps. The simplest shape that tessellates is a square but that’s a bit boring for me.
Here is a far jazzier shape I created, that tessellates perfectly.
![tessellation shape](https://creativeinchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tessellation-shape.jpg)
and you can use this shape to produce a stunning piece of art.
Start by downloading the free shape
Print it out and carefully cut out.
Then use your template to draw around and create a tile effect. You can use any sort of paper – I used watercolor paper. Then color away. I used watercolor paint but you could use colored pencils, crayons, fill each shape with glue and break out the glitter, be imaginative!
![tessellated art](https://creativeinchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tessellated-art.jpg)
![](https://creativeinchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/watercolor-tesselated-paint.jpg)
The shape conjured up waves on a rough sea in my mind, so I painted each shape a different shade of blue using little darker shade towards the bottom to create some depth. I wasn’t particularly neat with my painting and just chucked the paint on but the effect is quite pleasing!
![tessellated art watercolor](https://creativeinchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tessellated-art-watercolor.jpg)
and oh -so- pretty all framed up.
![tessellated art watercolor framed](https://creativeinchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/tessellated-art-watercolor-framed.jpg)
Enjoy!
Love from
Creative in Chicago
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Thank you! I love a new idea that fits my budget! Free is very cool! Lol
Love the design too!